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1     AN ACT concerning recreational trails.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is
5 amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 862/15)
7     Sec. 15. Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
8     (a) The Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund is created as a
9 special fund in the State treasury. Money from federal, State,
10 and private sources may be deposited into the Fund. Fines
11 assessed by the Department of Natural Resources for citations
12 issued to off-highway vehicle operators shall be deposited into
13 the Fund. All interest accrued on the Fund shall be deposited
14 into the Fund.
15     (b) All money in the Fund shall be used, subject to
16 appropriation, by the Department for the following purposes:
17         (1) Grants for construction of off-highway vehicle
18 recreational trails on county, municipal, other units of
19 local government, or private lands where a recreational
20 need for the construction is shown.
21         (2) Grants for maintenance and construction of
22 off-highway vehicle recreational trails on federal lands,
23 where permitted by law.
24         (3) Grants for development of off-highway vehicle
25 trail-side facilities in accordance with criteria approved
26 by the National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee.
27         (4) Grants for acquisition of property from willing
28 sellers for off-highway vehicle recreational trails when
29 the objective of a trail cannot be accomplished by other
30 means.
31         (5) Grants for development of urban off-highway
32 vehicle trail linkages near homes and workplaces.

 

 

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1         (6) Grants for maintenance of existing off-highway
2 vehicle recreational trails, including the grooming and
3 maintenance of trails across snow.
4         (7) Grants for restoration of areas damaged by usage of
5 off-highway vehicle recreational trails and back country
6 terrain.
7         (8) Grants for provision of features that facilitate
8 the access and use of off-highway vehicle trails by persons
9 with disabilities.
10         (9) Grants for acquisition of easements for
11 off-highway vehicle trails or for trail corridors.
12         (10) Grants for a rider education and safety program.
13         (11) Administration, enforcement, planning, and
14 implementation of this Act and Sections 11-1426 and 11-1427
15 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
16     Of the money used from the Fund for the purposes set forth
17 in this subsection, at least 60% shall be allocated for
18 motorized recreation. The Department shall establish, by rule,
19 measures to verify that recipients of money from the Fund
20 comply with the specified conditions for the use of the money.
21     (c) The Department may not use the money from the Fund for
22 the following purposes:
23         (1) Condemnation of any kind of interest in property.
24         (2) Construction of any recreational trail on National
25 Forest System land for motorized uses unless those lands
26 have been allocated for uses other than wilderness by an
27 approved forest land and resource management plan or have
28 been released to uses other than wilderness by an Act of
29 Congress, and the construction is otherwise consistent
30 with the management direction in the approved land and
31 resource management plan.
32         (3) Construction of motorized recreational trails on
33 Department owned or managed land designated as a nature
34 preserve as defined in Section 3.11 of the Illinois Natural
35 Areas Preservation Act or contained in the report as
36 submitted pursuant to Section 6.06 of the Illinois Natural

 

 

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1 Areas Preservation Act.
2     (d) The Department shall establish a program to administer
3 grants from the Fund to units of local government,
4 not-for-profit organizations, and other groups to operate,
5 maintain, and acquire land for off-highway vehicle parks that
6 are open and accessible to the public.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.