Full Text of SB1530 98th General Assembly
SB1530ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Michael W. Tryon Filed: 5/17/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1530
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1530 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 6, below line 7, by inserting the following: | 4 | | "Section 10. The Boat Registration and Safety Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 4-1 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 45/4-1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 314-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 4-1. Personal flotation devices.
| 8 | | A. No person may operate a watercraft
unless at least one | 9 | | U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD of the following types or
their | 10 | | equivalent is on board for each person: Type I, Type II or Type | 11 | | III.
| 12 | | B. No person may operate a personal watercraft or specialty | 13 | | prop-craft
unless each person aboard is wearing a Type I, Type | 14 | | II, Type III or Type V
PFD approved by the United States Coast | 15 | | Guard.
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| 1 | | C. No person may operate a watercraft 16 feet or more in | 2 | | length,
except a canoe or kayak, unless at least one Type IV | 3 | | U.S. Coast Guard
approved PFD or its equivalent is on board in | 4 | | addition to the PFD's
required in paragraph A of this Section.
| 5 | | D. A U.S. Coast Guard approved Type V personal flotation | 6 | | device may be
carried in lieu of the Type I, II, III or IV | 7 | | personal flotation device
required in this Section, if the Type | 8 | | V personal flotation device is
approved for the activity in | 9 | | which it is being used.
| 10 | | E. When assisting a person on waterskis, aquaplane or | 11 | | similar
device, there must be one U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD | 12 | | on
board the watercraft for each person being assisted or towed | 13 | | or worn
by the person being assisted or towed.
| 14 | | F. No person may operate a watercraft unless each device | 15 | | required by
this Section is:
| 16 | | 1. Readily accessible;
| 17 | | 2. In serviceable condition;
| 18 | | 3. Of the appropriate size for the person for whom it | 19 | | is intended;
and
| 20 | | 4. Legibly marked with the U.S. Coast Guard approval | 21 | | number.
| 22 | | G. Approved personal flotation devices are defined as | 23 | | follows:
| 24 | | Type I - A Type I personal flotation device is an | 25 | | approved device
designed to turn an unconscious person in | 26 | | the water from a face downward
position to a vertical or |
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| 1 | | slightly backward position and to have more
than 20 pounds | 2 | | of buoyancy.
| 3 | | Type II - A Type II personal flotation device is an | 4 | | approved device
designed to turn an unconscious person in | 5 | | the water from a face downward
position to a vertical or | 6 | | slightly backward position and to have at
least 15 1/2 | 7 | | pounds of buoyancy.
| 8 | | Type III - A Type III personal flotation device is an | 9 | | approved device
designed to keep a conscious person in a | 10 | | vertical or slightly backward
position and to have at least | 11 | | 15 1/2 pounds of buoyancy.
| 12 | | Type IV - A Type IV personal flotation device is an | 13 | | approved device
designed to be thrown to a person in the | 14 | | water and not worn. It is
designed to have at least 16 1/2 | 15 | | pounds of buoyancy.
| 16 | | Type V - A Type V personal flotation device is an | 17 | | approved device for
restricted use and is acceptable only | 18 | | when used in the activity for which
it is approved.
| 19 | | H. The provisions of subsections A through G of
this | 20 | | Section shall not apply to sailboards.
| 21 | | I. No person may operate a watercraft under 26 feet in | 22 | | length unless a
Type I, Type II, Type III,
or Type V personal | 23 | | flotation device is being properly worn by each person
under
| 24 | | the age of 13 on board the watercraft at all times in which the | 25 | | watercraft is
underway; however, this requirement shall not | 26 | | apply to persons who are below
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| 1 | | cabin spaces.
The provisions of this subsection I shall not | 2 | | apply to a person operating a
watercraft on private property.
| 3 | | J. Racing shells, rowing sculls, racing canoes, and racing | 4 | | kayaks are exempt from the PFD, of any type, carriage | 5 | | requirements under this Section provided that the racing shell, | 6 | | racing scull, racing canoe, or racing kayak is participating in | 7 | | an event sanctioned by the Department as a PFD optional event. | 8 | | The Department may adopt rules to implement this subsection. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-801, eff. 1-1-13.)".
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