740 ILCS 65

in effect

740 ILCS 65/0.01

(740 ILCS 65/0.01) (from Ch. 70, par. 2.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Farm Machine Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(740 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 3) Sec. 1. All persons in this State who are or may hereafter own or run any threshing machine, corn sheller, or any other machine which is connected to a horse power or power take-off by means of tumbling rods or line of shafting, shall cause each and every length or section of such tumbling rod (except the one next to the horse power or power take-off), together with the knuckles or joints and jacks thereof, to be safely boxed or secured while running. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1283.)

740 ILCS 65/2

(740 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 4) Sec. 2. Any person owning or running any machine, as mentioned in section 1 of this act, without complying with the requirements of the aforesaid section, shall be held liable to the person damaged for any damage which may be sustained by such person by reason of such neglect, and no action shall be maintained nor shall any legal liability exist for services rendered by or with any such machine, when it shall be made to appear that the first section of this act has not been complied with. (Source: Laws 1869, p. 254.)

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