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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 489
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  489  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to off-highway vehicles."; and
 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:
 7        "Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be cited  as  the
 8    Recreational Trails of Illinois Act.
 9        Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
10        (1)  Recreation  is an important industry in the State of
11    Illinois and its growth should be encouraged.
12        (2)  The establishment and  maintenance  of  recreational
13    trails  by  the  State  of  Illinois  is  important  for  the
14    promotion of recreation and conservation.
15        (3)  The federal government has emphasized the importance
16    of   recreational  trails  by  enacting  the  Symms  National
17    Recreational Trails Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-240, Sec. 1301).
18        (4)  Illinois should adopt a  comprehensive  recreational
19    trails   Act   for   the  establishment  and  maintenance  of
20    recreational trails.
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 1        Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
 2        "Board"  means  the  State  Off-Highway  Vehicle   Trails
 3    Advisory Board.
 4        "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
 5        "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
 6        "Fund" means the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
 7        "Off-highway  vehicle"  means a motor-driven recreational
 8    vehicle capable of cross-country travel  on  natural  terrain
 9    without  benefit of a road or trail, including an all-terrain
10    vehicle and off-highway motorcycle as defined in the Illinois
11    Vehicle  Code.  "Off-highway  vehicle"  does  not  include  a
12    snowmobile; a motorcycle; a watercraft; a farm vehicle  being
13    used   for  farming;  a  vehicle  used  for  military,  fire,
14    emergency, or law enforcement  purposes;  a  construction  or
15    logging  vehicle  used  in  the  performance  of  its  common
16    function; a motor vehicle owned by or operated under contract
17    with  a  utility,  whether publicly  or privately owned, when
18    used for work on utilities; a commercial vehicle  being  used
19    for  its  intended purpose; snow-grooming equipment when used
20    for its intended purpose; or an aircraft.
21        "Recreational trail" means a thoroughfare or track across
22    land  or  snow,  used  for  recreational  purposes  such   as
23    bicycling,   cross-country  skiing,  day  hiking,  equestrian
24    activities, jogging  or  similar  fitness  activities,  trail
25    biking,     overnight    and    long-distance    backpacking,
26    snowmobiling, aquatic or water activity, and vehicular travel
27    by motorcycle or off-highway vehicles.
28        Section 15. Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
29        (a)  The Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund is created as  a
30    special  fund  in  the  State  treasury.  Money from federal,
31    State, and private sources may be deposited  into  the  Fund.
32    Fines  assessed  by  the  Department of Natural Resources for
33    citations issued to off-highway vehicle  operators  shall  be
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 1    deposited  into  the  Fund.  All interest accrued on the Fund
 2    shall be deposited into the Fund.
 3        (b)  All money in the Fund  shall  be  used,  subject  to
 4    appropriation, by the Department for the following purposes:
 5             (1)  Grants  for construction of off-highway vehicle
 6        recreational trails on county, municipal, other units  of
 7        local  government,  or private lands where a recreational
 8        need for the construction is shown.
 9             (2)  Grants  for  maintenance  and  construction  of
10        off-highway vehicle recreational trails on federal lands,
11        where permitted by law.
12             (3)  Grants for development of  off-highway  vehicle
13        trail-side   facilities   in   accordance  with  criteria
14        approved by the  National  Recreational  Trails  Advisory
15        Committee.
16             (4)  Grants for acquisition of property from willing
17        sellers  for off-highway vehicle recreational trails when
18        the objective of a trail cannot be accomplished by  other
19        means.
20             (5)  Grants  for  development  of  urban off-highway
21        vehicle trail linkages near homes and workplaces.
22             (6)  Grants for maintenance of existing  off-highway
23        vehicle  recreational  trails, including the grooming and
24        maintenance of trails across snow.
25             (7)  Grants for  restoration  of  areas  damaged  by
26        usage of off-highway vehicle recreational trails and back
27        country terrain.
28             (8)  Grants   for   provision   of   features   that
29        facilitate  the  access  and  use  of off-highway vehicle
30        trails by persons with disabilities.
31             (9)  Grants  for  acquisition   of   easements   for
32        off-highway vehicle trails or for trail corridors.
33             (10)  Grants   for  a  rider  education  and  safety
34        program.
