Full Text of HB2399 94th General Assembly
HB2399 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB2399
Introduced 2/16/2005, by Rep. Ron Stephens SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 45/5-14 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-9 |
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Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a person may not operate a motorboat that has in tow or is otherwise assisting a person on water skis, an aquaplane, or a similar contrivance in or upon any waterway, unless (i) there is in the motor boat a person, in addition to the operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person being towed or (ii) the operator is at least 25 years of age and the motor boat is equipped with a ski mirror approved by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the Director of Natural Resources must adopt rules for implementing the mirror requirement.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2399 |
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LRB094 10691 DRH 41080 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing
Section 5-14 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 45/5-14)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-9)
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| Sec. 5-14. Water Skiing.
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| A. No person may operate a motorboat that has in tow or is
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| otherwise
assisting a person on water skis, an aquaplane, or a | 10 |
| similar
contrivance in or
upon any waterway, unless the | 11 |
| motorboat has a capacity of at
least 3 persons and is occupied | 12 |
| by at least 2
competent persons.
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| A-1. A person may not operate a motorboat that has in tow | 14 |
| or is otherwise
assisting a person on water skis, an aquaplane, | 15 |
| or a similar contrivance in or
upon any waterway, unless (i) | 16 |
| there is in the motorboat a person, in addition to
the | 17 |
| operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person | 18 |
| being towed or (ii) the operator is at least 25 years of age | 19 |
| and the motorboat is equipped with a ski
mirror approved by the | 20 |
| Department, mounted in a location inside the
motorboat allowing | 21 |
| the operator to observe the progress of the person being
towed | 22 |
| while also safely and legally operating the motorboat. The | 23 |
| mirror
shall be of a type that recurves and reflects 180 | 24 |
| degrees of vision. The
reflecting portion of the mirror must be | 25 |
| no less than 3 inches in height and 8
inches in width.
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| The Director of Natural Resources shall adopt rules for | 27 |
| implementing the mirror requirement of this
subsection A-1.
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| B. No person may operate a motorboat having in tow or | 29 |
| otherwise be
assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or | 30 |
| similar contrivance from the
period of one-half hour after | 31 |
| sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. This
paragraph B does | 32 |
| not apply to motorboats used in duly authorized water ski
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| tournaments, competitions, exhibitions or trials therefor | 2 |
| where adequate
lighting is provided.
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| C. All persons operating a motorboat having in tow or | 4 |
| otherwise
assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or | 5 |
| similar contrivance, must be
careful and prudent in their | 6 |
| operation and keep at a reasonable distance
from persons and | 7 |
| property so as not to endanger the life or property of any
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| person.
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| D. No person may operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope | 10 |
| or other
device by which the direction or location of water | 11 |
| skis, aquaplane, or
similar device may be affected or | 12 |
| controlled in such a way as to cause the
water skis, aquaplane, | 13 |
| or similar device, or any persons thereon to collide
with or | 14 |
| strike against any person or object, except ski jumps, buoys | 15 |
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like objects normally used in competitive or recreational | 16 |
| skiing.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-412, eff. 1-1-98.)
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