93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6215


 
Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













625 ILCS 45/5-1
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-1







    Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act.  Makes a technical
change in a Section regarding careless operation.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB6215

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    AN ACT in relation to boats. 

 
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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 Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended 
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by changing
Section 5-1 as follows:


 
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    (625 ILCS 45/5-1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-1)

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    Sec. 5-1. Careless operation.
No person shall operate any 
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watercraft in a careless or heedless manner
so as to endanger 
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any person or property
or at a rate of speed greater than will 
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permit him
or her
in the exercise of
reasonable care to bring 
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the watercraft to a stop within
the assured clear distance 
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ahead.


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(Source: P.A. 85-149.)