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90_HB1009

      New Act
      55 ILCS 5/5-1066          from Ch. 34, par. 5-1066
      65 ILCS 5/11-30-9         from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-9
          Creates the  Private  Swimming  Pool  Enclosure  Act  and
      amends  the  Counties  Code  and the Illinois Municipal Code.
      Requires  that  new  outdoor  swimming   pools   on   private
      residential  property  be enclosed by a fence, wall, or other
      effective permanent barrier of 42 inches or  greater  height.
      Provides  that  the  provisions  do not apply to above ground
      pools with a height of 42 inches  or  more  or  to  jacuzzis.
      Permits   more  restrictive  regulation  by  units  of  local
      government and preempts less restrictive regulation  by  home
      rule units.
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 1        AN  ACT  concerning  the  enclosure  of  private swimming
 2    pools.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  1.  Short  title.   This Act may be cited as the
 6    Private Swimming Pool Enclosure Act.
 7        Section 5.  Definition.  As used in this  Act,  "swimming
 8    pool"  means  an  outdoor  artificial  basin of water that is
 9    constructed, modified, improved, or installed in or above the
10    ground of private residential property  for  the  purpose  of
11    swimming  or  wading  and  that  has  a depth of more than 24
12    inches covering more than  25  square  feet  or  that  has  a
13    capacity  of  more  than  200  gallons  of  water.   The term
14    includes only swimming pools intended  for  the  use  of  the
15    owner  and guests and does not include swimming pools subject
16    to the Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act  or  the  Swimming
17    Pool Safety Act. The term does not include above ground pools
18    with  a  height  of  42  or  more inches and does not include
19    jacuzzis.
20        Section 10.  Barrier required.  A protective fence, wall,
21    or other effective permanent barrier shall completely enclose
22    the  perimeter  of  a  swimming  pool  the  construction   or
23    installation  of which is completed on or after the effective
24    date of this Act. The fence, wall, or other barrier shall  be
25    at least 42 inches in height.
26        Section  15.  Local  regulation.   Nothing  in  this  Act
27    prohibits  a  unit  of  local  government from regulating the
28    enclosure of swimming pools, the construction or installation
29    of which is completed on or after the effective date of  this
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 1    Act,  in  a  more  restrictive  manner.   Nothing in this Act
 2    prohibits a unit of  local  government  from  regulating  the
 3    enclosure of swimming pools, the construction or installation
 4    of  which is completed before the effective date of this Act,
 5    in an inconsistent manner.
 6        Section  20.  Home  rule.   A  home  rule  unit  may  not
 7    regulate the enclosure of swimming pools, the construction or
 8    installation of which is completed on or after the  effective
 9    date  of  this  Act,  in  a  manner less restrictive than the
10    regulation by the State of the enclosure  of  those  swimming
11    pools  under  this  Act.   This Section is a limitation under
12    subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII  of  the  Illinois
13    Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
14    powers and functions exercised by the State.
15        Section  105.  The  Counties  Code is amended by changing
16    Section 5-1066 as follows:
17        (55 ILCS 5/5-1066) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1066)
18        Sec. 5-1066. Artificial basins of water used for swimming
19    or wading. Subject to the  Private  Swimming  Pool  Enclosure
20    Act, the county board may prescribe rules and regulations for
21    the  construction  of  privately  owned  artificial basins of
22    water used for swimming or wading, which use or need external
23    buttresses or which are  dug  into  the  ground,  located  on
24    private  residential property and intended for the use of the
25    owner and guests.  The  county  shall,  however,  exempt  all
26    municipalities  located  wholly  or  partly within the county
27    where the municipal building code is equal to  or  of  higher
28    standard  than  the  county  regulation  and  where the local
29    authorities are enforcing the municipal building code.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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 1        Section 110.  The Illinois Municipal Code is  amended  by
 2    changing Section 11-30-9 as follows:
 3        (65 ILCS 5/11-30-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-9)
 4        Sec.  11-30-9.   Artificial  basins of water.  Subject to
 5    the  Private  Swimming  Pool  Enclosure  Act,  the  corporate
 6    authorities may  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for  the
 7    construction  of  privately  owned artificial basins of water
 8    used for swimming or  wading,  which  use  or  need  external
 9    buttresses  or  which  are  dug  into  the ground, located on
10    private residential property and intended for the use of  the
11    owner and guests.
12        The  corporate  authorities  may by ordinance require the
13    construction of  fences  around  or  protective  covers  over
14    previously  constructed artificial basins of water dug in the
15    ground and used for swimming or wading, which are located  on
16    private  residential property and intended for the use of the
17    owner and guests.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-1470.)

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