Illinois Compiled Statutes

210 ILCS 125/4 (2026)

License to operate

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(210 ILCS 125/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1204)
    Sec. 4. License to operate. After May 1, 2002, it shall be unlawful for any person to open, establish, maintain or operate a swimming facility within this State without first obtaining a license therefor from the Department or, where applicable, from the ordinance health department. Applications for original licenses shall be made on forms furnished by the Department or, where applicable, by an ordinance health department. Each application shall be signed by the applicant and accompanied by an affidavit of the applicant as to the truth of the application. Each application shall contain: the name and address of the applicant, or names and addresses of the partners if the applicant is a partnership, or the name and addresses of the officers if the applicant is a corporation or the names and addresses of all persons having an interest therein if the applicant is a group of individuals, association, or trust; and the location of the swimming facility. A license shall be valid only in the possession of the person to whom it is issued and shall not be the subject of sale, assignment, or other transfer, voluntary, or involuntary, nor shall the license be valid for any premises other than those for which originally issued. Upon receipt of an application for an original license, the Department or, where applicable, the ordinance health department shall inspect such swimming facility to insure compliance with this Act. In no case shall license fees be assessed by both the Department and the ordinance health department.
(Source: P.A. 96-1081, eff. 7-16-10; 97-957, eff. 1-1-13.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2002 · leading case: Bier v. Leanna Lakeside Prop. Ass'n, 711 N.E.2d 773 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999).
Bier v. Leanna Lakeside Prop. Ass'n, 711 N.E.2d 773 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). · cites it 2× “May 15, 1998))); and (5) contrary to and in violation of section 4 of the Beach Act (210 ILCS 125/4 (West 1994)), failing to apply for and obtain a license to operate the lake as a bathing beach, the application for which would have required an inspection by officials of the…”
Fields v. Lake Hillcrest Corp., 780 N.E.2d 357 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Therefore, she found that Lake Hillcrest had been illegally operating a beach since January 1, 1974, the date on which a relevant Illinois statute in the Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act (210 ILCS 125/4 (West 1998)) became law. She further found that the beach was not a…”
Fields v. Lake Hillcrest Corp. (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Therefore, she found that Lake Hillcrest had been illegally operating a beach since January 1, 1974, the date on which a relevant Illinois statute in the Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act (210 ILCS 125/4 (West 1998)) became law. She further found that the beach was not a…”
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