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 1        AN ACT concerning recreation funding.

 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
 9    1, 1998, a person may not operate and an owner may  not  give
10    permission  to  another  to operate an off-highway vehicle on
11    land or lands or waters in public off-highway  vehicle  parks
12    paid  for,  operated,  or  supported  by  the  grant  program
13    established  under  subsection  (d)  of Section 15 unless the
14    off-highway vehicle displays an  off-highway  vehicle  public
15    access  sticker  in  a manner prescribed by the Department by
16    rule.
17        (b)  An off-highway vehicle does not need a public access
18    sticker if the off-highway vehicle is used on private land or
19    if the off-highway vehicle is owned by the State, the federal
20    government, or a unit of local government.
21        (c)  The  Department  shall  issue  the   public   access
22    stickers and shall charge the following fees:
23             (1)  $30 for 3 years for individuals.
24             (2)  $50 for 3 years for rental units.
25             (3)  $75  for  3  years  for dealer and manufacturer
26        demonstrations and research.
27             (4)  $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain  vehicle  or
28        off-highway  motorcycle  used for production agriculture,
29        as defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
30             (5)  $50 for 3 years for residents of a State  other
31        than  Illinois  that does not have a reciprocal agreement
 
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 1        with the Department, pursuant to subsection (d).
 2             (6)  $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain  vehicle  or
 3        off-highway motorcycle that does not have a title.
 4    The  Department, by administrative rule, may make replacement
 5    stickers available at a reduced cost. These fees  for  public
 6    access  stickers  shall  be  deposited  into  the Off-Highway
 7    Vehicle Trails Fund.
 8        (d)  The  Department  is   authorized   to   enter   into
 9    reciprocal  agreements  with other states that have a similar
10    off-highway vehicle public access sticker  program  to  allow
11    residents  of  such states to operate off-highway vehicles on
12    land or lands or waters in public off-highway  vehicle  parks
13    paid  for,  operated,  or  supported  by  the  grant  program
14    established  under  subsection  (d)  of  Section  15  without
15    acquiring  an  off-highway  vehicle  public access sticker in
16    this State pursuant to subsection (a).
17        (e)  The  Department  may   license   vendors   to   sell
18    off-highway vehicle public access stickers.  Issuing fees may
19    be set by administrative rule.
20        (f)  Any person participating in an organized competitive
21    event on land or lands in off-highway vehicle parks paid for,
22    operated by, or supported by the grant program established in
23    subsection  (d) of Section 15 shall display the public access
24    sticker required under subsection (c) of this Section or  pay
25    $5  per event.  Fees collected under this subsection shall be
26    deposited into the Fund.
27        (g)(f)  The Department is authorized to modify any or all
28    provisions of this Section 45 by rule.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98; 91-441, eff. 1-1-00.)

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

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