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 1             (11)  Administration,  enforcement,  planning,   and
 2        implementation  of  this  Act  and  Sections  11-1426 and
 3        11-1427 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
 4        Of the money used from the  Fund  for  the  purposes  set
 5    forth in this subsection, at least 60% shall be allocated for
 6    motorized  recreation.  The  Department  shall  establish, by
 7    rule, measures to verify that recipients of  money  from  the
 8    Fund  comply with the specified conditions for the use of the
 9    money.
10        (c)  The Department may not use the money from  the  Fund
11    for the following purposes:
12             (1)  Condemnation   of   any  kind  of  interest  in
13        property.
14             (2)  Construction  of  any  recreational  trail   on
15        National  Forest  System  land  for motorized uses unless
16        those lands have  been  allocated  for  uses  other  than
17        wilderness  by  an  approved  forest  land  and  resource
18        management  plan or have been released to uses other than
19        wilderness by an Act of Congress, and the construction is
20        otherwise consistent with the management direction in the
21        approved land and resource management plan.
22             (3)  Construction of motorized  recreational  trails
23        on Department owned or managed land.
24        (d)  The   Department   shall   establish  a  program  to
25    administer grants from the Fund to units of local government,
26    not-for-profit organizations, and other  groups  to  operate,
27    maintain, and acquire land for off-highway vehicle parks that
28    are open and accessible to the public.
29        Section  20.  State  Off-Highway  Vehicle Trails Advisory
30    Board.
31        (a)  There  is  created  the  State  Off-Highway  Vehicle
32    Trails Advisory Board. The Board shall consist of 5  members,
33    one  from  each  of the following organizations, appointed by
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 1    the Director from  nominations  submitted  by  the  following
 2    organizations:
 3             (1)  The  Department  of  Natural Resources, to vote
 4        only in the case of a tie.
 5             (2)  The National Off-Highway  Vehicle  Conservation
 6        Council.
 7             (3)  The American Motorcycle Association.
 8             (4)  ABATE of Illinois.
 9             (5)  Illinois   off-road   riders   and  all-terrain
10        vehicle clubs.
11        The  length  of  terms  of  members  shall  be  2  years,
12    beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31.  The  Board
13    shall  meet  beginning  in  January  of 1998.  Procedures for
14    conduct of the Board's business shall be established  by  the
15    Department  by  rule.  Two members of the Board shall also be
16    members of the Department's Illinois Trails Advisory Board.
17        (b)  The  Board  shall  evaluate  and  recommend  to  the
18    Director recreational trail projects for  funding  consistent
19    with  the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of Section 15.
20    To  the  extent  practicable  and   consistent   with   other
21    requirements  of  this  Act, the Board and the Director shall
22    give preference to project proposals that:
23             (1)  provide for the greatest number  of  compatible
24        recreational  purposes  including,  but  not  limited to,
25        those described under  the  definition  of  "recreational
26        trail" in Section 10;
27             (2)  provide   for   innovative  recreational  trail
28        corridor sharing to  accommodate  motorized  recreational
29        trail use; or
30             (3)  provide for seasonal designation of trails.
31        Section 25. Use of funds on private lands; conditions. As
32    a   condition   to   making  available  moneys  for  work  on
33    recreational trails that would affect privately  owned  land,
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 1    the Department shall obtain written assurances that the owner
 2    of  the  property will cooperate and participate as necessary
 3    in the activities to be  conducted.  Any  use  of  moneys  on
 4    private  lands  must  be  accompanied by an easement or other
 5    legally binding agreement that ensures public access  to  the
 6    recreational trail improvements funded by those moneys.
 7        Section 45.  Public access sticker.
 8        (a)  Except  as provided in subsection (b), after January
 9    1, 1998, a person may not operate and an owner may  not  give
10    permission  to  another  to operate an off-highway vehicle on
11    land or lands or waters in public off-highway  vehicle  parks
12    paid  for,  operated,  or  supported  by  the  grant  program
13    established  under  subsection  (d)  of Section 15 unless the
14    off-highway vehicle displays an  off-highway  vehicle  public
15    access   sticker   on  the  rear  fender  or  bumper  of  the
16    off-highway vehicle.
