Bill Text: IL SB0238 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fox Waterway Agency Act. Provides that a person shall not 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; (ii) carry passengers for hire; (iii) are restaurants as defined in the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act; or (iv) are riverboats as defined in the Riverboat Gambling Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0238 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0238-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB0238 Introduced 1/31/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 90/7.13 new
Amends the Fox Waterway Agency Act. Provides that a person shall not 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; (ii) carry passengers for hire; (iii) are restaurants as defined in the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act; or (iv) are riverboats as defined in the Riverboat Gambling Act.
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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. A person shall not operate a boat
or watercraft that is more than 40 feet in length on the
waterway. This Section does not apply to boats or watercraft
that: (i) are used exclusively for dredging, construction, lake
maintenance, or similar activities; (ii) carry passengers for
hire; (iii) are restaurants as defined in the Food Handling
Regulation Enforcement Act; or (iv) are riverboats as defined
in the Riverboat Gambling Act.