HB5895ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

Filed: 3/10/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5895

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5895 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"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.)".