HB4270 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4270

Introduced , by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 862/34

Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the operator of an off-highway vehicle shall not be required to display an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp if the off-highway vehicle is operated on any private land with the permission of the land owner. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 34 as follows:

(20 ILCS 862/34)

Sec. 34. Exception from display of Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamps. The operator of an off-highway vehicle shall not be required to display an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp if the off-highway vehicle is:

(1) owned and used by the United States, the State of Illinois, another state, or a political subdivision thereof, but these off-highway vehicles shall prominently display the name of the owner on the off-highway vehicle;

(2) operated on lands where the owner permanently resides; this exception shall not apply to clubs, associations, lands leased for hunting or recreational purposes, or to off-highway vehicles being used by outfitters as defined in the Wildlife Code as part of their outfitting business;

(2.5) operated on any private land with the permission of the land owner;

(3) used only on international or national competition circuits in events for which written permission has been obtained by the sponsoring or sanctioning body from the governmental unit having jurisdiction over the location of any event held in this State;

(4) while being used for activities associated with farming or livestock production operations; or

(5) while being used on an off-highway vehicle grant assisted site and the off-highway vehicle displays a Off-Highway Vehicle Access decal.

(Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.