17        (b)  An off-highway vehicle does not need a public access
18    sticker if the off-highway vehicle is used on private land or
19    if the off-highway vehicle is owned by the State, the federal
20    government, or a unit of local government.
21        (c)  The  Department  shall  issue  the   public   access
22    stickers and shall charge the following fees:
23             (1)  $30 for 3 years for individuals.
24             (2)  $50 for 3 years for rental units.
25             (3)  $75  for  3  years  for dealer and manufacturer
26        demonstrations and research.
27    The Department, by administrative rule, may make  replacement
28    stickers  available  at a reduced cost. These fees for public
29    access stickers  shall  be  deposited  into  the  Off-Highway
30    Vehicle Trails Fund.
31        The Department shall not issue a public access sticker to
32    an  all-terrain  vehicle  or  off-highway motorcycle used for
33    production agriculture, as defined in Section  3-821  of  the
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 1    Illinois Vehicle Code.
 2        Section  95.  The  State Finance Act is amended by adding
 3    Section 5.449 as follows:
 4        (30 ILCS 105/5.449)
 5        Sec. 5.449.  The Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
 6        Section 100.  The Illinois Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 7    changing  Sections  2-119, 3-101, 3-821, 11-1426, and 11-1427
 8    and adding  Sections  11-1427.1,  11-1427.2,  11-1427.3,  and
 9    11-1427.4 as follows:
10        (625 ILCS 5/2-119) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-119)
11        Sec. 2-119. Disposition of fees and taxes.
12        (a)  All  moneys received from Salvage Certificates shall
13    be deposited in the Common School Fund in the State Treasury.
14        (b)  Beginning January 1, 1990  and  concluding  December
15    31,  1994,  of  the  money  collected for each certificate of
16    title,  duplicate  certificate   of   title   and   corrected
17    certificate  of title, $0.50 shall be deposited into the Used
18    Tire  Management  Fund.   Beginning  January  1,   1990   and
19    concluding December 31, 1994, of the money collected for each
20    certificate  of  title,  duplicate  certificate  of title and
21    corrected certificate of title, $1.50 shall be  deposited  in
22    the  Park  and Conservation Fund.  Beginning January 1, 1995,
23    of  the  money  collected  for  each  certificate  of  title,
24    duplicate certificate of title and corrected  certificate  of
25    title,  $2  shall  be  deposited in the Park and Conservation
26    Fund.  The moneys deposited in the Park and Conservation Fund
27    pursuant to this Section shall be used  for  the  acquisition
28    and  development  of  bike  paths  as provided for in Section
29    63a36 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Except as
30    otherwise  provided  in  this  Code,  all  remaining   moneys
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 1    collected for certificates of title, and all moneys collected
 2    for  filing  of  security  interests,  shall be placed in the
 3    General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury.
 4        (c)  All moneys collected for that portion of a  driver's
 5    license  fee  designated  for  driver education under Section
 6    6-118 shall be placed in the Driver  Education  Fund  in  the
 7    State Treasury.
 8        (d)  Prior  to December 28, 1989, of the monies collected
 9    as a registration fee for each motorcycle, motor driven cycle
10    and motorized pedalcycle, $4 of each annual registration  fee
11    for  such  vehicle and $2 of each semiannual registration fee
12    for such vehicle is  deposited  in  the  Cycle  Rider  Safety
13    Training  Fund.  Beginning  on  December  28,  1989 and until
14    January 1, 1992, of the monies collected  as  a  registration
15    fee  for  each  motorcycle,  motor driven cycle and motorized
16    pedalcycle, $6 of  each  annual  registration  fee  for  such
17    vehicle  and  $3 of each semiannual registration fee for such
18    vehicle shall be deposited in the Cycle Rider Safety Training
19    Fund.
20        Beginning January 1, 1992 and until January 1,  1994,  of
21    the   monies   collected  as  a  registration  fee  for  each
22    motorcycle, motor driven cycle and motorized  pedalcycle,  $7
23    of each annual registration fee for such vehicle and $3.50 of
24    each   semiannual   registration  fee  for  such  vehicle  is
25    deposited in the Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund.
