093_HB1768

 
                                     LRB093 06551 LCB 06677 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to boats.

 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
 5    amended by changing Section 5-1 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 45/5-1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-1)
 7        Sec.  5-1.   Careless  operation. No person shall operate
 8    any watercraft in a careless or  heedless  manner  so  as  to
 9    endanger any person or property or at a rate of speed greater
10    than  will  permit  him  or her in the exercise of reasonable
11    care to bring the watercraft to a  stop  within  the  assured
12    clear distance ahead.
13    (Source: P.A. 85-149.)