HB5895eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5895 Engrossed LRB096 17620 AJO 32978 b

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(745 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 31)

Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and and may be cited as the "Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act".

The purpose of this Act is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to any individual or members of the public for recreational or conservation purposes by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon for such purposes.

(Source: P.A. 94-625, eff. 8-18-05.)