    (625 ILCS 45/4-11) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 314-11)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-137)
    Sec. 4-11. Engine cut-off switch.
    (a) As used in this Section:

"Engine cut-off switch link" means the lanyard or wireless cut-off device used to attach the motorboat operator to the engine cut-off switch installed on the motorboat.

"Engine cut-off switch" means an operational emergency cut-off engine stop switch installed on a motorboat that attaches to a motorboat operator by an engine cut-off switch link.

(b) No person may operate any motor
boat, including personal watercraft or specialty prop-craft, 
equipped with an engine cut-off switch while the engine is running and the motorboat is underway without verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional and:

(1) the engine cut-off switch link is properly attached to his or her person, clothing

or worn PFD, as appropriate for the specific vessel; or

        (2) activating the wireless cut-off system.
(Source: P.A. 96-1033, eff. 7-14-10.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-137)
    Sec. 4-11. Engine cut-off switch.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Engine cut-off switch" means an emergency switch installed on a motorboat that:
        (1) is designed to shut off the engine if:
                (A) the motorboat operator using a lanyard attachment activates the switch by

falling overboard or otherwise moving beyond the length of the lanyard; or

(B) the motorboat operator or a passenger using a wireless attachment activates

the switch by falling overboard and submerging a man-overboard transmitter; and

(2) attaches:
(A) physically to the motorboat operator through the use of a lanyard worn by

the operator; or

(B) wirelessly through the use of a water-activated man-overboard transmitter

worn by the motorboat operator or any similarly equipped passenger on the motorboat.

(b) A motorboat operator may not operate a motorboat less than 26 feet in length that is equipped by the manufacturer with an engine cutoff switch and such switch is not in use while the motorboat is operating on plane or above displacement speed. No person may operate a watercraft without first verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully functional and properly attaching the lanyard or wireless attachment, as appropriate for the specific motorboat, to the operator's body or to the clothing or personal flotation device being worn by the operator.

    (c) The requirement under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not apply if:
        (A) the main helm of the covered vessel is installed within an enclosed cabin; or
        (B) the vessel does not have an engine cut-off switch.
(Source: P.A. 104-137, eff. 1-1-26.)