Full Text of HB1130 97th General Assembly
HB1130 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB1130 Introduced 02/07/11, by Rep. Carol A. Sente SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act. Requires any organization that sets up, moves, or stores a movable soccer goal to follow all applicable guidelines for anchoring, securing, and counterweighting a movable soccer goal as those guidelines are set forth in "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety", a publication of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the Act, no commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, re-manufacture, retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or retail, contract to sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce, a movable soccer goal that is not tip-resistant. Requires movable soccer goals with specified measurements to comply with applicable ASTM standards.
Provides that a violation of the Act is a petty offense for which a fine not to exceed $500 may be imposed.
Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning movable soccer goals.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 | | "Movable soccer goal" means a freestanding structure | 8 | | consisting of at least 2 upright posts, a crossbar, and support | 9 | | bars that is designed: | 10 | | (1) to be used by adults or children for the purposes | 11 | | of a soccer goal; | 12 | | (2) to be used without any other form of support or | 13 | | restraint (other than pegs, stakes, or other forms of | 14 | | temporary anchoring device); and | 15 | | (3) to be able to be moved to different locations. | 16 | | "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety" means the | 17 | | publication "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety" | 18 | | published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in | 19 | | January 1995 or any successor version of that publication. | 20 | | "Organization" means any individual, park district, school | 21 | | district, sporting club, soccer organization, unit of local | 22 | | government, religious organization, business, or other similar | 23 | | organization that owns or controls a movable soccer goal to be |
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| 1 | | used during organized soccer games, excluding private | 2 | | residential soccer games, on private, commercial, or local | 3 | | governmental property. | 4 | | Section 10. Setting up, moving, or storing a movable soccer | 5 | | goal. An organization must follow all applicable guidelines for | 6 | | anchoring, securing, and counterweighting a movable soccer | 7 | | goal that are set forth in "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal | 8 | | Safety" when setting up a movable soccer goal for use, after | 9 | | moving a goal previously set up, or when storing a movable | 10 | | soccer goal. | 11 | | Section 15. Tip-resistant movable soccer goals required. | 12 | | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this Act, no | 13 | | commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, | 14 | | wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, re-manufacture, | 15 | | retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or retail, contract to | 16 | | sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or otherwise place in the | 17 | | stream of commerce, a movable soccer goal that is not | 18 | | tip-resistant. | 19 | | (b) For purposes of this Act, a movable soccer goal whose | 20 | | inside measurements are 6.5 to 8 feet high and 18 to 24 feet | 21 | | wide is not presumed to be tip-resistant if it does not conform | 22 | | to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) | 23 | | standard F2673-08 for tip-resistant movable soccer goals. |
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| 1 | | Section 20. Penalty. Violation of this Act is a petty | 2 | | offense for which a fine not to exceed $500 may be imposed.
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law. |
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