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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 11-1426.1 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 11-1426.1. Operation of non-highway vehicles on | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | streets, roads, and highways. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section, "non-highway vehicle" means a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | motor vehicle not specifically designed to be used on a public | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | highway, including: | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (1) an all-terrain vehicle, as defined by Section | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | 1-101.8 of this Code; | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (2) a golf cart, as defined by Section 1-123.9; | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (3) a neighborhood vehicle, as defined by Section | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 1-148.3m; and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (4) an off-highway motorcycle, as defined by Section | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | 1-153.1. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a non-highway | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State. If | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | the operation of a non-highway vehicle is authorized under | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | subsection (d), the non-highway vehicle may be operated only on |
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1 | streets where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or | ||||||
2 | less. This subsection (b) does not prohibit a non-highway | ||||||
3 | vehicle from crossing a road or street at an intersection where | ||||||
4 | the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 35 | ||||||
5 | miles per hour. | ||||||
6 | (b-5) A person may not operate a non-highway vehicle upon | ||||||
7 | any street, highway, or roadway in this State unless he or she | ||||||
8 | has a valid Illinois driver's license issued in his or her name | ||||||
9 | by the Secretary of State. | ||||||
10 | (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5), no | ||||||
11 | person operating a non-highway vehicle shall make a direct | ||||||
12 | crossing upon or across any highway under the jurisdiction of | ||||||
13 | the State, tollroad,
interstate highway, or controlled access | ||||||
14 | highway in this State. | ||||||
15 | (c-5) A person may make a direct crossing at an | ||||||
16 | intersection controlled by a traffic light or 4-way stop sign | ||||||
17 | upon or across a highway under the jurisdiction of the State if | ||||||
18 | the speed limit on the highway is 35 miles per hour or less at | ||||||
19 | the place of crossing. | ||||||
20 | (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of | ||||||
21 | local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the | ||||||
22 | operation of non-highway vehicles on roadways under its | ||||||
23 | jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines that | ||||||
24 | the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department may | ||||||
25 | authorize
the operation of non-highway vehicles on the roadways | ||||||
26 | under its jurisdiction if the Department determines that the |
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1 | public safety will not be jeopardized. | ||||||
2 | Before permitting the operation of non-highway vehicles on | ||||||
3 | its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, other unit of | ||||||
4 | local government, or the Department must consider the volume, | ||||||
5 | speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and determine | ||||||
6 | whether non-highway vehicles may safely travel on or cross the | ||||||
7 | roadway. Upon determining that non-highway vehicles may safely | ||||||
8 | operate on a roadway and the adoption of an ordinance or | ||||||
9 | resolution by a municipality, township, county, or other unit | ||||||
10 | of local government, or authorization by the Department, | ||||||
11 | appropriate signs shall be posted. | ||||||
12 | If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one | ||||||
13 | unit of government, non-highway vehicles may not be operated on | ||||||
14 | the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees and takes | ||||||
15 | action as provided in this subsection. | ||||||
16 | (e) No non-highway vehicle may be operated on a roadway | ||||||
17 | unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a steering | ||||||
18 | apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red reflectorized warning | ||||||
19 | devices in the front and rear, a slow moving emblem (as | ||||||
20 | required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 of this Code) on | ||||||
21 | the rear of the non-highway vehicle, a headlight that emits a | ||||||
22 | white light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front, a | ||||||
23 | tail lamp that emits a
red light visible from at least 100 feet | ||||||
24 | from the rear, brake lights, and turn signals. When operated on | ||||||
25 | a roadway, a non-highway vehicle shall have its headlight and | ||||||
26 | tail lamps lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code. |
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1 | (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of | ||||||
2 | a non-highway vehicle on a roadway while under the influence is | ||||||
3 | subject to Sections 11-500 through 11-502 of this Code.
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4 | (g) Any person who operates a non-highway vehicle on a | ||||||
5 | street, highway, or roadway shall be subject to the mandatory | ||||||
6 | insurance requirements under Article VI of Chapter 7 of this | ||||||
7 | Code. | ||||||
8 | (h) It shall not be unlawful for any person to drive or | ||||||
9 | operate a non-highway vehicle, as defined in subsections (a)(1) | ||||||
10 | of this Section, or a recreational off-highway vehicle, as | ||||||
11 | defined in Section 1-168.8 of this Code, on a county roadway or | ||||||
12 | township roadway for the purpose of conducting farming | ||||||
13 | operations to and from the home, farm, farm buildings, and any | ||||||
14 | adjacent or nearby farm land. | ||||||
15 | Non-highway or recreational off-highway vehicles, as used | ||||||
16 | in this subsection (h), shall not be subject to subsections (e) | ||||||
17 | and (g) of this section. | ||||||
18 | Non-highway or recreational off-highway vehicles, as used | ||||||
19 | in this subsection (h), shall not make a direct crossing upon | ||||||
20 | or across any tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled | ||||||
21 | access highway in this State. | ||||||
22 | Non-highway or recreational off-highway vehicles, as used | ||||||
23 | in this subsection (h), shall be allowed to cross a State | ||||||
24 | highway, municipal street, county highway, or road district | ||||||
25 | highway if the operator of the non-highway vehicle makes a | ||||||
26 | direct crossing provided: |
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1 | (1) the crossing is made at an angle of approximately | ||||||
2 | 90 degrees to the direction of the street, road or highway | ||||||
3 | and at a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and | ||||||
4 | safe crossing; | ||||||
5 | (2) the non-highway or recreational off-highway | ||||||
6 | vehicle is brought to a complete stop before attempting a | ||||||
7 | crossing; | ||||||
8 | (3) the operator of the non-highway or recreational | ||||||
9 | off-highway vehicle yields the right of way to all | ||||||
10 | pedestrian and vehicular traffic which constitutes a | ||||||
11 | hazard; and | ||||||
12 | (4) that when crossing a divided highway, the crossing | ||||||
13 | is made only at an intersection of the highway with another | ||||||
14 | public street, road, or highway. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 95-150, 8-14-07; 95-414, eff. 8-24-07; 95-575, | ||||||
16 | eff. 8-31-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-279, eff. 1-1-10.) | ||||||
17 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
18 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
19 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
20 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
21 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
22 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
23 | Public Act.
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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