Bill Text: IL HB1585 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the White Cane Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the rights of the blind and others.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1585 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1585-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning human rights.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The White Cane Law is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (775 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 3363)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.
The The blind, persons who have a visual | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | disability, the hearing impaired, persons
who are subject to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | epilepsy or other seizure disorders,
and persons who have other | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | physical disabilities have the same right as the
able-bodied to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks,
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| 12 | walkways, public buildings, public facilities and other public | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | places.
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| 14 | The blind, persons who have a visual disability, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | hearing impaired, persons who are
subject to epilepsy or other | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | seizure disorders, and persons who have other physical | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | disabilities are entitled to full and equal
accommodations, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | advantages, facilities and privileges of all common
carriers, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | street
cars, boats or any other public conveyances or modes of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | transportation,
hotels, lodging places, places of public | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | accommodation, amusement or resort
and other places to which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | the general public is invited, subject only to
the conditions | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | and limitations established by law and applicable alike to
all | ||||||
| 2 | persons.
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| 3 | Every totally or partially blind or hearing impaired | ||||||
| 4 | person, person who is subject
to epilepsy or other seizure | ||||||
| 5 | disorders, or person who has any other physical disability or a | ||||||
| 6 | trainer of support dogs, guide dogs,
seizure-alert dogs, | ||||||
| 7 | seizure-response dogs, or
hearing dogs shall
have the right to | ||||||
| 8 | be accompanied by a
support dog or guide dog especially trained | ||||||
| 9 | for the purpose, or a dog
that is being trained to be a support | ||||||
| 10 | dog, guide dog, seizure-alert dog,
seizure-response dog, or | ||||||
| 11 | hearing dog, in any
of the
places listed in this Section | ||||||
| 12 | without being required to pay an extra charge
for the guide, | ||||||
| 13 | support, seizure-alert, seizure-response, or hearing dog;
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| 14 | provided that he shall be liable for
any damage done to the | ||||||
| 15 | premises or facilities by such dog.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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