ABATE of Illinois SUPPORTS both SB3290 and HB4223

OFF THE WIRE
State Senator Pat McGuire (43rd) has filed SB3290 which we need to support
SB3290 LIABILITY: OFF-ROAD RIDING
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Premises Liability Act. In a Section concerning off-road riding facilities, exempts owners or operators from civil and criminal liability arising out of or as a consequence of noise or sound emissions resulting from the use (instead of "normal use") of the off-road riding facility.
The bill full text link is below
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=85&GA=98&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=3290&GAID=12&LegID=80448&SpecSess=&Session=
It is pretty much self explanatory, a no-brainer.
This language will help to protect race tracks even better noise issues and will help immensely in defending them those kinds of attacks from anti-motorsports type individuals.
Talking Points:
This bill takes out the guess work of what "normal usage" actually means. "Normal Usage" is too broad of a term.
Please call your Senators on the Judiciary Committee and ask that they vote yes on SB3290
The committee link is: http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/members.asp?committeeID=1248
We also need to file electronic witness slips for this committee. Click on the link below, go to SB3290 then on the far right and click the last box to file a witness slip. The 1st box shows who has submitted a witness slip!
http://my.ilga.gov/Hearing/HearingDetail/11538?SCommittees4/1/2014-page=1&SCommittees4/1/2014-orderBy=&SCommittees4/1/2014-filter=&committeeid=0&chamber=S&nodays=30&_=1393787313462

HB4223 is also scheduled to be heard on Thursday, March 6, at 8:20 am in the Finance subcommittee. Time ran out on the last committee meeting. This is our "Poker Run" bill
HB4223 http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=4223&GAID=12&GA=98&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=78206&SessionID=85
If you haven't filled out a witness slip yet now is the time to do so. We need as many as possible, I mean thousands of slips.
Below is the link to the members of the subcommittee:
http://www.ilga.gov/house/committees/members.asp?CommitteeID=1465&GA=98

Call those members, get their ph's ringing off the hook.
We need this bill out of subcommittee and into the the Revenue and Finance Committee.
Talking Points are:
Motorcyclists jump at the chance to raise funds for those less fortunate than ourselves whether they are for individuals or Charity Organizations.
We never ever had a problem on poker runs till state liquor and gaming agents started telling our business they would get fined/lose there license if they would hang up poker run fliers in their businesses.
We thought we had it fixed last year but was put in the Charitable Games Act under the control of the Dept of Revenue, which for poker runs will not work for us, our charities and the State of Illinois as a whole.
We must move this bill to the full Revenue and Finance Committee then on to the House floor. We ask for your full support in fixing this problem
Bob

Make these calls. The power to move this bill is in all of us. It has to pass to survive.
Bob