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| AN ACT concerning recreational trails.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 862/15)
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| Sec. 15. Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
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| (a) The Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund is created as a |
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| special fund in the
State treasury.
Money from federal, State, |
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| and private sources may be
deposited into the Fund.
Fines |
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| assessed by the Department of Natural Resources for citations |
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| issued to
off-highway vehicle operators shall be deposited into |
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| the
Fund. All interest accrued on the Fund shall be deposited |
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| into the Fund.
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| (b) All money in the Fund shall be used, subject to |
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| appropriation, by the
Department for the following
purposes:
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| (1) Grants for construction of off-highway vehicle |
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| recreational trails on
county, municipal, other units of |
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| local government, or private lands where a
recreational |
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| need for
the construction is shown.
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| (2) Grants for maintenance and construction of |
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| off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails on federal
lands, |
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| where permitted by law.
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| (3) Grants for development of off-highway vehicle |
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| trail-side facilities in
accordance
with criteria
approved |
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| by the National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee.
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| (4) Grants for acquisition of property from willing |
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| sellers for
off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails when |
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| the objective of a trail cannot be accomplished by other |
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| means.
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| (5) Grants for development of urban off-highway |
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| vehicle trail linkages
near homes and
workplaces.
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| (6) Grants for maintenance of existing off-highway |
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| vehicle recreational
trails,
including the
grooming and |
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| maintenance of trails across snow.
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| (7) Grants for restoration of areas damaged by usage of |
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| off-highway
vehicle
recreational trails and
back country |
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| terrain.
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| (8) Grants for provision of features that facilitate |
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| the access and use of
off-highway vehicle trails
by persons |
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| with disabilities.
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| (9) Grants for acquisition of easements for |
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| off-highway vehicle trails or
for trail
corridors.
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| (10) Grants for a rider education and safety program.
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| (11) Administration, enforcement, planning, and |
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| implementation of this Act
and
Sections
11-1426 and 11-1427 |
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| of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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| Of the money used from the Fund for the purposes set forth |
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| in this
subsection, at least 60% shall be allocated for |
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| motorized recreation. The
Department
shall establish, by rule, |
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| measures to verify that recipients of money from
the Fund |
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| comply with the specified conditions for the use of the money.
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| (c) The Department may not use the money from the Fund for |
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| the
following purposes:
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| (1) Condemnation of any kind of interest in property.
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| (2) Construction of any recreational trail on National |
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| Forest System
land for motorized uses unless those lands
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| have been allocated for uses other than wilderness by an |
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| approved
forest land and resource management plan or have |
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| been released to uses
other than wilderness by an Act of |
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| Congress, and
the construction is otherwise consistent |
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| with the management
direction in the approved land and |
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| resource management plan.
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| (3) Construction of motorized recreational trails on |
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| Department owned or
managed land designated as a nature |
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| preserve as defined in Section 3.11 of the Illinois Natural |
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| Areas Preservation Act or contained in the report as |
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| submitted pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Illinois Natural |
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| Areas Preservation Act .
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| (d) The Department shall establish a program to administer |
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| grants from the
Fund to units of local government, |
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| not-for-profit organizations, and
other groups to operate, |
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| maintain, and acquire land for off-highway vehicle
parks that |
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| are open and accessible to the public.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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