Full Text of HB3888 97th General Assembly
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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 adding Section 5-23 as follows: | 6 | | (625 ILCS 45/5-23 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-23. Transportation of aquatic plants and animals; | 8 | | placement of objects in navigable waters. | 9 | | (a) No person may place or operate a vehicle, seaplane, | 10 | | watercraft, or other object of any kind in waters of this State | 11 | | if it has any aquatic plants or aquatic animals attached to the | 12 | | exterior of the vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object. | 13 | | This Section does not require a person to remove aquatic plants | 14 | | or aquatic animals from a vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or | 15 | | other object during the period of time when the vehicle, | 16 | | seaplane, watercraft, or other object is being operated in the | 17 | | same navigable body of water in which the aquatic plants or | 18 | | aquatic animals became attached. | 19 | | (b) No person may take off with a seaplane, or transport or | 20 | | operate a vehicle, watercraft, or other object of any kind on a | 21 | | highway with aquatic plants or aquatic animals attached to the | 22 | | exterior of the seaplane, vehicle, watercraft, or other object. | 23 | | (c) A law enforcement officer who has reason to believe |
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| 1 | | that a person is in violation of this Section may order the | 2 | | person to: | 3 | | (i) remove aquatic plants or aquatic animals from a | 4 | | vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object of any kind | 5 | | before placing it in a navigable water; | 6 | | (ii) remove aquatic plants or aquatic animals from a | 7 | | seaplane before taking off with the seaplane; | 8 | | (iii) remove from, or not place in, a navigable water, | 9 | | a vehicle, seaplane, watercraft, or other object of any | 10 | | kind; or | 11 | | (iv) not take off with a seaplane, or transport or | 12 | | operate a vehicle, watercraft, or other object of any kind | 13 | | on a highway. | 14 | | (d)
No person may refuse to obey the order of a law | 15 | | enforcement officer acting under subsection (c) of this | 16 | | Section. | 17 | | (e) This Section does not prohibit a person from: | 18 | | (i) transporting or operating a vehicle, seaplane, | 19 | | watercraft, or other object of any kind with duckweed that | 20 | | is incidentally attached to the exterior of the vehicle, | 21 | | seaplane, watercraft, or other object; or | 22 | | (ii) transporting or operating commercial aquatic | 23 | | plant harvesting equipment that has aquatic plants or | 24 | | animals attached to the exterior of the equipment, if the | 25 | | equipment is owned or operated by a local governmental | 26 | | unit, is being transported or operated for the purpose of |
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| 1 | | cleaning the equipment to remove aquatic plants or animals, | 2 | | and is being transported to or operated at a suitable | 3 | | location away from any body of water. | 4 | | (f) The Department shall prepare a notice that contains a | 5 | | summary of the provisions under this Section and shall make | 6 | | copies of the notice available to persons required to post the | 7 | | notice under subsection (g) of this Section. | 8 | | (g) Each owner of a public boat access site shall post and | 9 | | maintain the notice described in subsection (f) of this | 10 | | Section. For purposes of this Section, a "public boat access | 11 | | site" means a site that provides access to a navigable water | 12 | | for boats and that is open to the general public for free or | 13 | | for a charge or that is open only to certain groups of persons | 14 | | for a charge.
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