225 ILCS 205/ Carnival Regulation Act.
(225 ILCS 205/0.01) (from Ch. 85, par. 2000)
Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Carnival Regulation Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.) |
(225 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 2001)
Sec. 1. "Carnival" means and includes an aggregation of attractions, whether shows, acts, games, vending devices or amusement devices, whether conducted under one or more managements or independently, which are temporarily set up or conducted in a public place or upon any private premises accessible to the public, with or without admission fee, and which, from the nature of the aggregation, attracts attendance and causes promiscuous intermingling of persons in the spirit of merrymaking and revelry.
"Fair board" means and includes the officers of any State or county fair association.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 868.) |
(225 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 2002)
Sec. 2. No carnival shall be set up, run, operated or conducted except within the limits of an incorporated municipality, as provided in Division 54.1 of Article 11 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore and hereafter amended, or within the limits or upon the grounds of a State or county fair association, or any association entitled to share in the funds appropriated by the State for distribution among fair associations of the State, and unless a written permit from the proper fair board has been issued, setting forth the conditions under which such carnival shall be operated. The permit shall be granted upon the condition that there shall not be set up or operated any gambling device, lottery, number or paddle wheel, number board, punch board, or other game of chance, or any lewd, lascivious or indecent show or attraction making an indecent exposure of the person or suggesting lewdness or immorality.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 868.) |
(225 ILCS 205/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 2003)
Sec. 3. No such permit shall be granted by a fair board until it has investigated the carnival and is satisfied that, if permitted, it will be operated in accordance with the permit and the provisions of this Act. Such fair boards are authorized to issue the permit and to collect permit fees necessary to pay the expenses of the investigation and to aid in policing the grounds and otherwise to compensate the association in such amount as they may determine. Each permit shall contain the proviso that sheriffs and police officers shall have free access to the grounds and all booths, shows and concessions on such grounds at all times, and it shall be the duty of all officers present at such carnival to enforce all the provisions of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 290.) |
(225 ILCS 205/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 2004)
Sec. 4. The permit as provided for in this Act shall be made in duplicate, one copy thereof being retained by the fair board. The other copy shall be kept in the possession of the manager of the carnival and shall be produced and shown to any sheriff, police officer or citizen, upon request.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 290.) |
(225 ILCS 205/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 2005)
Sec. 5. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense.
(Source: P. A. 77‑2706.) |