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Sen. Michael Noland
Filed: 3/5/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1408
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1408 as follows:
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| on page 1, line 5, after "Sections", by inserting "2-2,"; and
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| on page 1, line 5, after "2-20" by inserting "and by adding |
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| Section 2-21"; and
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| on page 1, by inserting below line 6 the following:
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| "(430 ILCS 85/2-2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4052)
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| Sec. 2-2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the |
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| context
otherwise requires:
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| 1. "Director" means the Director of Labor or his or her |
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| designee.
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| 2. "Department" means Department of Labor.
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| 3. "Amusement Attraction" means an enclosed building or |
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| structure,
including electrical equipment which is an integral |
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| part of the building or
structure, through which people walk |
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| without the aid of any moving device,
that provides amusement, |
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| thrills or excitement at a fair or carnival,
except any such |
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| enclosed building or structure which is subject to the
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| jurisdiction of a local building code.
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| 4. "Amusement ride" means:
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| (a) any mechanized device
or combination of devices, |
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| including electrical equipment which is an
integral part of |
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| the device or devices, which carries passengers along,
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| around, or over a fixed or restricted course for the |
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| primary purpose of
giving its passengers amusement, |
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| pleasure, thrills, or excitement;
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| (b) any ski lift, rope tow, or other device used to |
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| transport snow
skiers;
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| (c) (blank);
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| (d) any dry slide over 20 feet in height, alpine slide, |
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| or toboggan
slide;
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| (e) any tram, open car, or combination of open cars or |
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| wagons pulled
by a tractor or other motorized device which |
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| is not licensed by the
Secretary of State, which may, but |
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| does not necessarily follow a fixed or
restricted course, |
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| and is used primarily for the purpose of giving its
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| passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills or excitement, and |
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| for which an
individual fee is charged or a donation |
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| accepted with the exception of
hayrack rides; or
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| (f) any bungee cord or similar elastic device.
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| 5. "Carnival" means an enterprise which offers amusement or |
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| entertainment
to the public by means of one or more amusement |
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| attractions or amusement rides.
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| 6. "Fair" means an enterprise principally devoted to the |
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| exhibition of
products of agriculture or industry in connection |
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| with which
amusement rides or amusement attractions are |
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| operated.
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| 7. "Operator" means a person, or the agent of a person, who |
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| owns or
controls or has the duty to control the operation of an |
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| amusement ride or
an amusement attraction at a carnival or |
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| fair. "Operator" includes an
agency of the State or any of its |
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| political subdivisions.
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| 8. "Carnival worker" means a person who is employed (and is |
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| therefore not a volunteer) by a carnival or fair to manage, |
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| physically operate, or assist in the operation of an amusement |
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| ride or amusement attraction when it is open to the public.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-801, eff. 5-25-06; 95-397, eff. 8-24-07; |
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| 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)"; and
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| on page 8, by inserting below line 2 the following:
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| "(430 ILCS 85/2-21 new) |
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| Sec. 2-21. Volunteers. Criminal background checks of |
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| volunteers, who assist in the operation of an amusement ride or |
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| amusement attraction when it is open to the public, shall be |
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| left to the discretion of local law enforcement which has |