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Rep. Carol A. Sente
Filed: 3/7/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1130
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1130 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act or Zach's Law.
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| 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, augers, |
| 14 | | counter-weights, or other types of temporary anchoring |
| 15 | | devices); and |
| 16 | | (3) to be able to be moved to different locations. |
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| 1 | | "Organization" means any park district, school district, |
| 2 | | sporting club, soccer organization, unit of local government, |
| 3 | | religious organization, business, or other similar |
| 4 | | organization that uses, owns, or maintains a movable soccer |
| 5 | | goal.
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| 6 | | Section 10. Installing, setting up, maintaining, or moving |
| 7 | | a movable soccer goal. An agent or employee of an organization |
| 8 | | shall not knowingly cause a movable soccer goal to be |
| 9 | | unanchored or improperly anchored. Any agent or employee of an |
| 10 | | organization that has actual notice of an unanchored or |
| 11 | | improperly anchored movable soccer goal shall ensure that the |
| 12 | | movable soccer goal is properly anchored or eliminate the risk |
| 13 | | that the goal will inadvertently tip over by laying it forward |
| 14 | | onto its face or otherwise securing it from being used in an |
| 15 | | unanchored position.
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| 16 | | Section 15. Tip-resistant movable soccer goals required. |
| 17 | | (a) Beginning one year after the effective date of this |
| 18 | | Act, no commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, |
| 19 | | distributor, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, |
| 20 | | re-manufacture, retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or |
| 21 | | retail, contract to sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or |
| 22 | | otherwise place in the stream of commerce, a movable soccer |
| 23 | | goal that is not tip-resistant. |
| 24 | | (b) For purposes of this Act, a movable soccer goal whose |
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| 1 | | inside measurements are 6.5 to 8 feet high and 18 to 24 feet |
| 2 | | wide does not qualify as tip-resistant unless it conforms to |
| 3 | | the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard |
| 4 | | F2673-08 for tip-resistant movable soccer goals.
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| 5 | | Section 20. Technical assistance for soccer goal safety. By |
| 6 | | June 30, 2012, the Department of Public Health shall provide |
| 7 | | technical assistance materials based on guidelines such as the |
| 8 | | Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety in order to improve |
| 9 | | soccer goal safety. The Department may make these materials |
| 10 | | available on its website.
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| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 12 | | becoming law.".
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