Bill Text: IL SB0057 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Ski Slope Safety Act. Provides that every ski area operator shall ensure that skiers and snowboarders are not permitted to enter ski areas without protective helmets and requires all skiers and snowboarders to wear protective helmets while in a ski area. Sets forth penalties for violations of the Act. Provides that the Director of Public Health shall adopt reasonable rules to enforce compliance with the Act. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0057 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0057-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB0057 Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Ski Slope Safety Act. Provides that every ski area operator shall ensure that skiers and snowboarders are not permitted to enter ski areas without protective helmets and requires all skiers and snowboarders to wear protective helmets while in a ski area. Sets forth penalties for violations of the Act. Provides that the Director of Public Health shall adopt reasonable rules to enforce compliance with the Act. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Ski
Slope Safety Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
"Director" means the Director of Public Health.
"Ski area" means all ski slopes, ski trails, and passenger
tramways administered as a single enterprise within this State.
"Ski area operator" means a person, firm, or corporation,
and its agents and employees, having operational and
administrative responsibility for any ski area, including any
agency of the State, any political subdivision thereof, and any
other governmental agency or instrumentality.
"Ski slopes and trails" mean those areas designated by the
ski area operator for skiing.
"Skier" means any person wearing a ski or skis in a ski
area for the purpose of skiing.
"Snowboarder" means any person on a snowboard in a ski area
for the purpose of snowboarding.
Section 10. Protective helmet wear in ski areas.

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(a) Every ski area operator shall:
(i) ensure that skiers and snowboarders are not
permitted to enter the ski area without a protective
helmet;
(ii) make available to the public, for sale or lease,
protective helmets;
(iii) post in a location likely to be seen by all
skiers and snowboarders signs of such size and color as
will enable skiers and snowboarders to have knowledge of
their responsibilities under this Act;
(iv) make available at reasonable fees instruction and
education for skiers and snowboarders relative to the risks
inherent to skiing and snowboarding and the duties
prescribed under this Act and conspicuously post notice of
the times and places of availability of such instruction
and education in locations likely to be seen by all skiers
and snowboarders; and
(v) make available at reasonable fees educational
literature regarding injury prevention.
(b) All skiers and snowboarders shall wear a protective
helmet while in a ski area.
Section 15. Penalties.
(a) If the director finds that a ski area operator has
knowingly violated the provisions of this Act, then the
director shall impose a fine of $100 for the first such

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violation and $200 for a second or subsequent violation.
(b) The Director shall adopt reasonable rules to enforce
compliance with this Act.