Full Text of SB2665 98th General Assembly
SB2665 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2665 Introduced 1/21/2014, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff 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. Requires operators of a watercraft towing a person or persons to display purple flags on their watercraft. Requires this flag to be displayed at the highest point of the boat's helm. Effective January 1, 2015.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 5-14 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 45/5-14) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-9)
| 7 | | Sec. 5-14. Towing of Persons. Water Skiing.
| 8 | | A. No person may operate a motorboat that has in tow or is
| 9 | | 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.
| 13 | | B. No person may operate a motorboat having in tow or | 14 | | otherwise be
assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or | 15 | | similar contrivance from the
period of one-half hour after | 16 | | sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. This
paragraph B does | 17 | | not apply to motorboats used in duly authorized water ski
| 18 | | tournaments, competitions, exhibitions or trials therefor | 19 | | where adequate
lighting is provided.
| 20 | | C. All persons operating a motorboat having in tow or | 21 | | otherwise
assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or | 22 | | similar contrivance, must be
careful and prudent in their | 23 | | operation and keep at a reasonable distance
from persons and |
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| 1 | | property so as not to endanger the life or property of any
| 2 | | person.
| 3 | | D. No person may operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope | 4 | | or other
device by which the direction or location of water | 5 | | skis, aquaplane, or
similar device may be affected or | 6 | | controlled in such a way as to cause the
water skis, aquaplane, | 7 | | or similar device, or any persons thereon to collide
with or | 8 | | strike against any person or object, except ski jumps, buoys | 9 | | and
like objects normally used in competitive or recreational | 10 | | skiing.
| 11 | | E. The operator of any watercraft that is towing a person | 12 | | or persons shall display on the watercraft a bright or | 13 | | brilliant purple flag measuring not less than 12 inches per | 14 | | side. The flag shall be displayed at the highest point of the | 15 | | area surrounding the boat's helm as to be visible from all | 16 | | directions, continuously, while the person or persons being | 17 | | towed depart the boat in preparation for towing and until | 18 | | reentry into the boat when the activity has ceased. Display of | 19 | | the flag for purposes other than the activity described in this | 20 | | Section is prohibited. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 90-412, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 23 | | 1, 2015.
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