820 ILCS 270/ Aerial Exhibitors Safety Act.

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820 ILCS 270/0.01

(820 ILCS 270/0.01) (was 720 ILCS 530/0.01)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Aerial Exhibitors Safety Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

820 ILCS 270/1

(820 ILCS 270/1) (was 720 ILCS 530/1)

Sec. 1.

No person shall participate in a public performance or exhibition,
or in a private exercise preparatory thereto, on a trapeze, tightrope,
wire, rings, ropes, poles, or other aerial apparatus which requires skill,
timing or balance and which creates a substantial risk to himself or others
of serious injury by a fall from a height in excess of 20 feet, unless a
safety net or other safety device of similar purpose and construction is
placed between such person and the ground in such manner as to arrest or
cushion his fall and minimize the risk of such injury.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3453.)

820 ILCS 270/2

(820 ILCS 270/2) (was 720 ILCS 530/2)

Sec. 2.

No owner, agent, lessee or other person in control of operations
of a circus, carnival, fair or other public place of assembly or amusement
shall authorize or permit
participation in an aerial performance, exhibition or private exercise in
violation of Section 1 of this Act.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3453.)

820 ILCS 270/3

(820 ILCS 270/3) (was 720 ILCS 530/3)

Sec. 3.

Sentence.

Violation of this Act is a Class A Misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 77-2651.)