26        Beginning January 1, 1994, of the monies collected  as  a
27    registration  fee for each motorcycle, motor driven cycle and
28    motorized pedalcycle, $8 of each annual registration fee  for
29    such  vehicle  and $4 of each semiannual registration fee for
30    such vehicle is deposited in the Cycle Rider Safety  Training
31    Fund.
32        (e)  Of  the monies received by the Secretary of State as
33    registration fees or taxes or as payment of any other fee, as
34    provided in this Act, except fees received by  the  Secretary
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 1    under  paragraph  (7)  of subsection (b) of Section 5-101 and
 2    Section 5-109 of this Code, 37% shall be deposited  into  the
 3    State Construction Fund.
 4        (f)  Of  the  total money collected for a CDL instruction
 5    permit or  original  or  renewal  issuance  of  a  commercial
 6    driver's  license  (CDL)  pursuant  to the Uniform Commercial
 7    Driver's License Act (UCDLA), $6 of  the  total  fee  for  an
 8    original  or renewal CDL, and $6 of the total CDL instruction
 9    permit fee when such permit is issued to any person holding a
10    valid Illinois driver's  license,  shall  be  paid  into  the
11    CDLIS/AAMVAnet   Trust   Fund  (Commercial  Driver's  License
12    Information  System/American  Association  of  Motor  Vehicle
13    Administrators network Trust Fund) and shall be used for  the
14    purposes provided in Section 6z-23 of the State Finance Act.
15        (g)  All  remaining  moneys  received by the Secretary of
16    State as registration fees or taxes  or  as  payment  of  any
17    other  fee,  as provided in this Act, except fees received by
18    the Secretary  under  paragraph  (7)  of  subsection  (b)  of
19    Section  5-101  and  Section  5-109  of  this  Code, shall be
20    deposited in the Road Fund in the State Treasury.  Moneys  in
21    the  Road  Fund  shall  be  used for the purposes provided in
22    Section 8.3 of the State Finance Act.
23        (h)  (Blank).
24        (i)  (Blank).
25        (j)  (Blank).
26        (k)  There is created in the  State  Treasury  a  special
27    fund  to  be  known as the Secretary of State Special License
28    Plate Fund. Money deposited into the Fund shall,  subject  to
29    appropriation,  be  used  by  the  Office of the Secretary of
30    State (i)  to  help  defray  plate  manufacturing  and  plate
31    processing  costs  for  the  issuance  and,  when applicable,
32    renewal of any new or existing  special  registration  plates
33    authorized  under  this  Code and (ii) for grants made by the
34    Secretary  of  State  to  benefit  Illinois   Veterans   Home
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 1    libraries.
 2        On  or  before  October  1,  1995, the Secretary of State
 3    shall direct the State Comptroller  and  State  Treasurer  to
 4    transfer  any unexpended balance in the Special Environmental
 5    License Plate Fund, the Special Korean  War  Veteran  License
 6    Plate  Fund, and the Retired Congressional License Plate Fund
 7    to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 8        (l)  The Motor Vehicle Review Board Fund is created as  a
 9    special  fund  in  the State Treasury.  Moneys deposited into
10    the Fund under paragraph (7) of  subsection  (b)  of  Section
11    5-101  and  Section 5-109 shall, subject to appropriation, be
12    used by the Office of the Secretary of  State  to  administer
13    the  Motor Vehicle Review Board, including without limitation
14    payment of compensation and all necessary  expenses  incurred
15    in  administering  the  Motor  Vehicle Review Board under the
16    Motor Vehicle Franchise Act.
17        (m)  Effective July 1, 1996,  there  is  created  in  the
18    State  Treasury  a  special  fund  to  be known as the Family
19    Responsibility Fund.  Moneys deposited into the  Fund  shall,
20    subject  to  appropriation,  be  used  by  the  Office of the
21    Secretary of State for the purpose of  enforcing  the  Family
22    Financial Responsibility Law.
23        (n)  (k)  The  Illinois  Fire  Fighters' Memorial Fund is
24    created as a special fund  in  the  State  Treasury.   Moneys
25    deposited  into  the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be
26    used by the Office of the State Fire Marshal for construction
27    of the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial to be located at  the
28    State  Capitol  grounds  in  Springfield, Illinois.  Upon the
29    completion of the Memorial, the  Office  of  the  State  Fire
30    Marshal   shall   certify   to   the   State  Treasurer  that
31    construction of the Memorial has been completed.
