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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is amended
5by changing Section 1-2 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 45/1-2)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 311-2)
7    Sec. 1-2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8context clearly requires a different meaning:
9    "Vessel" or "Watercraft" means every description of
10watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of
11transportation on water, except a seaplane on the water, inner
12tube, float tube, air mattress or similar device, and boats
13used for concession rides in artificial bodies of water
14designed and used exclusively for such concessions.
15    "Motorboat" means any vessel propelled by machinery,
16whether or not such machinery is the principal source of
17propulsion, but does not include a vessel which has a valid
18marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United
19States Government or any Federal agency successor thereto.
20    "Non-powered watercraft" means any canoe, kayak,
21kiteboard, paddleboard, an inflatable device designed for open
22water navigation, float tube, or watercraft not propelled by
23sail, canvas, or machinery of any sort.

 

 

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1    "Sailboat" means any watercraft propelled by sail or
2canvas, including sailboards. For the purposes of this Act, any
3watercraft propelled by both sail or canvas and machinery of
4any sort shall be deemed a motorboat when being so propelled.
5    "Airboat" means any boat (but not including airplanes or
6hydroplanes) propelled by machinery applying force against the
7air rather than the water as a means of propulsion.
8    "Dealer" means any person who engages in the business of
9manufacturing, selling, or dealing in, on consignment or
10otherwise, any number of new watercraft, or 5 or more used
11watercraft of any make during the year, including any
12off-highway vehicle dealer or snowmobile dealer or a person
13licensed as a new or used vehicle dealer who also sells or
14deals in, on consignment or otherwise, any number of watercraft
15as defined in this Act.
16    "Lifeboat" means a small boat kept on board a larger boat
17for use in emergency.
18    "Owner" means a person, other than lien holder, having
19title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to
20the use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest in
21another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing
22payment of performance of an obligation, but the term excludes
23a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
24    "Waters of this State" means any water within the
25jurisdiction of this State.
26    "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm,

 

 

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1corporation, association, or other entity.
2    "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or
3vessel.
4    "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
5    "Competent" means capable of assisting a skier in case of
6injury or accident.
7    "Personal flotation device" or "PFD" means a device that is
8approved by the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, under Part 160 of
9Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
10    "Recreational boat" means any vessel manufactured or used
11primarily for noncommercial use; or leased, rented or chartered
12to another for noncommercial use.
13    "Personal watercraft" means a vessel that uses an inboard
14motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motor
15power and that is designed to be operated by a person sitting,
16standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than the
17conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel,
18and includes vessels that are similar in appearance and
19operation but are powered by an outboard or propeller drive
20motor.
21    "Specialty prop-craft" means a vessel that is similar in
22appearance and operation to a personal watercraft but that is
23powered by an outboard or propeller driven motor.
24    "Underway" applies to a vessel or watercraft at all times
25except when it is moored at a dock or anchorage area.
26    "Use" applies to all vessels on the waters of this State,

 

 

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1whether moored or underway.
2(Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.