95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1768

 

Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. William B. Black

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 862/45

    Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that any person who does not comply with a Section of the Act pertaining to off-highway vehicle stickers may be fined not more than $250 for a first offense and not more than $500 for a subsequent offense. Provides that the moneys collected shall be deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is
5 amended by changing Section 45 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 862/45)
7     Sec. 45. Public access sticker.
8     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), after January 1,
9 1998, a person may not operate and an owner may not give
10 permission to another to operate an off-highway vehicle on land
11 or lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid
12 for, operated, or supported by the grant program established
13 under subsection (d) of Section 15 unless the off-highway
14 vehicle displays an off-highway vehicle public access sticker
15 in a manner prescribed by the Department by rule.
16     (b) An off-highway vehicle does not need a public access
17 sticker if the off-highway vehicle is used on private land or
18 if the off-highway vehicle is owned by the State, the federal
19 government, or a unit of local government.
20     (c) The Department shall issue the public access stickers
21 and shall charge the following fees:
22         (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals.
23         (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units.

 

 

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1         (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer
2     demonstrations and research.
3         (4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
4     off-highway motorcycle used for production agriculture, as
5     defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
6         (5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other than
7     Illinois that does not have a reciprocal agreement with the
8     Department, pursuant to subsection (d).
9         (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
10     off-highway motorcycle that does not have a title.
11 The Department, by administrative rule, may make replacement
12 stickers available at a reduced cost. These fees for public
13 access stickers shall be deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle
14 Trails Fund.
15     (d) The Department is authorized to enter into reciprocal
16 agreements with other states that have a similar off-highway
17 vehicle public access sticker program to allow residents of
18 such states to operate off-highway vehicles on land or lands or
19 waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for, operated,
20 or supported by the grant program established under subsection
21 (d) of Section 15 without acquiring an off-highway vehicle
22 public access sticker in this State pursuant to subsection (a).
23     (e) The Department may license vendors to sell off-highway
24 vehicle public access stickers. Issuing fees may be set by
25 administrative rule.
26     (f) Any person participating in an organized competitive

 

 

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1 event on land or lands in off-highway vehicle parks paid for,
2 operated by, or supported by the grant program established in
3 subsection (d) of Section 15 shall display the public access
4 sticker required under subsection (c) of this Section or pay $5
5 per event. Fees collected under this subsection shall be
6 deposited into the Fund.
7     (g) The Department is authorized to modify any or all
8 provisions of this Section 45 by rule.
9     (h) Any person not in compliance with this Section shall be
10 guilty of a petty offense punishable by a fine of not more than
11 $250 for the first offense and $500 for a subsequent offense.
12 Any fines collected under this subsection shall be deposited
13 into the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
14 (Source: P.A. 91-441, eff. 1-1-00; 92-134, eff. 7-24-01.)