32        (o)  Of the money collected for each certificate of title
33    for all-terrain vehicles  and  off-highway  motorcycles,  $17
34    shall be deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
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 1    (Source:  P.A.  88-333; 88-485; 88-589, eff. 8-14-94; 88-670,
 2    eff. 12-2-94;  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-145,  eff.  7-14-95;
 3    89-282,  eff.  8-10-95;  89-612,  eff.  8-9-96;  89-626, eff.
 4    8-9-96; 89-639, eff. 1-1-97; revised 9-9-96.)
 5        (625 ILCS 5/3-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-101)
 6        Sec. 3-101.  Certificate of title required. (a) Except as
 7    provided in Section 3-102, every owner of a vehicle which  is
 8    in  this State and for which no certificate of title has been
 9    issued by the Secretary of State shall  make  application  to
10    the  Secretary  of  State  for  a certificate of title of the
11    vehicle.
12        (b)  Every owner of a motorcycle or  motor  driven  cycle
13    purchased  new  on  and  after  January  1,  1980  shall make
14    application to the Secretary of State for  a  certificate  of
15    title.   However,  if such cycle is not properly manufactured
16    or  equipped  for  general  highway  use  pursuant   to   the
17    provisions  of this Act, it shall not be eligible for license
18    registration, but shall be issued a  distinctive  certificate
19    of  title  except  as provided in Sections 3-102 and 3-110 of
20    this Act.
21        (c)  The Secretary of State shall not register  or  renew
22    the  registration  of a vehicle unless a certificate of title
23    has been issued by the Secretary of State to the owner or  an
24    application  therefor  has been delivered by the owner to the
25    Secretary of State.
26        (d)  Every owner of an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway
27    motorcycle purchased on or after January 1, 1998  shall  make
28    application  to  the  Secretary of State for a certificate of
29    title.
30    (Source: P.A. 81-561.)
31        (625 ILCS 5/3-821) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-821)
32        Sec. 3-821. Miscellaneous Registration and Title Fees.
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 1        (a)  The fee to be paid to the Secretary of State for the
 2    following certificates, registrations or evidences of  proper
 3    registration,  or  for corrected or duplicate documents shall
 4    be in accordance with the following schedule:
 5        Certificate of Title, except for an  all-terrain
 6    vehicle or off-highway motorcycle                         $13
 7        Certificate  of Title for an all-terrain vehicle
 8    or off-highway motorcycle                                  30
 9        Certificate of Title for an all-terrain  vehicle
10    or   off-highway   motorcycle  used  for  production
11    agriculture                                                13
12        Transfer of  Registration  or  any  evidence  of
13    proper registration                                        12
14        Reclassification                                        5
15        Duplicate  Registration Card for plates or other
16    evidence of proper registration                             2
17        Duplicate Registration Sticker or Stickers, each        4
18        Duplicate Certificate of Title                         13
19        Corrected Registration Card or  Card  for  other
20    evidence of proper registration                             2
21        Corrected Certificate of Title                         13
22        Salvage Certificate                                     3
23        Fleet Reciprocity Permit                               12
24        Prorate Decal                                           1
25        Prorate Backing Plate                                   2
26        There shall be no fee paid for a Junking Certificate.
27        (b)  The  Secretary  may  prescribe  the  maximum service
28    charge to be imposed upon  an  applicant  for  renewal  of  a
29    registration  by  any person authorized by law to receive and
30    remit or transmit to the Secretary such  renewal  application
31    and fees therewith.
32        (c)  If  a  check  is  delivered  to  the  Office  of the
33    Secretary of State as  payment of any fee or tax  under  this
34    Code,  and  such check is not honored by the bank on which it
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 1    is drawn for any  reason,  the  registrant  or  other  person
 2    tendering  the  check  remains liable for the payment of such
 3    fee or tax. The Secretary  of  State  may  assess  a  service
 4    charge of $15 in addition to the fee or tax due and owing for
 5    all dishonored checks.
 6        If  the  total amount then due and owing  exceeds the sum
 7    of $50 and has not been paid in full within 60 days from  the
 8    date  such  fee  or tax became due to the Secretary of State,
 9    the Secretary of State shall assess  a penalty of 25% of such
10    amount remaining unpaid.
11        All amounts payable under this Section shall be  computed
12    to the nearest dollar.
