(430 ILCS 165/1) (was 720 ILCS 605/1)
Sec. 1.
Any person, corporation or partnership which either owns, or
maintains, or uses, or abandons any open well, cesspool, cistern,
quarry, recharging basin, catch basin, sump, excavation for the erection
of any building structure or excavation created by the razing or removal
of any building structure without covering or surrounding such
installation with protective fencing is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
The provisions of this Act shall not apply during the course of repair,
construction, removal or filling of any of the structures or conditions
herein described while any worker is present at the location thereof
either performing services thereon or as a watchman to guard such
location.
(Source: P.A. 81-992.)
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