(745 ILCS 47/25)
Sec. 25.
Warning.
(a) Every equine professional shall post and maintain signs that contain
the warning notice specified in subsection (b) of this Section. Signs
shall be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals,
or arenas where the equine professional conducts equine activities if the
stables, corrals, or arenas are owned, managed, or controlled by the equine
professional. The warning notice specified in subsection (b) shall appear
on the sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch
in height. Every written contract entered into by an equine professional
or the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of
equipment or tack or an equine to a participant, whether or not the
contract involves equine activities on or off the location or site of the
equine professional's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the
warning notice specified in subsection (b).
(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) shall contain
the following warning notice:
"WARNING
Under the Equine Activity Liability Act, each
participant who engages in an equine activity
expressly assumes the risks of engaging in and
legal responsibility for injury, loss, or
damage to person or property resulting
from the risk of equine activities."
(Source: P.A. 89-111, eff. 7-7-95.)
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