SB2841 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2841

Introduced 2/17/2016, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 862/29 new
20 ILCS 862/31 new

Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that any person under the age of 18 who is operating an off-highway vehicle on public land, shall be trained and certified through a State-approved off-highway vehicle safety course. Provides that the minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on public land shall be 14 years old, and that any person under the age of 16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on public land without direct adult supervision. Provides that unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land. Provides that any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public lands is required to wear a safety helmet and eye protection and the off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a muffler, and a spark arrestor.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 adding Sections 29 and 31 as follows:

(20 ILCS 862/29 new)

Sec. 29. Training requirements for off-highway vehicles. Any person under the age of 18, operating an off-highway vehicle, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, on public land, shall be trained and certified through a State-approved off-highway vehicle safety course.

(20 ILCS 862/31 new)

Sec. 31. Use of off-highway vehicles on public lands; safety requirements.

(a) The minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on public land shall be 14 years old. Any person under the age of 16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on public land without direct adult supervision, and is prohibited from operating an adult sized all-terrain vehicle on public land.

(b) The sale of adult size all-terrain vehicles or other off-highway vehicles is prohibited for use to any person under the age of 16.

(c) Unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land.

(d) An off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a muffler, and a spark arrestor.

(e) Any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public land shall wear a safety helmet and eye protection.

For the purposes of this Section, "off-highway vehicle" has the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of this Act.

For the purposes of this Section, an "adult sized all-terrain vehicle" is an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway vehicle with an engine capacity greater than 90 cc.