100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4504

 

Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 125/3.01  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1203.01
210 ILCS 130/1  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1251

    Amends the Swimming Facility Act and Swimming Pool Safety Act. Provides that "swimming pool" does not include therapeutic pools used in physical therapy programs operated by medical facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health or operated by physical therapists licensed under the Illinois Physical Therapy Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Swimming Facility Act is amended by changing
5Section 3.01 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 125/3.01)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1203.01)
7    Sec. 3.01. Swimming pool. "Swimming pool" means any
8artificial basin of water which is modified, improved,
9constructed or installed for the purpose of public swimming,
10wading, floating, or diving, and includes: pools for community
11use, pools at apartments, condominiums, and other groups or
12associations having 5 or more living units, clubs, churches,
13camps, schools, institutions, Y.M.C.A.'s, Y.W.C.A.'s, parks,
14recreational areas, motels, hotels, health clubs, golf and
15country clubs, and other commercial establishments. It does not
16include: (1) pools at private single-family residences
17intended only for the use of the owner and guests; or (2)
18therapeutic pools used in physical therapy programs operated by
19medical facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health
20or operated by physical therapists licensed under the Illinois
21Physical Therapy Act.
22(Source: P.A. 97-957, eff. 1-1-13.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Swimming Pool Safety Act is amended by
2changing Section 1 as follows:
 
3    (210 ILCS 130/1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1251)
4    Sec. 1. As used in this Act:
5    "Swimming pool" means any artificial basin of water which
6is modified, improved, constructed or installed for the purpose
7of public swimming, and includes: pools for community use,
8pools at apartments, condominiums, and other groups or
9associations having 5 or more living units, clubs, churches,
10camps, schools, institutions, Y.M.C.A.s, Y.W.C.A.s, parks,
11recreational areas, motels, hotels and other commercial
12establishments. It does not include: (1) pools at private
13residences intended only for the use of the owner and guests;
14or (2) therapeutic pools used in physical therapy programs
15operated by medical facilities licensed by the Department of
16Public Health or operated by physical therapists licensed under
17the Illinois Physical Therapy Act.
18    "Person" means any individual, group of individuals,
19association, trust, partnership, corporation, person doing
20business under an assumed name, county, municipality, the State
21of Illinois, or any political subdivision or department
22thereof, or any other entity.
23    "Life jacket" means a life jacket, life vest or any other
24flotation device designed to be worn about the body to assist
25in maintaining buoyancy in water.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 84-441.)