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Sen. Deanna Demuzio
Filed: 4/11/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 251
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 251, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas |
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| Act is amended by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
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| (745 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 31)
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| Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the |
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| "Recreational
Use of Land and Water Areas Act".
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| The purpose of this Act is to encourage owners of land to |
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| make land
and water areas available to any individual or, on |
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| State-owned or managed lands and waters, members of the public |
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| for recreational or conservation
purposes by limiting their |
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| liability toward persons entering thereon for
such purposes.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-959.)
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| (745 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 32)
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| Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise |
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| requires:
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| (a) "Land" includes roads, water, watercourses, private |
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| ways and
buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when |
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| attached to the
realty, but does not include residential |
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| buildings.
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| (b) "Owner" includes the possessor of any interest in land, |
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| whether it be a
tenant, lessee, occupant, the State of Illinois |
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| and its political
subdivisions, or person in control of the |
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| premises.
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| (c) "Recreational or conservation purpose" means entry |
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| onto the land of another to conduct any of the following |
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| activities or a combination thereof, hunting, hiking, |
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| recreational shooting, rock climbing, trapping, horseback |
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| riding of the entrant's own horse or horses, fishing, swimming, |
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| boating, camping, picnicking, and operation of an off-highway |
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| vehicle to pursue any of the listed activities.
any activity
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| undertaken for conservation, resource management, exercise,
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| education, relaxation, or pleasure on land owned by another.
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| (d) "Charge" means an admission fee for permission to go |
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| upon the
land, but does not include: the sharing of game, fish |
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| or other products of
recreational use; or benefits to or |
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| arising from the recreational use; or
contributions in kind, |
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| services or cash made for the purpose of properly
conserving |
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| the land.
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| (e) "Person" includes any person, regardless of age, |
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| maturity, or
experience, who enters upon or uses land for |
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| recreational purposes.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-959.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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