99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2841
 
Introduced 2/17/2016, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 862/29 new
20 ILCS 862/31 new

     Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that any person under the age of 18 who is operating an off-highway vehicle on public land, shall be trained and certified through a State-approved off-highway vehicle safety course. Provides that the minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on public land shall be 14 years old, and that any person under the age of 16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on public land without direct adult supervision. Provides that unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land. Provides that any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public lands is required to wear a safety helmet and eye protection and the off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a muffler, and a spark arrestor.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is 
5amended  by adding Sections 29 and 31 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 862/29 new)
7    Sec. 29. Training requirements for off-highway vehicles. 
8Any person under the age of 18, operating an off-highway 
9vehicle, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, on public land, 
10shall be trained and certified through a State-approved 
11off-highway vehicle safety course.
 
12    (20 ILCS 862/31 new)
13    Sec. 31. Use of off-highway vehicles on public lands; 
14safety requirements.
15    (a) The minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on 
16public land shall be 14 years old. Any person under the age of 
1716 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on 
18public land without direct adult supervision, and is prohibited 
19from operating an adult sized all-terrain vehicle on public 
20land.
21    (b) The sale of adult size all-terrain vehicles or other 
22off-highway vehicles is prohibited for use to any person under 
 
 
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1the age of 16.
2    (c) Unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the 
3manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a 
4passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land.
5    (d) An off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall 
6have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a 
7muffler, and a spark arrestor.
8    (e) Any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public 
9land shall wear a safety helmet and eye protection.
10    For the purposes of this Section, "off-highway vehicle" has 
11the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of this Act.
12    For the purposes of this Section, an "adult sized 
13all-terrain vehicle" is an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway 
14vehicle with an engine capacity greater than 90 cc.