HB6215 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6215

Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to boats.

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 or her in the exercise of reasonable care to bring the watercraft to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.

(Source: P.A. 85-149.)