Bill Text: IL HB2782 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a person may operate a motorboat that has in tow or is otherwise assisting a person on water skis, an aquaplane, or a similar contrivance in or upon any waterway if the motorboat is occupied by at least one competent person and it is equipped with wide-angle mirrors. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2782 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2782-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 5-14 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 45/5-14) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-9)
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7 | Sec. 5-14. Towing of persons.
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8 | A. No person may operate a motorboat that has in tow or is
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9 | otherwise
assisting a person on water skis, an aquaplane, or a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | similar
contrivance in or
upon any waterway, unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | motorboat has a capacity of at
least 3 persons , and the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | motorboat is (1) occupied by at least 2
competent persons or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (2) occupied by at least one competent person and equipped with | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | wide-angle mirrors .
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15 | B. No person may operate a motorboat having in tow or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | otherwise be
assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | similar contrivance from the
period of one-half hour after | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. This
paragraph B does | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | not apply to motorboats used in duly authorized water ski
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20 | tournaments, competitions, exhibitions or trials therefor | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | where adequate
lighting is provided.
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22 | C. All persons operating a motorboat having in tow or | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | otherwise
assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane or |
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1 | similar contrivance, must be
careful and prudent in their | ||||||
2 | operation and keep at a reasonable distance
from persons and | ||||||
3 | property so as not to endanger the life or property of any
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4 | person.
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5 | D. No person may operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope | ||||||
6 | or other
device by which the direction or location of water | ||||||
7 | skis, aquaplane, or
similar device may be affected or | ||||||
8 | controlled in such a way as to cause the
water skis, aquaplane, | ||||||
9 | or similar device, or any persons thereon to collide
with or | ||||||
10 | strike against any person or object, except ski jumps, buoys | ||||||
11 | and
like objects normally used in competitive or recreational | ||||||
12 | skiing.
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13 | E. The operator of any watercraft that is towing a person | ||||||
14 | or persons shall display on the watercraft a bright or | ||||||
15 | brilliant orange flag measuring not less than 12 inches per | ||||||
16 | side. The flag shall be displayed at the highest point of the | ||||||
17 | area surrounding the boat's helm as to be visible from all | ||||||
18 | directions, continuously, while the person or persons being | ||||||
19 | towed depart the boat in preparation for towing and until | ||||||
20 | reentry into the boat when the activity has ceased. Display of | ||||||
21 | the flag for purposes other than the activity described in this | ||||||
22 | Section is prohibited. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 98-697, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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