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625 ILCS 45/5-2

(625 ILCS 45/5-2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 315-2)

Sec. 5-2.

Reckless operation.

(a) No person shall operate any watercraft,
specialty prop-craft, personal watercraft or manipulate any water skis,
aquaplane, or similar device in such a manner as to willfully or wantonly
endanger the life, limb or property of any person, to weave through
congested traffic, to jump the wake of another vessel unreasonably or
unnecessarily close to the other vessel or when visibility around the other
vessel is obstructed, to wait until the last possible moment to swerve to
avoid collision, or operate any watercraft so as to approach or pass
another watercraft in such a manner or at such a rate of speed as to create
a hazardous wake or wash.

(b) A person convicted of committing a violation of this Section shall be
guilty of aggravated reckless operation of a watercraft if the violation of
this Section resulted in great bodily harm or permanent disability or
disfigurement of another, when the violation was a proximate cause of the
injuries.

(Source: P.A. 93-782, eff. 1-1-05.)