13        (d)  The  minimum fee and tax to be paid by any applicant
14    for apportionment of a fleet  of  vehicles  under  this  Code
15    shall  be  $12  if the application was filed on or before the
16    date specified by the Secretary together with fees and  taxes
17    due.   If  an application and the fees or taxes due are filed
18    after the date specified by the Secretary, the Secretary  may
19    prescribe  the  payment  of interest at the rate of 1/2 of 1%
20    per month or fraction thereof  after  such  due  date  and  a
21    minimum of $6.
22        (e)  Trucks,  truck  tractors, truck tractors with loads,
23    and motor buses, any one of which  having  a  combined  total
24    weight in excess of 12,000 lbs. shall file an application for
25    a  Fleet Reciprocity Permit issued by the Secretary of State.
26    This  permit  shall  be  in  the  possession  of  any  driver
27    operating  a  vehicle  on  Illinois  highways.   Any  foreign
28    licensed vehicle of the second division operating at any time
29    in Illinois without  a  Fleet  Reciprocity  Permit  or  other
30    proper  Illinois  registration, shall subject the operator to
31    the penalties provided in Section 3-834 of  this  Code.   For
32    the  purposes  of this Code, "Fleet Reciprocity Permit" means
33    any second division motor vehicle with a foreign license  and
34    used only in interstate transportation of goods.  The fee for
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 1    such  permit  shall  be $12 per fleet which shall include all
 2    vehicles of the fleet being registered.
 3        (f)  For purposes of this Section,  "all-terrain  vehicle
 4    or  off-highway  motorcycle  used for production agriculture"
 5    means any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle  used
 6    in  the raising of or the propagation of livestock, crops for
 7    sale for human consumption, crops for livestock  consumption,
 8    and  production  seed stock grown for the propagation of feed
 9    grains and the husbandry of animals or  for  the  purpose  of
10    providing  a  food  product, including the husbandry of blood
11    stock  as  a  main  source  of  providing  a  food   product.
12    "All-terrain   vehicle  or  off-highway  motorcycle  used  in
13    production agriculture" also means any all-terrain vehicle or
14    off-highway   motorcycle   used    in    animal    husbandry,
15    floriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, and viticulture.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-1225; 88-78.)
17        (625 ILCS 5/11-1426) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1426)
18        Sec.  11-1426.   Operation  of  all-terrain  vehicles and
19    off-highway motorcycles on streets, roads and highways.
20        (a)  Except as provided under this Section, it  shall  be
21    unlawful  for  any person to drive or operate any all-terrain
22    vehicle or off-highway motorcycle upon any street, highway or
23    roadway in this State.
24        (b)  Except as provided  under  subsection  (c)  of  this
25    Section, all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles may
26    make a direct crossing provided:
27             (1)  The   crossing   is   made   at   an  angle  of
28        approximately 90 degrees to the direction of the  street,
29        road  or  highway  and  at  a  place where no obstruction
30        prevents a quick and safe crossing; and
31             (2)  The   all-terrain   vehicle   or    off-highway
32        motorcycle   is   brought   to  a  complete  stop  before
33        attempting a crossing; and
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 1             (3)  The operator  of  the  all-terrain  vehicle  or
 2        off-highway  motorcycle  yields  the  right of way to all
 3        pedestrian and  vehicular  traffic  which  constitutes  a
 4        hazard; and
 5             (4)  That  when  crossing  a  divided  highway,  the
 6        crossing  is  made only at an intersection of the highway
 7        with another public street, road, or highway; and
 8             (5)  That  when  accessing  township   roadways   in
 9        counties  which  contain  a tract of the Shawnee National
10        Forest, the accessing complies with rules promulgated  by
11        the   Department  of  Natural  Resources  to  govern  the
12        accessing.
13        (c)  No  person  operating  an  all-terrain  vehicle   or
14    off-highway  motorcycle  shall make a direct crossing upon or
15    across any tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled access
16    highway in this State.
