Section 140.10  Location

Overnight barn stabling of horses on Department of Natural Resources' (Department) land will be allowed at major designated field trial areas and equestrian use areas when those areas have usable barns.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5270, effective March 25, 2009)

Section 140.20  Non-Field Trial Areas Having Equestrian Use Areas With Horse Barns

a)         Equestrians using horse use areas at these sites may use the horse barns.  The cost per horse for a barn stall is $2.00 per night paid daily for a maximum of 15 nights at a specific site in a 30 day period starting the first night the horse is stabled in the barn.

b)         Each equestrian desiring to use a barn stall for his/her horse shall contact the site superintendent in advance as the barn stalls for overnight use are available on a first come-first served basis.

c)         No horse will be stabled overnight unless the horse is being used to ride the use area provided at the site.

d)         Each person assigned a barn stall for his/her horse shall keep the assigned stall clean.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5270, effective March 25, 2009)

Section 140.30  Major Designated Field Trial Areas

a)         During the dates of field trials authorized by the Department according to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 910 at field trial areas with horse barns, the horse barns shall be made available only to participants of field trials at no cost for a barn stall.

b)         During times when authorized field trial activities are not taking place at field trial areas with horse barns, equestrians using the horse use areas or equestrians and field trialers transporting horses may use the horse barns.  The cost per horse for a barn stall is $2.00 per night paid daily for a maximum of 15 nights at a specific site in a 30 day period starting the first night the horse is stabled in the barn.

1)         Each equestrian or field trialer desiring to use a barn stall for his/her horse shall contact the site superintendent in advance as the stalls for overnight use are available on a first come-first served basis.

2)         No horse will be stabled overnight unless the horse is being used to ride the trails provided at the site or the horse is being transported by an equestrian or field trialer.

c)         Each person assigned a barn stall for his/her horse shall keep the assigned stall clean.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5270, effective March 25, 2009)

Section 140.40  Horse Riding and Stable Leased Concessions

This Part shall not affect authorized Department horse riding and stable leased concession operations provided through 17 Ill. Adm. Code 150 (Regulations for the Letting of Concessions, Farm Leases, Sale of Buildings and Facilities, and Demolitions).

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5270, effective March 25, 2009)

Section 140.50  Denying Use − Removal − Field Trial Participants and/or Equestrians

The site superintendent has the right to deny a field trial participant or equestrian the use of an overnight barn stall for his/her horse or to remove a field trial participant or equestrian from the stable facility for the following reasons based on a visual inspection by, and the subsequent opinion of, the site superintendent:

a)         Person is not using the equestrian area as stated in Sections 140.20(c) or 140.30(b)(2).

b)         Person is an equestrian but is not a field trial participant at a field trial area during a field trial period as stated in Section 140.30(a).

c)         Person fails to follow the Department's cleaning schedule and/or does not perform the work necessary to keep the assigned barn stall at the same level of cleanliness as originally accepted, as stated in Sections 140.20(d) and 140.30(c).

d)         Person's horse shows signs of improper care or mistreatment, i.e, sickness or disease not publicly acceptable in accordance with applicable provisions of the Humane Care for Animals Act [50 ILCS 70].  In cases in which the horse owner or person designated by the owner does not agree with the judgement of the site superintendent, the owner or person designated by the owner, at the owner's expense, shall have the horse examined and a written certification made as to the horse's condition by an Illinois licensed veterinarian to resolve the matter.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5270, effective March 25, 2009)