Bill Text: IL SB1223 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding careless operation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1223 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1223-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1223 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. John F. Curran SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 45/5-1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-1
Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding careless operation.
LRB103 05609 HEP 50628 b
A BILL FOR
SB1223 LRB103 05609 HEP 50628 b
AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended
by changing Section 5-1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 45/5-1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-1)
Sec. 5-1. Careless operation. No person shall operate any
watercraft in a careless or heedless manner so as to endanger
any person or property or at a rate of speed greater than will
permit him in the the exercise of reasonable care to bring the
watercraft to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
(Source: P.A. 85-149.)