17        (d)  The  corporate  authorities  of   a   county,   road
18    district,  township,  city, village, or incorporated town may
19    adopt ordinances or resolutions allowing all-terrain vehicles
20    and off-highway motorcycles to be operated on roadways  under
21    their  jurisdiction, designated by signs as may be prescribed
22    by the Department, when it is necessary to cross a bridge  or
23    culvert  or when it is impracticable to gain immediate access
24    to an area adjacent to a highway where an all-terrain vehicle
25    or off-highway motorcycle is to be  operated.   The  crossing
26    shall be made in the same direction as traffic.
27        (e)  The   corporate   authorities   of  a  county,  road
28    district, township, city, village, or incorporated  town  may
29    adopt  ordinances  or  resolutions  designating  one  or more
30    specific public highways or streets under their  jurisdiction
31    as  egress  and  ingress  routes  for  the use of all-terrain
32    vehicles   and   off-highway   motorcycles.    Operation   of
33    all-terrain  vehicles  and  off-highway  motorcycles  on  the
34    routes shall be in the same direction as traffic.   Corporate
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 1    authorities acting under the authority of this subsection (e)
 2    shall  erect  and maintain signs, as may be prescribed by the
 3    Department, giving proper notice of the designation.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 5        (625 ILCS 5/11-1427)
 6        Sec.   11-1427.   11.1427.  Illegal   operation   of   an
 7    all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle. It is unlawful
 8    for any person to drive or operate any all-terrain vehicle or
 9    off-highway motorcycle in the following ways:
10        (a)  Careless Operation.  No  person  shall  operate  any
11    all-terrain  vehicle  or off-highway motorcycle in a careless
12    or heedless manner so as to be  grossly  indifferent  to  the
13    person  or  property  of other persons, or at a rate of speed
14    greater than will permit him in the  exercise  of  reasonable
15    care   to   bring  the  all-terrain  vehicle  or  off-highway
16    motorcycle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
17        (b)  Reckless Operation.  No  person  shall  operate  any
18    all-terrain  vehicle  or  off-highway  motorcycle  in  such a
19    manner as to endanger the  life,  limb  or  property  of  any
20    person.
21        (c)  Within  any  nature  preserve  as defined in Section
22    3.11 of the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act.
23        (d)  On the tracks  or  right  of  way  of  an  operating
24    railroad.
25        (e)  In  any  tree  nursery or planting in a manner which
26    damages or destroys growing stock, or creates  a  substantial
27    risk thereto.
28        (f)  On  private  property, without the written or verbal
29    consent of the owner or lessee thereof. Any person  operating
30    an  all-terrain  vehicle or off-highway motorcycle upon lands
31    of another shall stop and identify himself upon  the  request
32    of  the landowner or his duly authorized representative, and,
33    if requested to do so by the landowner shall promptly  remove
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 1    the  all-terrain  vehicle  or off-highway motorcycle from the
 2    premises.
 3        (g)  Notwithstanding any other law to  the  contrary,  an
 4    owner,  lessee,  or occupant of premises owes no duty of care
 5    to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for  use
 6    by  an  all-terrain  vehicle or off-highway motorcycle, or to
 7    give warning of any condition, use, structure or activity  on
 8    such   premises.   This   subsection  does  not  apply  where
 9    permission to drive or  operate  an  all-terrain  vehicle  or
10    off-highway  motorcycle is given for a valuable consideration
11    other than  to  this  State,  any  political  subdivision  or
12    municipality of this State, or any landowner who is paid with
13    funds  from the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.  In the case
14    of land leased to the State or a subdivision  of  the  State,
15    any  consideration  received  is  not  valuable consideration
16    within the meaning of this Section.
17        Nothing in this subsection limits in  any  way  liability
18    which  otherwise  exists  for willful or malicious failure to
19    guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use,  structure,
20    or activity.
21        (h)  On  publicly  owned  lands  unless  such  lands  are
22    designated  for  use  by  all-terrain vehicles or off-highway
23    motorcycles. For publicly owned lands to  be  designated  for
24    use  by  all-terrain  vehicles  or  off-highway motorcycles a
25    public hearing shall be conducted by the governmental  entity
26    that  has  jurisdiction  over  the proposed land prior to the
27    designation.
28        Nothing in this subsection limits in  any  way  liability
29    which  otherwise  exists  for willful or malicious failure to
30    guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use,  structure,
31    or activity.
