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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 11-1427 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1427)
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7 | Sec. 11-1427.
Illegal operation of an all-terrain vehicle
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8 | or off-highway motorcycle. It is unlawful for any person to | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | drive
or operate any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | motorcycle in the following
ways:
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11 | (a) Careless Operation. No person shall operate any | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | all-terrain vehicle
or off-highway motorcycle in a careless or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | heedless manner so as to be
grossly indifferent to the person | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | or property of other persons, or at a
rate of speed greater | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | than will permit him in the exercise of reasonable
care to | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | bring the all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle to a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | stop
within the assured clear distance ahead.
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18 | (b) Reckless Operation. No person shall operate any | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | all-terrain vehicle
or off-highway motorcycle in such a manner | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | as to endanger the life, limb or
property of any person.
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21 | (c) Within any nature preserve as defined in Section 3.11 | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of the
Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act.
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23 | (d) On the tracks or right of way of an operating railroad.
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1 | (e) In any tree nursery or planting in a manner which | ||||||
2 | damages or
destroys growing stock, or creates a substantial | ||||||
3 | risk thereto.
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4 | (f) On private property, without the written or verbal | ||||||
5 | consent of the
owner or lessee thereof. Any person operating an | ||||||
6 | all-terrain vehicle or off-highway
motorcycle upon lands of
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7 | another shall stop and identify himself upon the request of the
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8 | landowner or his duly authorized representative, and, if | ||||||
9 | requested to do
so by the landowner shall promptly remove the | ||||||
10 | all-terrain vehicle or
off-highway motorcycle from the | ||||||
11 | premises.
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12 | (g) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an | ||||||
13 | owner, lessee,
or occupant of premises owes no duty of care to | ||||||
14 | keep
the premises safe for entry or use by others for use by an | ||||||
15 | all-terrain
vehicle or off-highway motorcycle, or to
give | ||||||
16 | warning of any condition, use, structure or activity
on such | ||||||
17 | premises.
This subsection does not apply where permission to | ||||||
18 | drive or operate an
all-terrain vehicle or off-highway | ||||||
19 | motorcycle
is given for a valuable consideration other than to | ||||||
20 | this
State, any political subdivision or municipality of this | ||||||
21 | State, or any
landowner
who is paid with funds from the | ||||||
22 | Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund. In
the case of land leased to | ||||||
23 | the State or a subdivision of the State, any
consideration | ||||||
24 | received is not valuable consideration within the meaning of
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25 | this Section.
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26 | Nothing in this subsection limits in any way liability |
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1 | which
otherwise exists for willful or malicious failure to | ||||||
2 | guard or warn against
a dangerous condition, use, structure, or | ||||||
3 | activity.
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4 | (h) On publicly owned lands unless such lands are | ||||||
5 | designated for use by
all-terrain vehicles or off-highway | ||||||
6 | motorcycles.
For publicly owned lands to be designated for use | ||||||
7 | by all-terrain vehicles
or off-highway motorcycles a public | ||||||
8 | hearing shall be conducted by the
governmental entity that has | ||||||
9 | jurisdiction over the proposed land
prior to the designation.
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10 | Nothing in this subsection limits in any way liability | ||||||
11 | which
otherwise exists for willful or malicious failure to | ||||||
12 | guard or warn against
a dangerous condition, use, structure, or | ||||||
13 | activity.
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14 | (h-1) At a rate of speed too fast for conditions, and the | ||||||
15 | fact that the
speed of the all-terrain vehicle or off-highway | ||||||
16 | motorcycle does not exceed the
applicable maximum speed
limit | ||||||
17 | allowed does not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease
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18 | speed as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, | ||||||
19 | vehicle,
or object within legal requirements and the duty of | ||||||
20 | all persons to use
due care.
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21 | (h-2) On the frozen surface of public waters of this State | ||||||
22 | within 100
feet of a person, including a skater, not in or upon | ||||||
23 | an
all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle; within
100 | ||||||
24 | feet of a person engaged in fishing, except at the minimum | ||||||
25 | speed
required to maintain forward movement of the all-terrain | ||||||
26 | vehicle or off-highway
motorcycle; on an area
which has been |
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1 | cleared of snow for skating purposes unless the area is
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2 | necessary for access to the frozen waters of this State.
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3 | (h-3) Within 100 feet of a dwelling between midnight and 6 | ||||||
4 | a.m. at a
speed greater than the minimum required to maintain | ||||||
5 | forward movement of
the all-terrain vehicle or off-highway | ||||||
6 | motorcycle. This subdivision (h-5) does
not
apply on private | ||||||
7 | property
where verbal or written consent of the owner or lessee | ||||||
8 | has been granted
to drive or operate an all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
9 | off-highway motorcycle upon the
private property or frozen | ||||||
10 | waters of this State.
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11 | (i) Other Prohibitions.
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12 | (1) No person, except persons permitted by
law, shall | ||||||
13 | operate or ride any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway
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14 | motorcycle with any firearm in his or her possession unless | ||||||
15 | he or she is
in compliance with Sections 24-1, 24-1.6, and | ||||||
16 | 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012 Section 2.33 of the | ||||||
17 | Wildlife Code .
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18 | (2) No person shall operate any all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
19 | off-highway
motorcycle emitting pollutants in violation of | ||||||
20 | standards established
pursuant to the Environmental | ||||||
21 | Protection Act.
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22 | (3) No person shall deposit from an all-terrain vehicle | ||||||
23 | or off-highway
motorcycle on the snow, ice or ground | ||||||
24 | surface, trash, glass, garbage,
insoluble material, or | ||||||
25 | other offensive matter.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 9-1-97; 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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