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Public Act 0713 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-0713

SB1335 Enrolled LRB096 07233 AJO 17319 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the
Bowling Center Act.

    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Operator" means a person or entity that owns, manages,
controls, directs, or has operational responsibility for a
bowling center.
    "Bowler" means a person in a bowling center for the purpose
of recreational or competitive bowling.
    "Bowling center" means a building, facility, or premises
that provides an area specifically designed to be used by the
public for recreational or competitive bowling.
    "Bowling shoes" mean shoes that are specifically designed
for the purpose of recreational or competitive bowling.

    Section 10. Operator notice to bowlers.An operator shall
post a notice in a conspicuous place near each bowling center
entrance and exit that reads as follows: "Bowling shoes are
specialized footwear and are not intended to be worn outside a
bowling center because the bowling shoes may be affected by
substances or materials such as: snow, ice, rain, moisture,
food, or debris. Such substances or materials on bowling shoes
that have been worn outside a bowling center may cause the
person wearing the bowling shoes to slip, trip, stumble, or
fall on the floor or alley surfaces in the bowling center."

    Section 15. Civil liability. If the operator posts a notice
in a conspicuous place near each bowling center entrance and
exit in the form described in Section 10, the operator, except
for willful and wanton misconduct, shall not be held civilly
liable for injuries resulting from a slip, trip, stumble, or
fall inside the bowling center solely caused by some substance
or material on the bowler's bowling shoes that was acquired
outside the bowling center immediately before entering or
re-entering the bowling center.

    Section 98. Applicability. This Act applies only to causes
of action accruing on or after January 1, 2010.

Effective Date: 1/1/2010

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