103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3730 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Thin Ice Warning Act. Provides that a land owner, including private owners, the State, or a unit of local government, must rope off and erect warning signs near portions of a pond, river, or lake that is reasonably accessible by persons other than the owner of the property if (1) the pond, river, or lake is within 500 feet of a residence other than the property owner's residence and (2) a majority of the water by the shore is iced over. Requires a sign to be erected every 50 feet that includes a warning drawing of an individual falling through ice and text stating, "Warning: Thin Ice". Provides that a county, municipality, or township, including home rule units, may not adopt ordinances regulating the roping off and signage required in a manner less restrictive than provided in the Act. Provides that a county, municipality, or township ordinance regulating the roping off and signage requirements may include, but is not limited to, regulations expanding the requirements to other, temporary bodies of water, such as drainage basins, and regulating fishing and ice skating on bodies of water where roping off and signage is required. Provides that roping off and signage is not required and may not be regulated for the portions of a pond, river, or lake that are used by livestock as a water source. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. LRB103 30954 AWJ 57526 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3730 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Thin Ice Warning Act. Provides that a land owner, including private owners, the State, or a unit of local government, must rope off and erect warning signs near portions of a pond, river, or lake that is reasonably accessible by persons other than the owner of the property if (1) the pond, river, or lake is within 500 feet of a residence other than the property owner's residence and (2) a majority of the water by the shore is iced over. Requires a sign to be erected every 50 feet that includes a warning drawing of an individual falling through ice and text stating, "Warning: Thin Ice". Provides that a county, municipality, or township, including home rule units, may not adopt ordinances regulating the roping off and signage required in a manner less restrictive than provided in the Act. Provides that a county, municipality, or township ordinance regulating the roping off and signage requirements may include, but is not limited to, regulations expanding the requirements to other, temporary bodies of water, such as drainage basins, and regulating fishing and ice skating on bodies of water where roping off and signage is required. Provides that roping off and signage is not required and may not be regulated for the portions of a pond, river, or lake that are used by livestock as a water source. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. LRB103 30954 AWJ 57526 b LRB103 30954 AWJ 57526 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3730 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Thin Ice Warning Act. Provides that a land owner, including private owners, the State, or a unit of local government, must rope off and erect warning signs near portions of a pond, river, or lake that is reasonably accessible by persons other than the owner of the property if (1) the pond, river, or lake is within 500 feet of a residence other than the property owner's residence and (2) a majority of the water by the shore is iced over. Requires a sign to be erected every 50 feet that includes a warning drawing of an individual falling through ice and text stating, "Warning: Thin Ice". Provides that a county, municipality, or township, including home rule units, may not adopt ordinances regulating the roping off and signage required in a manner less restrictive than provided in the Act. Provides that a county, municipality, or township ordinance regulating the roping off and signage requirements may include, but is not limited to, regulations expanding the requirements to other, temporary bodies of water, such as drainage basins, and regulating fishing and ice skating on bodies of water where roping off and signage is required. Provides that roping off and signage is not required and may not be regulated for the portions of a pond, river, or lake that are used by livestock as a water source. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Thin
5 Ice Warning Act.
6 Section 5. Roping off and signs required.
7 (a) A land owner, including private owners, the State, or
8 a unit of local government, must rope off and erect warning
9 signs near portions of a pond, river, or lake that is
10 reasonably accessible by persons other than the owner of the
11 property if (1) the pond, river, or lake is within 500 feet of
12 a residence other than the property owner's residence and (2)
13 a majority of the water by the shore is iced over. Ropes must
14 be hung at approximately 3 feet tall.
15 (b) On each roped off area under subsection (a), a sign
16 must be erected every 50 feet. The sign must contain a warning
17 drawing of an individual falling through ice and text stating,
18 "Warning: Thin Ice".
19 Section 10. Roping and sign regulation; home rule.
20 (a) A county, municipality, or township, including a home
21 rule unit, may not adopt ordinances regulating the roping off
22 and signage required under Section 5 in a manner less
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3730 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Thin Ice Warning Act. Provides that a land owner, including private owners, the State, or a unit of local government, must rope off and erect warning signs near portions of a pond, river, or lake that is reasonably accessible by persons other than the owner of the property if (1) the pond, river, or lake is within 500 feet of a residence other than the property owner's residence and (2) a majority of the water by the shore is iced over. Requires a sign to be erected every 50 feet that includes a warning drawing of an individual falling through ice and text stating, "Warning: Thin Ice". Provides that a county, municipality, or township, including home rule units, may not adopt ordinances regulating the roping off and signage required in a manner less restrictive than provided in the Act. Provides that a county, municipality, or township ordinance regulating the roping off and signage requirements may include, but is not limited to, regulations expanding the requirements to other, temporary bodies of water, such as drainage basins, and regulating fishing and ice skating on bodies of water where roping off and signage is required. Provides that roping off and signage is not required and may not be regulated for the portions of a pond, river, or lake that are used by livestock as a water source. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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1 restrictive than provided in Section 5. This Act is a
2 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
3 the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
4 rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. A
5 county, municipality, or township ordinance regulating the
6 roping off and signage requirements in Section 5 may include,
7 but is not limited to, regulations expanding the requirements
8 to other, temporary bodies of water, such as drainage basins,
9 and regulating fishing and ice skating on bodies of water
10 where roping off and signage is required under Section 5.
11 (b) A county or township may not regulate within a
12 municipality that that has adopted an ordinance under
13 subsection (a). A county may not regulate within a township
14 that has adopted an ordinance under subsection (a).
15 Section 15. Water sources. Roping off and signage is not
16 required under Section 5 and may not be regulated under
17 Section 10 for any portions of a pond, river, or lake that are
18 used by livestock as a water source.
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