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| | HB4615 Engrossed | | LRB103 37800 RPS 67929 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Campground Licensing and Recreational Area |
| 5 | | Act is amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 95/4.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4.5. Hot tubs on decks. |
| 8 | | (a) In this Section: |
| 9 | | "Acceptable material" includes wood, composite materials |
| 10 | | made to resemble wood, or any other material providing similar |
| 11 | | structural integrity and weight-bearing capabilities. |
| 12 | | "Hot tub" means an artificial container of water that is |
| 13 | | purchased, designed, and manufactured for recreational use in |
| 14 | | which one or more people can soak in heated water, which may |
| 15 | | contain mechanisms allowing for direction and adjustment of |
| 16 | | jets of warm water flowing in a rapidly rotating and circular |
| 17 | | current. "Hot tub" includes, but is not limited to, tubs that |
| 18 | | are commonly called "spas", "whirlpools", "hydrotherapy |
| 19 | | pools", and "hot spas". |
| 20 | | (b) A licensed campground that installs or permits the |
| 21 | | installation of one or more hot tubs on a deck on or after the |
| 22 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
| 23 | | Assembly shall ensure that (i) the deck is made of acceptable |