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Public Act 92-0174
SB448 Enrolled LRB9203238TAcs
AN ACT concerning snowmobile registration and safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act is
amended by changing Sections 3-2, 3-5, 3-8, 3-9, 3-11, 5-3,
6-1, and 9-2 as follows:
(625 ILCS 40/3-2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-2)
Sec. 3-2. Identification Number Application. The owner
of each snowmobile requiring numbering by this State shall
file an application for number with the Department on forms
approved by it. The application shall be signed by the owner
of the snowmobile and shall be accompanied by a fee of $18
$12. When a snowmobile dealer sells a snowmobile the dealer
shall, at the time of sale, require the buyer to complete an
application for the registration certificate, collect the
required fee and mail the application and fee to the
Department no later than 14 days after the date of sale.
Combination application-receipt forms shall be provided by
the Department and the dealer shall furnish the buyer with
the completed receipt showing that application for
registration has been made. This completed receipt shall be
in the possession of the user of the snowmobile until the
registration certificate is received. No snowmobile dealer
may charge an additional fee to the buyer for performing this
service required under this subsection. However, no
purchaser exempted under Section 3-11 of this Act shall be
charged any fee or be subject to the other requirements of
this Section. The application form shall so state in clear
language the requirements of this Section and the penalty for
violation near the place on the application form provided for
indicating the intention to register in another jurisdiction.
Each dealer shall maintain, for one year, a record in a form
prescribed by the Department for each snowmobile sold. These
records shall be open to inspection by the Department. Upon
receipt of the application in approved form the Department
shall enter the same upon the records of its office and issue
to the applicant a certificate of number stating the number
awarded to the snowmobile and the name and address of the
owner.
(Source: P.A. 84-151; 84-973.)
(625 ILCS 40/3-5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-5)
Sec. 3-5. Transfer of Identification Number. The
purchaser of a snowmobile shall, within 15 days after
acquiring same, make application to the Department for the
transfer to him of the certificate of number issued to the
snowmobile, giving his name, his address and the number of
the snowmobile. The purchaser shall apply for a
transfer-renewal for a fee of $18 $12 for approximately 3
years. All transfers will bear September 30 expiration dates
in the calendar year of expiration. Upon receipt of the
application and fee, the Department shall transfer the
certificate of number issued to the snowmobile to the new
owner. Unless the application is made and fee paid within 30
days, the snowmobile shall be deemed to be without
certificate of number and it shall be unlawful for any person
to operate the snowmobile until the certificate is issued.
(Source: P.A. 87-1109.)
(625 ILCS 40/3-8) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-8)
Sec. 3-8. Certificate of Number. Every certificate of
number awarded under this Act shall continue in full force
and effect for approximately 3 years unless sooner terminated
or discontinued in accordance with this Act. All new
certificates issued will bear September 30 expiration dates
in the calendar year 3 years after the issuing date.
Provided however, that the Department may, for purposes of
implementing this Section, adopt rules for phasing in the
issuance of new certificates and provide for 1, 2 or 3 year
expiration dates and pro-rated payments or charges for each
registration.
All certificates shall be renewed for 3 years from the
nearest September 30 for a fee of $18 $12. All certificates
will be considered invalid after October 15 of the year of
expiration. All certificates expiring in a given year shall
be renewed between April 1 and September 30 of that year, in
order to allow sufficient time for processing.
The Department shall issue "registration expiration
decals" with all new certificates of number, all certificates
of number transferred and renewed, and all certificates of
number renewed. The decals issued for each year shall be of a
different and distinct color from the decals of each year
currently displayed. The decals shall be affixed to each side
of the cowling of the snowmobile in the manner prescribed by
the rules and regulations of the Department. The Department
shall fix a day and month of the year on which certificates
of number due to expire shall lapse and no longer be of any
force and effect unless renewed pursuant to this Act.
No number or registration expiration decal, except a
sticker or number which may be required by a political
subdivision, or municipality, or state of this State, other
than the registration expiration decal issued to a snowmobile
or granted reciprocity pursuant to this Act, shall be
painted, attached, or otherwise displayed on either side of
the cowling of such snowmobile.
A dealer engaged in the manufacture, sale, or leasing of
snowmobiles required to be numbered hereunder, upon
application to the Department upon forms prescribed by it,
may obtain certificates of number for use in the testing or
demonstrating of such snowmobiles upon payment of $18 $12 for
each registration. Certificates of number so issued may be
used by the applicant in the testing or demonstrating of
snowmobiles by temporary placement of the registration
expiration decals assigned by such certificates on the
snowmobile so tested or demonstrated.
(Source: P.A. 84-151; 84-973.)
(625 ILCS 40/3-9) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-9)
Sec. 3-9. Registration List.
A snowmobile registration list may be furnished for
official use at no charge only to such federal, state, county
and municipal enforcement agencies as may require such data.
A snowmobile registration list may be furnished, at the cost
of reproduction, to statewide not-for-profit Illinois
snowmobile organizations for use only with educational
programs.
(Source: P.A. 77-1312.)
(625 ILCS 40/3-11) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-11)
Sec. 3-11. Exception from numbering provisions of this
Act.) A snowmobile shall not be required to be numbered
under this Act if it is:
A. Owned and used by the United States, another state,
or a political subdivision thereof, but such snowmobiles
shall display the name of the owner on the cowling thereof.
