Full Text of HB0419 102nd General Assembly
HB0419 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB0419 Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, in municipalities that require permits for special events, no person may perform, or employ, direct, or allow a person to perform, portable audiovisual rigging at a permitted special event unless the person performing such work holds a valid rigging certification from the Entertainment Technician Certification Program. Defines "portable audiovisual rigging" and "special event". Limits home rule powers.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 11-5-11 as follows: | 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-5-11 new) | 7 | | Sec. 11-5-11. Portable audiovisual rigging at special | 8 | | events. | 9 | | (a) In municipalities that require permits for special | 10 | | events, no person may perform, or employ, direct or allow a | 11 | | person to perform, portable audiovisual rigging at a permitted | 12 | | special event unless the person performing such work holds a | 13 | | valid rigging certification from the Entertainment Technician | 14 | | Certification Program operated by the Entertainment Services | 15 | | and Technology Association. | 16 | | (b) As used in this Section: | 17 | | "Portable audiovisual rigging" means the temporary | 18 | | installation or operation of portable mechanical rigging and | 19 | | static rigging for the overhead suspension of portable | 20 | | audiovisual equipment, including, but not limited to: audio, | 21 | | video, lighting, backdrops, scenery, and other effects at a | 22 | | special event. "Portable audiovisual rigging" does not include | 23 | | freight handling or the transportation of heavy equipment. |
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| 1 | | "Special event" means a planned temporary aggregation of | 2 | | attractions, including, but not limited to, public | 3 | | entertainment, food and beverage service facilities, sales of | 4 | | souvenirs or other merchandise, or similar attractions, that | 5 | | is: | 6 | | (1) conducted on the public way; or | 7 | | (2) conducted primarily outdoors on property open to | 8 | | the public, other than the public way, and which: | 9 | | (A) includes activities that require the issuance | 10 | | of a municipal temporary food establishment license, | 11 | | municipal special event liquor license, or similar | 12 | | license; or | 13 | | (B) requires special municipal services, | 14 | | including, but not limited to: street closures; the | 15 | | provision of barricades, garbage cans, stages, or | 16 | | special no parking signs; special electrical services; | 17 | | or special police protection. | 18 | | "Special event" does not include a parade or athletic | 19 | | event for which a separate permit is required, a neighborhood | 20 | | block party at which no food, beverages, or merchandise are | 21 | | sold, or a citywide festival conducted pursuant to an | 22 | | intergovernmental agreement authorized by ordinance. | 23 | | (c) A home rule municipality may not regulate portable | 24 | | audiovisual rigging in a manner inconsistent with this | 25 | | Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of | 26 | | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the |
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| 1 | | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | 2 | | exercised by the State.
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