Bill Text: IL HB1596 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and purpose of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1596 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1596-Introduced.html

---

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1596 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
745 ILCS 65/1 from Ch. 70, par. 31
Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and purpose of the Act.
LRB099 06712 HEP 26786 b
A BILL FOR
HB1596 LRB099 06712 HEP 26786 b
AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act
is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(745 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 31)
Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and and may be cited as the
"Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act".
The purpose of this Act is to encourage owners of land to
make land and water areas available to any individual or
members of the public for recreational or conservation purposes
by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon for
such purposes.
(Source: P.A. 94-625, eff. 8-18-05.)