HB1130ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Carol A. Sente

Filed: 3/7/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1130

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1130 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act or Zach's Law.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Movable soccer goal" means a freestanding structure consisting of at least 2 upright posts, a crossbar, and support bars that is designed:

(1) to be used by adults or children for the purposes of a soccer goal;

(2) to be used without any other form of support or restraint (other than pegs, stakes, augers, counter-weights, or other types of temporary anchoring devices); and

(3) to be able to be moved to different locations.

"Organization" means any park district, school district, sporting club, soccer organization, unit of local government, religious organization, business, or other similar organization that uses, owns, or maintains a movable soccer goal.

Section 10. Installing, setting up, maintaining, or moving a movable soccer goal. An agent or employee of an organization shall not knowingly cause a movable soccer goal to be unanchored or improperly anchored. Any agent or employee of an organization that has actual notice of an unanchored or improperly anchored movable soccer goal shall ensure that the movable soccer goal is properly anchored or eliminate the risk that the goal will inadvertently tip over by laying it forward onto its face or otherwise securing it from being used in an unanchored position.

Section 15. Tip-resistant movable soccer goals required.

(a) Beginning one year after the effective date of this 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.

(b) For purposes of this Act, a movable soccer goal whose inside measurements are 6.5 to 8 feet high and 18 to 24 feet wide does not qualify as tip-resistant unless it conforms to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard F2673-08 for tip-resistant movable soccer goals.

Section 20. Technical assistance for soccer goal safety. By June 30, 2012, the Department of Public Health shall provide technical assistance materials based on guidelines such as the Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety in order to improve soccer goal safety. The Department may make these materials available on its website.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".