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Public Act 095-0670
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LRB095 09890 HLH 30101 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is |
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 862/15)
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Sec. 15. Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
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(a) The Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund is created as a |
special fund in the
State treasury.
Money from federal, State, |
and private sources may be
deposited into the Fund.
Fines |
assessed by the Department of Natural Resources for citations |
issued to
off-highway vehicle operators shall be deposited into |
the
Fund. All interest accrued on the Fund shall be deposited |
into the Fund.
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(b) All money in the Fund shall be used, subject to |
appropriation, by the
Department for the following
purposes:
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(1) Grants for construction of off-highway vehicle |
recreational trails on
county, municipal, other units of |
local government, or private lands where a
recreational |
need for
the construction is shown.
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(2) Grants for maintenance and construction of |
off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails on federal
lands, |
where permitted by law.
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(3) Grants for development of off-highway vehicle |
trail-side facilities in
accordance
with criteria
approved |
by the National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee.
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(4) Grants for acquisition of property from willing |
sellers for
off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails when |
the objective of a trail cannot be accomplished by other |
means.
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(5) Grants for development of urban off-highway |
vehicle trail linkages
near homes and
workplaces.
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(6) Grants for maintenance of existing off-highway |
vehicle recreational
trails,
including the
grooming and |
maintenance of trails across snow.
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(7) Grants for restoration of areas damaged by usage of |
off-highway
vehicle
recreational trails and
back country |
terrain.
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(8) Grants for provision of features that facilitate |
the access and use of
off-highway vehicle trails
by persons |
with disabilities.
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(9) Grants for acquisition of easements for |
off-highway vehicle trails or
for trail
corridors.
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(10) Grants for a rider education and safety program.
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(11) Administration, enforcement, planning, and |
implementation of this Act
and
Sections
11-1426 and 11-1427 |
of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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Of the money used from the Fund for the purposes set forth |
in this
subsection, at least 92% shall be allocated for |
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motorized recreation and not more than 8% shall be used by the |
Department for administration, enforcement, planning, and |
implementation of this Act or diverted from the Fund, |
notwithstanding any other law to the contrary adopted after the |
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
Assembly. The
Department
shall establish, by rule, measures to |
verify that recipients of money from
the Fund comply with the |
specified conditions for the use of the money.
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(c) The Department may not use the money from the Fund for |
the
following purposes:
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(1) Condemnation of any kind of interest in property.
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(2) Construction of any recreational trail on National |
Forest System
land for motorized uses unless those lands
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have been allocated for uses other than wilderness by an |
approved
forest land and resource management plan or have |
been released to uses
other than wilderness by an Act of |
Congress, and
the construction is otherwise consistent |
with the management
direction in the approved land and |
resource management plan.
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(3) Construction of motorized recreational trails on |
Department owned or
managed land.
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(d) The Department shall establish a program to administer |
grants from the
Fund to units of local government, |
not-for-profit organizations, and
other groups to operate, |
maintain, and acquire land for off-highway vehicle
parks that |
are open and accessible to the public.
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