95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1499


 
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Rich Brauer
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/11-1426
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1426







    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it shall not be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle upon any county roadway or township roadway for the purpose of conducting farming operations to and from the home, farm, farm buildings, and any adjacent or nearby farm land (now, it is unlawful for any person to drive or operate any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle upon any street, highway or roadway in the State).
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation. 

 
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 11-1426 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/11-1426)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1426)



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    Sec. 11-1426. Operation of all-terrain vehicles and 
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off-highway
motorcycles on streets, roads,
and
tollroads, 
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interstate highways, or controlled access highways
highways.

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    (a) Except as provided under this Section, it shall be 
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unlawful for
any person to drive or operate any all-terrain 
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vehicle or off-highway
motorcycle upon any street, tollroad, 
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interstate highway, controlled access highway,
highway or 
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roadway in this State. It shall not be unlawful for any person 
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to drive or operate any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway 
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motorcycle upon any county roadway or township roadway for the 
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purpose of conducting farming operations to and from the home, 
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farm, farm buildings, and any adjacent or nearby farm land.


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    (b) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this 
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Section, all-terrain
vehicles and off-highway motorcycles may 
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make a direct crossing provided:


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        (1) The crossing is made at an angle of approximately 
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    90 degrees to the
direction of the street, road or highway 
 


 






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    and at a place where no
obstruction prevents a quick and 
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    safe crossing; and


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        (2) The all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle 
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    is brought to a
complete stop before attempting a crossing; 
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    and


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        (3) The operator of the all-terrain vehicle or 
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    off-highway motorcycle
yields the right of way to all 
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    pedestrian and vehicular traffic which
constitutes a 
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    hazard; and


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        (4) That when crossing a divided highway, the crossing 
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    is made only at
an intersection of the highway with another 
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    public street, road, or
highway; and


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        (5) That when accessing township roadways in counties 
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    which contain a
tract of the Shawnee National Forest, the 
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    accessing complies with rules
promulgated by the 
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    Department of Natural Resources to
govern the accessing.

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    (c) No person operating an all-terrain vehicle or 
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off-highway motorcycle
shall make a direct crossing upon or 
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across any tollroad, interstate
highway, or controlled access 
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highway in this State.

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    (d) The corporate authorities of a county, road district, 
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township, city,
village, or incorporated town may adopt 
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ordinances or resolutions allowing
all-terrain vehicles and 
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off-highway motorcycles to be operated on roadways
under their 
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jurisdiction, designated by signs as may be prescribed by the

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Department, when it is necessary to cross a bridge or culvert 
 


 






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or when it is
impracticable to gain immediate access to an area 
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adjacent to a highway where
an all-terrain vehicle or 
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off-highway motorcycle is to be operated.  The
crossing shall be 
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made in the same direction as traffic.

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    (e) The corporate authorities of a county, road district, 
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township, city,
village, or incorporated town may adopt 
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ordinances or resolutions designating
one or more specific 
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public highways or streets under their jurisdiction as
egress 
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and ingress routes for the use of all-terrain vehicles and 
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off-highway
motorcycles.  Operation of all-terrain vehicles and 
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off-highway motorcycles on
the routes shall be in the same 
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direction as traffic.  Corporate authorities
acting under the 
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authority of this subsection (e) shall erect and maintain

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signs, as may be prescribed by the Department, giving proper 
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notice of the
designation.

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(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)