Full Text of HB3526 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
| 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 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
| 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
| 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.)
| 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. |
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