32        (h-1)  At  a  rate  of speed too fast for conditions, and
33    the fact  that  the  speed  of  the  all-terrain  vehicle  or
34    off-highway motorcycle does not exceed the applicable maximum
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 1    speed limit allowed does not relieve the driver from the duty
 2    to decrease speed as may be necessary to avoid colliding with
 3    any  person, vehicle, or object within legal requirements and
 4    the duty of all persons to use due care.
 5        (h-2)  On the frozen surface of  public  waters  of  this
 6    State within 100 feet of a person, including a skater, not in
 7    or  upon  an  all-terrain  vehicle or off-highway motorcycle;
 8    within 100 feet of a person engaged in fishing, except at the
 9    minimum speed required to maintain forward  movement  of  the
10    all-terrain  vehicle  or  off-highway  motorcycle; on an area
11    which has been cleared of snow for  skating  purposes  unless
12    the area is necessary for access to the frozen waters of this
13    State.
14        (h-3)  Within 100 feet of a dwelling between midnight and
15    6  a.m.  at  a  speed  greater  than  the minimum required to
16    maintain forward  movement  of  the  all-terrain  vehicle  or
17    off-highway motorcycle. This subdivision (h-5) does not apply
18    on  private  property  where verbal or written consent of the
19    owner or lessee has been  granted  to  drive  or  operate  an
20    all-terrain   vehicle  or  off-highway  motorcycle  upon  the
21    private property or frozen waters of this State.
22        (i)  Other Prohibitions.
23             (1) No person,  except  persons  permitted  by  law,
24        shall   operate   or  ride  any  all-terrain  vehicle  or
25        off-highway motorcycle with any firearm  in  his  or  her
26        possession unless he or she is in compliance with Section
27        2.33  of the Wildlife Code it is unloaded and enclosed in
28        a carrying case, or any bow  unless  it  is  unstrung  or
29        rendered unable to fire and is in a carrying case.
30             (2)  No person shall operate any all-terrain vehicle
31        or   off-highway   motorcycle   emitting   pollutants  in
32        violation  of  standards  established  pursuant  to   the
33        Environmental Protection Act.
34             (3)  No  person  shall  deposit  from an all-terrain
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 1        vehicle or off-highway motorcycle on  the  snow,  ice  or
 2        ground   surface,   trash,   glass,   garbage,  insoluble
 3        material, or other offensive matter.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-1091; revised 1-6-97.)
 5        (625 ILCS 5/11-1427.1 new)
 6        Sec. 11-1427.1.  Operation of an all-terrain  vehicle  or
 7    off-highway  motorcycle  on  ice.   All-terrain  vehicles and
 8    off-highway motorcycles may be operated on the frozen  waters
 9    of  this  State subject to the provisions of this Section and
10    the rules of the Department of Natural Resources.
11        (625 ILCS 5/11-1427.2 new)
12        Sec.   11-1427.2.  Special   all-terrain    vehicle    or
13    off-highway  motorcycle  event.  Nothing contained in Section
14    11-1426, 11-1427, or 11-1427.1 shall be construed to prohibit
15    any local authority of this State from designating a  special
16    all-terrain  vehicle or off-highway motorcycle event. In such
17    case  the  provisions  of  Sections  11-1426,  11-1427,   and
18    11-1427.1  shall  not  apply  to  areas or highways under the
19    jurisdiction of that local authority.
20        (625 ILCS 5/11-1427.3 new)
21        Sec.  11-1427.3.  Rules  for  all-terrain  vehicles   and
22    off-highway  motorcycles. The Department of Natural Resources
23    shall adopt rules to implement and administer the  provisions
24    of Sections 11-1426, 11-1427, 11-1427.1, and 11-1427.2.
25        (625 ILCS 5/11-1427.4 new)
26        Sec.   11-1427.4.  Signal   from  officer  to  stop.   An
27    all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle operator, after
28    having received  a  visual  or  audible  signal  from  a  law
29    enforcement officer to come to a stop, may not:
30        (1)  operate   an   all-terrain  vehicle  or  off-highway
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 1    motorcycle in willful or wanton disregard of  the  signal  to
 2    stop;
 3        (2)  interfere  with  or  endanger  the  law  enforcement
 4    officer or another person or vehicle; or
 5        (3)  increase  speed  or  attempt  to  flee  or elude the
 6    officer.".

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