SB1803 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 27408 AWJ 57003 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1803

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 805/805-72 new
20 ILCS 862/36
20 ILCS 862/36.3 new
30 ILCS 105/5.990 new

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, and members of the University of Illinois' INHS Medical Entomology Program to establish the Lyme Disease Innovation Program no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department shall contract with a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the medical community to operate the Program. Provides that the Program's purpose is to raise awareness with the public and to assist persons at risk of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases with education and awareness materials and campaigns while developing evidence-based approaches that are cost-effective. Includes provisions relating to the Program's objectives. Provides that the Program shall be funded by the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall issue to an off-highway vehicle owner an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp, and the Stamp shall be $10 or $5 depending on the size of the vehicle's engine capacity. Provides that the proceeds from the Stamp must be deposited into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-72 as follows:

(20 ILCS 805/805-72 new)

Sec. 805-72. Lyme Disease Innovation Program.

(a) The Department shall coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, and members of the University of Illinois' INHS Medical Entomology Program to establish the Lyme Disease Innovation Program no later than one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. The Department shall contract with a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the medical community to operate the Program. The Program's purpose is to raise awareness with the public and to assist persons at risk of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases with education and awareness materials and campaigns while developing evidence-based approaches that are cost-effective.

(b) The Program shall implement a statewide interagency and multipronged approach to combat Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases in Illinois, including adopting an evidence-based model that recognizes the key roles that patients, advocates, and not-for-profit organizations have in fighting Lyme disease and tick-borne diseases. The Program's objectives include:

(1) bringing awareness of Lyme disease and tick-borne diseases by any one or more of the following methods:

(A) creating innovative ideas and collaborations for raising awareness about risks and prevention;

(B) amplifying and improving access to essential information supporting innovations in prevention, education, and care with open data and science;

(C) fostering the development of new, community-based education and prevention efforts; and

(D) using programs, website advertising, pamphlets, or other methods to increase the awareness of Lyme disease and tick-borne diseases;

(2) engaging stakeholders to facilitate patient-centered innovations by (i) building trust among stakeholders through listening sessions, roundtables, and other learning approaches that ground innovations in lived experience, (ii) engaging stakeholders in identifying current areas of need to promote targeted innovations that will make real-world improvements in quality of care, and (iii) gaining insight into patient needs and priorities through stakeholders' collective wisdom and applying that wisdom in shaping future innovation challenges and events.

(3) advance stakeholder driven interdisciplinary and interagency collaborations by providing resources to not-for-profit organizations whose purpose is to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the medical community in order to (i) facilitate the stakeholder engagement and collaborations and patient-centered innovations and support groups, (ii) identify ways to better collect and share data while raising awareness of tick-borne illnesses, and (iii) assist with the development of outreach and education materials and approaches for State agencies.

(c) The Program shall be funded through moneys deposited into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund and other appropriations. The not-for-profit organization contracted with to operate the Program shall be paid for its operation of the Program from moneys deposited into the Fund or from other appropriations.

(d) The Department, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Public Health must adopt rules or joint rules to implement this Section.

Section 10. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 36 and by adding Section 36.3 as follows:

(20 ILCS 862/36)

Sec. 36. Falsification. No person shall falsely alter or change in any manner the Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp or Off-Highway Vehicle Lyme Disease Awareness Stamp issued under the provisions of this Act, or falsify any record required by this Act, or counterfeit any form of license provided for by this Act. Any person found guilty of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)

(20 ILCS 862/36.3 new)

Sec. 36.3. Off-Highway Vehicle Lyme Disease Awareness Stamp.

(a) As used in this Section, "Stamp" means an Off-Highway Vehicle Lyme Disease Awareness Stamp.

(b) The Department shall issue to an off-highway vehicle owner an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp. The Stamp is a separate and additional requirement from the other off-highway vehicle stickers or stamps under this Act. Except as provided in this Section, a person shall not, on or after March 1, 2024, operate any off-highway vehicle within the State unless the off-highway vehicle has attached a Stamp purchased and displayed in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The Department shall adopt rules for the purchase of Stamps.

(c) The fee for a Stamp for a vehicle with an engine capacity of over 75 cubic centimeters shall be $10 annually and shall expire the March 31st following the year displayed on the Stamp. The fee for a Stamp for a vehicle with an engine capacity of 75 cubic centimeters or below shall be $5 annually and shall expire the March 31st following the year displayed on the Stamp.

The Department shall deposit all moneys from the sale of each Stamp into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund, a special fund that is created in the State treasury, and, as directed by the Department, may be expended for the Lyme Disease Innovation Program under Section 805-72 of the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

(d) The owner of an off-highway vehicle shall prominently display the Stamp on the forward half of the off-highway vehicle.

(e) The operator of an off-highway vehicle must purchase a new Stamp if a previous Stamp is destroyed, lost, stolen, or mutilated beyond legibility. A valid Stamp already displayed on an off-highway vehicle that is sold or transferred remains valid until the date the Stamp expires.

(f) The operator of an off-highway vehicle is not required to display a Stamp if the off-highway vehicle falls into any of the exceptions from display under Section 34.

Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.990 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)

Sec. 5.990. The Lyme Disease Awareness Fund.

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