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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 25.5 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 862/25.5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 25.5. Off-highway vehicle trails public access | ||||||
8 | sticker. | ||||||
9 | (a) An off-highway vehicle trails public access sticker is | ||||||
10 | a separate and additional requirement from the Off-Highway | ||||||
11 | Vehicle Usage Stamp under Section 26 of this Act. | ||||||
12 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, | ||||||
13 | a person
may not operate and an owner may not give permission | ||||||
14 | to another to operate an
off-highway vehicle on lands or | ||||||
15 | waters in public off-highway vehicle
parks paid for, operated, | ||||||
16 | or supported by the grant program
established under subsection | ||||||
17 | (d) of Section 15 of this Act unless the off-highway vehicle
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18 | displays an off-highway vehicle trails public access sticker | ||||||
19 | in a manner prescribed
by the Department by rule. | ||||||
20 | (c) An off-highway vehicle does not need an off-highway | ||||||
21 | vehicle trails public access sticker if the
off-highway | ||||||
22 | vehicle is used on private land or if the off-highway vehicle | ||||||
23 | is
owned by the State, the federal government, or a unit of |
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1 | local government. | ||||||
2 | (d) The Department shall issue an off-highway vehicle | ||||||
3 | trails public access sticker and shall charge
the following | ||||||
4 | fees: | ||||||
5 | (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals; | ||||||
6 | (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units; | ||||||
7 | (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer | ||||||
8 | demonstrations and
research; | ||||||
9 | (4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
10 | off-highway motorcycle
used for production agriculture, as | ||||||
11 | defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code; | ||||||
12 | (5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other than | ||||||
13 | Illinois that
does not have a reciprocal agreement with | ||||||
14 | the Department, under
subsection (e) of this Section; and | ||||||
15 | (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
16 | off-highway motorcycle
that does not have a title. | ||||||
17 | (d-5) The Department, by administrative rule, may make | ||||||
18 | replacement stickers available
at a reduced cost. The fees for | ||||||
19 | public access stickers shall be deposited
as follows: into the | ||||||
20 | Off-Highway
Vehicle Trails Fund | ||||||
21 | (1) $5 from the sale of each off-highway vehicle | ||||||
22 | trails public access sticker shall be deposited into the | ||||||
23 | Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation (TREE) Fund, | ||||||
24 | which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. | ||||||
25 | Moneys deposited in the Tick Research, Education, and | ||||||
26 | Evaluation (TREE) Fund shall be paid as grants for the |
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1 | ordinary and contingent expenses associated with tick | ||||||
2 | research, education, and evaluation; and | ||||||
3 | (2) the remainder of the fees for public access | ||||||
4 | stickers shall be deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle | ||||||
5 | Trails Fund to be used for improvements to Illinois State | ||||||
6 | Parks . | ||||||
7 | (e) The Department may enter into reciprocal agreements | ||||||
8 | with
other states that have a similar off-highway vehicle | ||||||
9 | trails public access sticker
program to allow residents of | ||||||
10 | those states to operate off-highway vehicles on
land or lands | ||||||
11 | or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for, | ||||||
12 | operated,
or supported by the off-highway vehicle trails grant | ||||||
13 | program established under subsection (d) of Section
15 of this | ||||||
14 | Act without acquiring an off-highway vehicle trails public | ||||||
15 | access sticker in this State
under subsection (b) of this | ||||||
16 | Section. | ||||||
17 | (f) The Department may license vendors to sell
off-highway | ||||||
18 | vehicle trails public access stickers. Issuing fees may be set | ||||||
19 | by
administrative rule. | ||||||
20 | (g) Any person participating in an organized competitive | ||||||
21 | event on land or
lands in
off-highway vehicle parks paid for, | ||||||
22 | operated by, or supported by the grant
program
established in | ||||||
23 | subsection (d) of Section 15 shall display the public access
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24 | sticker required
under subsection (b) of this Section or pay | ||||||
25 | $5 per event. Fees collected under
this
subsection shall be | ||||||
26 | deposited into the Off-Highway
Vehicle Trails Fund.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-798, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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2 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
3 | Section 5.990 as follows: | ||||||
4 | (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 5.990. The Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation | ||||||
6 | (TREE) Fund. |