B. Covered by a valid registration or license of another
state, province or country which is the domicile of the owner
of the snowmobile and is not operated within this State on
more than 30 consecutive days in any calendar year.
C. Owned and operated on lands owned by the owner or
operator or on lands to which he has a contractual right
other than as a member of a club or association, provided the
snowmobile is not operated elsewhere within the state.
D. 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.
E. Owned by persons domiciled in Illinois but used
entirely in another jurisdiction when such owner has complied
with the provisions of Section 3-2 of this Act.
F. Designed for use by small children primarily as a toy
and used only on private property and not on any public use
trail.
(Source: P.A. 81-702.)
(625 ILCS 40/5-3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 605-3)
Sec. 5-3. Youthful Operators.
A. No person under 10 years of age may operate a
snowmobile, other than machines designed for use by small
children primarily as a toy and used only on private property
and not on any public use trail.
B. Persons at least 10 and less than 12 years of age
may operate a snowmobile only if they are either accompanied
on the snowmobile by a parent or guardian or a person at
least 18 years of age designated by a parent or guardian.
C. Persons at least 12 and less than 16 years of age may
operate a snowmobile only if they are either accompanied on
the snowmobile by a parent or guardian or a person at least
16 years of age designated by a parent or guardian, or such
operator is in possession of a certificate issued by the
Department authorizing the holder to operate snowmobiles.
D. Any person who operates a snowmobile on a highway as
provided in Section 5-2 shall (1) possess a valid motor
vehicle driver's license; or (2) possess a safety certificate
as provided for in this Section. Any such person less than 16
years of age shall also be under the immediate supervision of
a parent or guardian or a person at least 18 years of age
designated by the parent or guardian.
E. Violations of this Section done with the knowledge of
a parent or guardian shall be deemed a violation by the
parent or guardian and punishable under Article X of this
Act.
F. The department shall establish a program of
instruction on snowmobile laws, regulations, safety and
related subjects. It is unlawful for any person under 16
years of age to operate a snowmobile on a public highway in
this State. The program shall be conducted by instructors
certified by the department. The department may procure
liability insurance coverage for certified instructors for
work within the scope of their duties under this section.
Persons satisfactorily completing this program shall receive
certification from the department. The department may charge
each person who enrolls in the course an instruction fee of
$2.50. If a fee is authorized by the department, the
department shall authorize instructors conducting such
courses meeting standards established by it to retain $1 of
the fee to defray expenses incurred locally to operate the
program. The remaining $1.50 of the fee shall be retained by
the department to defray a part of its expenses incurred to
operate the safety and accident reporting program. A person
over the age of 12 years but under the age of 16 years who
holds a valid certificate issued by another state or province
of the Dominion of Canada need not obtain a certificate from
the department if the course content of the program in such
other state or province substantially meets that established
by the department under this section. A certificate issued by
the Department, or by another State or a province of the
Dominion of Canada, shall not constitute a valid motor
vehicle operator's license for the purpose of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 85-293.)
(625 ILCS 40/6-1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 606-1)
Sec. 6-1. Collisions, accidents, and casualties; reports.
A. The operator of a snowmobile involved in a collision,
accident, or other casualty, shall render to other persons
affected by this collision, accident, or other casualty such
assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in
order to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the
collision, accident, or other casualty, and also shall give
his name, address, and identification of his snowmobile to
any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged
in the collision, accident, or other casualty.
B. In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty
involving the operation of a snowmobile, the operator
thereof, if the collision, accident, or other casualty
results in death or injury to a person or damage to property
in excess of $750 $100, shall file with the Department a full
description of the collision, accident, or other casualty,
including such information as the Department may, by
regulation, require. Reports of such accidents must be filed
with the Department on a Department Accident Report form
within 5 days.
C. Reports of accidents resulting in personal injury,
wherein a person is incapacitated for a period exceeding 72
hours, must be filed with the Department on a Department
Accident Report form within 5 days. Accidents which result in
loss of life shall be reported to the Department on a
Department form within 48 hours.
D. All required accident reports and supplemental
reports are without prejudice to the individual so reporting,
and are for the confidential use of the Department, except
that the Department may disclose the identity of a person
involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise
known or when such person denies his presence at such
accident. No such report may be used as evidence in any
trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except
that the Department must furnish upon demand of any person
who has or claims to have made such a report, or upon demand
of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident
report has or has not been made to the Department, solely to
prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the
requirements that such a report be made to the Department.
(Source: P.A. 77-1312.)
(625 ILCS 40/9-2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 609-2)
Sec. 9-2. Special fund. There is created a special fund
in the State Treasury to be known as the Snowmobile Trail
Establishment Fund. Thirty-three Twenty-five percent of each
new, transfer-renewal and renewal registration fee collected
under Sections 3-2, 3-5 and 3-8 of this Act shall be
deposited in the fund. The fund shall be administered by the
Department and shall be used for disbursement, upon written
application to and subsequent approval by the Department, to
nonprofit snowmobile clubs and organizations for
construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of snowmobile
trails and areas for the use of snowmobiles, including plans
and specifications, engineering surveys and supervision where
necessary. The Department shall promulgate such rules or
regulations as it deems necessary for the administration of
the fund.
(Source: P.A. 85-153.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 01, 2001.
Approved July 26, 2001.
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