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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5adding Section 11-5-11 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-5-11 new)
7    Sec. 11-5-11. Portable audiovisual rigging at special
8events.
9    (a) In municipalities that require permits for special
10events, no person may perform, or employ, direct or allow a
11person to perform, portable audiovisual rigging at a permitted
12special event unless the person performing such work holds a
13valid rigging certification from the Entertainment Technician
14Certification Program operated by the Entertainment Services
15and Technology Association.
16    (b) As used in this Section:
17    "Portable audiovisual rigging" means the temporary
18installation or operation of portable mechanical rigging and
19static rigging for the overhead suspension of portable
20audiovisual equipment, including, but not limited to: audio,
21video, lighting, backdrops, scenery, and other effects at a
22special event. "Portable audiovisual rigging" does not include
23freight handling or the transportation of heavy equipment.

 

 

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1    "Special event" means a planned temporary aggregation of
2attractions, including, but not limited to, public
3entertainment, food and beverage service facilities, sales of
4souvenirs or other merchandise, or similar attractions, that
5is:
6        (1) conducted on the public way; or
7        (2) conducted primarily outdoors on property open to
8    the public, other than the public way, and which:
9            (A) includes activities that require the issuance
10        of a municipal temporary food establishment license,
11        municipal special event liquor license, or similar
12        license; or
13            (B) requires special municipal services,
14        including, but not limited to: street closures; the
15        provision of barricades, garbage cans, stages, or
16        special no parking signs; special electrical services;
17        or special police protection.
18    "Special event" does not include a parade or athletic
19event for which a separate permit is required, a neighborhood
20block party at which no food, beverages, or merchandise are
21sold, or a citywide festival conducted pursuant to an
22intergovernmental agreement authorized by ordinance.
23    (c) A home rule municipality may not regulate portable
24audiovisual rigging in a manner inconsistent with this
25Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
26Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the

 

 

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1concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
2exercised by the State.