Bill Text: IL SB0056 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Fox Waterway Agency. Provides that no person shall operate a boat or watercraft that exceeds 40 feet in length on the Fox Waterway, with the exception of boats or watercraft that: (i) are used for dredging, construction, lake maintenance, or similar activities; and (ii) do not carry passengers for hire.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0056 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0056-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB0056 Introduced 1/16/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 90/7.13 new
Creates the Fox Waterway Agency. Provides that no person shall operate a boat or watercraft that exceeds 40 feet in length on the Fox Waterway, with the exception of boats or watercraft that: (i) are used for dredging, construction, lake maintenance, or similar activities; and (ii) do not carry passengers for hire.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by adding
Section 7.13 as follows:
(615 ILCS 90/7.13 new)
Sec. 7.13. Boat length. No person shall operate a boat or
watercraft on the waterway that is more than 40 feet in length.
However, this Section does not apply to boats or watercraft
that: (i) are used exclusively for dredging, construction, lake
maintenance, or similar activities; and (ii) do not carry
passengers for hire.