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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 45 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 862/45)
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7 | Sec. 45. Public access sticker.
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8 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), after January 1, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1998, a person
may not operate and an owner may not give | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | permission to another to operate an
off-highway vehicle on land | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | or lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle
parks paid | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | for, operated, or supported by the grant program
established | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | under subsection (d) of Section 15 unless the off-highway | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | vehicle
displays an off-highway vehicle public access sticker | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | in a manner prescribed
by the Department by rule.
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16 | (b) An off-highway vehicle does not need a public access | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | sticker if (1) the
off-highway vehicle is used on private land , | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) the off-highway vehicle has a current Off-Highway Vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Usage Stamp and the off-highway vehicle is only operated on | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | lands or water in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | operated by, or supported by the grant program established | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | under subsection (d) of Section 15 of this Act, or (3) if the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | off-highway vehicle is
owned by the State, the federal |
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1 | government, or a unit of local government.
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2 | (c) The Department shall issue the public access stickers | ||||||
3 | and shall charge
the following fees:
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4 | (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals.
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5 | (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units.
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6 | (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer | ||||||
7 | demonstrations and
research.
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8 | (4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
9 | off-highway motorcycle
used for production agriculture, as | ||||||
10 | defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
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11 | (5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other than | ||||||
12 | Illinois that
does not have a reciprocal agreement with the | ||||||
13 | Department, pursuant to
subsection (d).
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14 | (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
15 | off-highway motorcycle
that does not have a title.
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16 | The Department, by administrative rule, may make replacement | ||||||
17 | stickers available
at a reduced cost. These fees for public | ||||||
18 | access stickers shall be deposited
into the Off-Highway
Vehicle | ||||||
19 | Trails Fund.
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20 | (d) The Department is authorized to enter into reciprocal | ||||||
21 | agreements with
other states that have a similar off-highway | ||||||
22 | vehicle public access sticker
program to allow residents of | ||||||
23 | such states to operate off-highway vehicles on
land or lands or | ||||||
24 | waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for, operated,
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25 | or supported by the grant program established under subsection | ||||||
26 | (d) of Section
15 without acquiring an off-highway vehicle |
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1 | public access sticker in this State
pursuant to subsection (a).
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2 | (e) The Department may license vendors to sell
off-highway | ||||||
3 | vehicle public access stickers. Issuing fees may be set by
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4 | administrative rule.
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5 | (f) Any person participating in an organized competitive | ||||||
6 | event on land or
lands in
off-highway vehicle parks paid for, | ||||||
7 | operated by, or supported by the grant
program
established in | ||||||
8 | subsection (d) of Section 15 shall display the public access
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9 | sticker required
under subsection (c) of this Section or pay $5 | ||||||
10 | per event. Fees collected under
this
subsection shall be | ||||||
11 | deposited into the Fund.
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12 | (g) The Department is authorized to modify any
or all | ||||||
13 | provisions of this Section 45 by rule.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 91-441, eff. 1-1-00; 92-134, eff. 7-24-01.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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