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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 862/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
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8 | (a) The Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund is created as a | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | special fund in the
State treasury.
Money from federal, State, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and private sources may be
deposited into the Fund.
Fines | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | assessed by the Department of Natural Resources for citations | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | issued to
off-highway vehicle operators shall be deposited into | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the
Fund. All interest accrued on the Fund shall be deposited | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | into the Fund.
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15 | (b) All money in the Fund shall be used, subject to | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | appropriation, by the
Department for the following
purposes:
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17 | (1) Grants for construction of off-highway vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | recreational trails on
county, municipal, other units of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | local government, or private lands where a
recreational | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | need for
the construction is shown.
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21 | (2) Grants for maintenance and construction of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails on federal
lands, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | where permitted by law.
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1 | (3) Grants for development of off-highway vehicle | ||||||
2 | trail-side facilities in
accordance
with criteria
approved | ||||||
3 | by the National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee.
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4 | (4) Grants for acquisition of property from willing | ||||||
5 | sellers for
off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails when | ||||||
6 | the objective of a trail cannot be accomplished by other | ||||||
7 | means.
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8 | (5) Grants for development of urban off-highway | ||||||
9 | vehicle trail linkages
near homes and
workplaces.
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10 | (6) Grants for maintenance of existing off-highway | ||||||
11 | vehicle recreational
trails,
including the
grooming and | ||||||
12 | maintenance of trails across snow.
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13 | (7) Grants for restoration of areas damaged by usage of | ||||||
14 | off-highway
vehicle
recreational trails and
back country | ||||||
15 | terrain.
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16 | (8) Grants for provision of features that facilitate | ||||||
17 | the access and use of
off-highway vehicle trails
by persons | ||||||
18 | with disabilities.
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19 | (9) Grants for acquisition of easements for | ||||||
20 | off-highway vehicle trails or
for trail
corridors.
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21 | (10) Grants for a rider education and safety program.
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22 | (11) Administration, enforcement, planning, and | ||||||
23 | implementation of this Act
and
Sections
11-1426 and 11-1427 | ||||||
24 | of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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25 | Of the money used from the Fund for the purposes set forth | ||||||
26 | in this
subsection, at least 92% shall be allocated for |
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1 | motorized recreation and not more than 8% shall be used by the | ||||||
2 | Department for administration, enforcement, planning, and | ||||||
3 | implementation of this Act or diverted from the Fund , | ||||||
4 | notwithstanding any other law to the contrary adopted after the | ||||||
5 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
6 | Assembly . The
Department
shall establish, by rule, measures to | ||||||
7 | verify that recipients of money from
the Fund comply with the | ||||||
8 | specified conditions for the use of the money.
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9 | (c) The Department may not use the money from the Fund for | ||||||
10 | the
following purposes:
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11 | (1) Condemnation of any kind of interest in property.
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12 | (2) Construction of any recreational trail on National | ||||||
13 | Forest System
land for motorized uses unless those lands
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14 | have been allocated for uses other than wilderness by an | ||||||
15 | approved
forest land and resource management plan or have | ||||||
16 | been released to uses
other than wilderness by an Act of | ||||||
17 | Congress, and
the construction is otherwise consistent | ||||||
18 | with the management
direction in the approved land and | ||||||
19 | resource management plan.
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20 | (3) Construction of motorized recreational trails on | ||||||
21 | Department owned or
managed land.
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22 | (d) The Department shall establish a program to administer | ||||||
23 | grants from the
Fund to units of local government, | ||||||
24 | not-for-profit organizations, and
other groups to operate, | ||||||
25 | maintain, and acquire land for off-highway vehicle
parks that | ||||||
26 | are open and accessible to the public.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 93-1050, eff. 11-16-04.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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