Full Text of SB1408 96th General Assembly
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Sen. Michael Noland
Filed: 3/16/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1408
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1408 as follows:
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| on page 1, line 5, after "Sections", by inserting "2-2,"; and | 4 |
| on page 1, line 5, after "2-20" by inserting "and by adding | 5 |
| Section 2-21"; and | 6 |
| on page 1, by inserting below line 6 the following:
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| "(430 ILCS 85/2-2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4052)
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| Sec. 2-2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 9 |
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otherwise requires:
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| 1. "Director" means the Director of Labor or his or her | 11 |
| designee.
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| 2. "Department" means Department of Labor.
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| 3. "Amusement Attraction" means an enclosed building or | 14 |
| structure,
including electrical equipment which is an integral |
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| part of the building or
structure, through which people walk | 2 |
| without the aid of any moving device,
that provides amusement, | 3 |
| thrills or excitement at a fair or carnival,
except any such | 4 |
| enclosed building or structure which is subject to the
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| jurisdiction of a local building code.
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| 4. "Amusement ride" means:
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| (a) any mechanized device
or combination of devices, | 8 |
| including electrical equipment which is an
integral part of | 9 |
| the device or devices, which carries passengers along,
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| around, or over a fixed or restricted course for the | 11 |
| primary purpose of
giving its passengers amusement, | 12 |
| pleasure, thrills, or excitement;
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| (b) any ski lift, rope tow, or other device used to | 14 |
| transport snow
skiers;
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| (c) (blank);
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| (d) any dry slide over 20 feet in height, alpine slide, | 17 |
| or toboggan
slide;
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| (e) any tram, open car, or combination of open cars or | 19 |
| wagons pulled
by a tractor or other motorized device which | 20 |
| is not licensed by the
Secretary of State, which may, but | 21 |
| does not necessarily follow a fixed or
restricted course, | 22 |
| and is used primarily for the purpose of giving its
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| passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills or excitement, and | 24 |
| for which an
individual fee is charged or a donation | 25 |
| accepted with the exception of
hayrack rides; or
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| (f) any bungee cord or similar elastic device.
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| 5. "Carnival" means an enterprise which offers amusement or | 2 |
| entertainment
to the public by means of one or more amusement | 3 |
| attractions or amusement rides.
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| 6. "Fair" means an enterprise principally devoted to the | 5 |
| exhibition of
products of agriculture or industry in connection | 6 |
| with which
amusement rides or amusement attractions are | 7 |
| operated.
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| 7. "Operator" means a person, or the agent of a person, who | 9 |
| owns or
controls or has the duty to control the operation of an | 10 |
| amusement ride or
an amusement attraction at a carnival or | 11 |
| fair. "Operator" includes an
agency of the State or any of its | 12 |
| political subdivisions.
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| 8. "Carnival worker" means a person who is employed (and is | 14 |
| therefore not a volunteer) by a carnival or fair to manage, | 15 |
| physically operate, or assist in the operation of an amusement | 16 |
| ride or amusement attraction when it is open to the public.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-801, eff. 5-25-06; 95-397, eff. 8-24-07; | 18 |
| 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)"; and
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| on page 6, line 8, after " Screeners. ", by inserting " Any | 20 |
| criminal history checks performed by the Illinois State Police | 21 |
| shall be pursuant to the Illinois Uniform Conviction | 22 |
| Information Act. "; and | 23 |
| on page 6, lines 9 through 14, by deleting " Carnival workers | 24 |
| who are foreign nationals and have been
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| United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services in | 2 |
| conjunction with the United States Department of
Labor's H-2B | 3 |
| or J-1 programs and are lawfully admitted into the
United | 4 |
| States shall be exempt from the background check
requirement | 5 |
| imposed under this subsection. "; and | 6 |
| on page 8, by inserting below line 2 the following: | 7 |
| "(430 ILCS 85/2-21 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 2-21. Volunteers. Criminal background checks of | 9 |
| volunteers, who manage, physically operate, or assist in the | 10 |
| operation of an amusement ride or amusement attraction when it | 11 |
| is open to the public, shall be left to the discretion of local | 12 |
| law enforcement which has jurisdictional authority in the | 13 |
| community in which the event is being held. Volunteers shall be | 14 |
| required to comply with any training and age requirements as | 15 |
| prescribed by rule. ".
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