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    AN ACT concerning recreational trails.

 
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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 
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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 
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special fund in the
State treasury.
 Money from federal, State, 
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and private sources may be
deposited into the Fund.
Fines 
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assessed by the Department of Natural Resources for citations 
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issued to
off-highway vehicle operators shall be deposited into 
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the
Fund. All interest accrued on the Fund shall be deposited 
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into the Fund.

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    (b) All money in the Fund shall be used, subject to 
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appropriation, by the
Department for the following
purposes:


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        (1) Grants for construction of off-highway vehicle 
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    recreational trails on
county, municipal, other units of 
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    local government, or private lands where a
recreational 
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    need for
the construction is shown.


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        (2) Grants for maintenance and construction of 
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    off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails on federal
lands, 
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    where permitted by law.


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        (3) Grants for development of off-highway vehicle 
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    trail-side facilities in
accordance
with criteria
approved 
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    by the National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee.


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        (4) Grants for acquisition of property from willing 
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    sellers for
off-highway vehicle
recreational
trails when 
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    the objective of a trail cannot be accomplished by other 
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    means.


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        (5) Grants for development of urban off-highway 
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    vehicle trail linkages
near homes and
workplaces.


 


 






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        (6) Grants for maintenance of existing off-highway 
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    vehicle recreational
trails,
including the
grooming and 
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    maintenance of trails across snow.


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        (7) Grants for restoration of areas damaged by usage of 
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    off-highway
vehicle
recreational trails and
back country 
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    terrain.


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        (8) Grants for provision of features that facilitate 
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    the access and use of
off-highway vehicle trails
by persons 
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    with disabilities.


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        (9) Grants for acquisition of easements for 
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    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 
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    implementation of this Act
and
Sections
11-1426 and 11-1427 
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    of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

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    Of the money used from the Fund for the purposes set forth 
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in this
subsection, at least 92%
60% shall be allocated for 
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motorized recreation and not more than 8% shall be used by the 
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Department for administration, enforcement, planning, and 
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implementation of this Act or diverted from the Fund. The

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Department
shall establish, by rule, measures to verify that 
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recipients of money from
the Fund comply with the specified 
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conditions for the use of the money.

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    (c) The Department may not use the money from the Fund for 
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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 
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    Forest System
land for motorized uses unless those lands

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    have been allocated for uses other than wilderness by an 
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    approved
forest land and resource management plan or have 
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    been released to uses
other than wilderness by an Act of 
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    Congress, and
the construction is otherwise consistent 
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    with the management
direction in the approved land and 
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    resource management plan.


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        (3) Construction of motorized recreational trails on 
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    Department owned or
managed land.

 


 






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    (d) The Department shall establish a program to administer 
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grants from the
Fund to units of local government, 
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not-for-profit organizations, and
other groups to operate, 
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maintain, and acquire land for off-highway vehicle
parks that 
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are open and accessible to the public.

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(Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)

 

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