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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1411
Introduced 2/21/2007, by Rep. Kurt M. Granberg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 45/5-7 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-7 |
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Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a person may not operate an airboat on any lake that is 24,000 acres in size or larger.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1411 |
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LRB095 08694 DRH 28877 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 5-7 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 45/5-7) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-7)
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| Sec. 5-7. Restricted areas. |
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| (a) No person shall operate a watercraft
within a water |
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| area that has been clearly marked by buoys or some other
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| distinguishing device as a bathing, fishing, swimming or |
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| otherwise
restricted area by the Department or a political |
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| subdivision of the State
or by an owner or lessee of property |
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| in accordance with his or her rights
to the use of the |
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| property, except in the manner prescribed by the buoys or
other |
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| distinguishing devices. This Section shall not apply in the |
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| case of
an emergency, or to patrol or rescue craft.
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| (b) No person shall operate a watercraft within 150 feet of |
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| a public
launching ramp owned, operated or maintained by the |
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| Department or a
political subdivision of the State at greater |
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| than a "No Wake" speed as
defined in Section 5-12 of this Act. |
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| Posting of the areas
by the Department or a political |
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| subdivision of the State is not required. |
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| (c) A person may not operate an airboat on any lake that is |