(625 ILCS 45/5-7) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-7)
Sec. 5-7.
Restricted areas.
No person shall operate a watercraft
within a water area that has been clearly marked by buoys or some other
distinguishing device as a bathing, fishing, swimming or otherwise
restricted area by the Department or a political subdivision of the State
or by an owner or lessee of property in accordance with his or her rights
to the use of the property, except in the manner prescribed by the buoys or
other distinguishing devices. This Section shall not apply in the case of
an emergency, or to patrol or rescue craft.
No person shall operate a watercraft within 150 feet of a public
launching ramp owned, operated or maintained by the Department or a
political subdivision of the State at greater than a "No Wake" speed as
defined in Section 5-12 of this Act. Posting of the areas
by the Department or a political subdivision of the State is not required.
The Department and other political subdivisions of the State may, within
their discretion and after issuing an administrative rule in accordance
with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, designate certain areas by
proper signs to be bathing, fishing, swimming or otherwise restricted
areas, or eliminate, alter or otherwise modify existing areas. The Department
or a political subdivision of the State shall further have the authority in
order to fully carry out the provisions of this Act to place signs, beacons
and buoys in designated areas controlling the flow of traffic.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, move, obliterate, tear
down, or destroy, in whole or in part, or attempt to deface, move,
obliterate, tear down or destroy any buoys or signs posted pursuant to
the provisions of this Act, except as authorized by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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