Full Text of HB4536 094th General Assembly
HB4536 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4536
Introduced 1/11/2006, by Rep. Patrick J Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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745 ILCS 65/1 |
from Ch. 70, par. 31 |
745 ILCS 65/2 |
from Ch. 70, par. 32 |
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Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Provides for State-owned or managed lands and waters to be included in the Act. Provides new definition for "recreational or conservation purpose" to include numerous activities or combinations of activities such as hunting, hiking, rock climbing, trapping, fishing, swimming, boating or any activity undertaken for resource management, exercise, education, pleasure, and the operation of any off-highway vehicle to pursue any of those activities. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4536 |
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LRB094 16879 AJO 52158 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
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| (745 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 31)
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| Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the | 8 |
| "Recreational
Use of Land and Water Areas Act".
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| The purpose of this Act is to encourage owners of land to | 10 |
| make land
and water areas available to any individual or , on | 11 |
| State-owned or managed lands and waters, members of the public | 12 |
| for recreational or conservation
purposes by limiting their | 13 |
| liability toward persons entering thereon for
such purposes.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-625, eff. 8-18-05.)
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| (745 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 32)
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| Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | 17 |
| requires:
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| (a) "Land" includes roads, water, watercourses, private | 19 |
| ways and
buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when | 20 |
| attached to the
realty, but does not include residential | 21 |
| buildings or residential property.
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| (b) "Owner" includes the possessor of any interest in land, | 23 |
| whether it be a
tenant, lessee, occupant, the State of Illinois | 24 |
| and its political
subdivisions, or person in control of the | 25 |
| premises.
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| (c) "Recreational or conservation purpose" means entry | 27 |
| onto the land of another to conduct any of the following | 28 |
| activities or a combination thereof, hunting, hiking, | 29 |
| recreational shooting, rock climbing, trapping, horseback | 30 |
| riding of the entrant's own horse or horses, fishing, swimming, | 31 |
| boating, camping, picnicking, any activity undertaken for |
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| conservation, resource management, exercise, education, | 2 |
| relaxation, or pleasure, and the operation of an off-highway | 3 |
| vehicle to pursue any of the listed activities
hunting or | 4 |
| recreational shooting or a combination thereof or any activity | 5 |
| solely related to the aforesaid hunting or recreational | 6 |
| shooting .
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| (d) "Charge" means an admission fee for permission to go | 8 |
| upon the
land, but does not include: the sharing of game, fish | 9 |
| or other products of
recreational use; or benefits to or | 10 |
| arising from the recreational use; or
contributions in kind, | 11 |
| services or cash made for the purpose of properly
conserving | 12 |
| the land.
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| (e) "Person" includes any person, regardless of age, | 14 |
| maturity, or
experience, who enters upon or uses land for | 15 |
| recreational purposes.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-625, eff. 8-18-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law. |
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