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91_HB0447
LRB9102375WHdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Snow and Ice Removal Act by changing
2 Sections 1 and 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Snow and Ice Removal Act is amended by
6 changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
7 (745 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 201)
8 Sec. 1. It is declared to be the public policy of this
9 State that persons owners and others residing in residential
10 units be encouraged to clean the sidewalks abutting their
11 property residences of snow and ice. The General Assembly,
12 therefore, determines that it is undesirable for any person
13 to be found liable for damages due to his or her efforts in
14 the removal of snow or ice from such property sidewalks,
15 except for acts which amount to clear wrongdoing, as
16 described in Section 2 of this Act.
17 (Source: P.A. 81-591.)
18 (745 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 202)
19 Sec. 2. Any owner, lessor, occupant or other person in
20 charge of any residential property, or any agent of or other
21 person engaged by any such party, who removes or attempts to
22 remove snow or ice from sidewalks abutting the property shall
23 not be liable for any personal injuries allegedly caused by
24 the snowy or icy condition of the property sidewalk resulting
25 from his or her acts or omissions unless the alleged
26 misconduct was willful or wanton.
27 (Source: P.A. 81-591.)