Full Text of HB5912 98th General Assembly
HB5912 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5912 Introduced , by Rep. John D. Anthony SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Recreation Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that individuals with a current Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp are not required to have a public access sticker to operate their off-highway vehicles on lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for, operated by, or supported by a grant program established under the Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 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 45 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 862/45)
| 7 | | Sec. 45. Public access sticker.
| 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.
| 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.
| 2 | | (c) The Department shall issue the public access stickers | 3 | | and shall charge
the following fees:
| 4 | | (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals.
| 5 | | (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units.
| 6 | | (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer | 7 | | demonstrations and
research.
| 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.
| 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).
| 14 | | (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or | 15 | | off-highway motorcycle
that does not have a title.
| 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.
| 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,
| 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).
| 2 | | (e) The Department may license vendors to sell
off-highway | 3 | | vehicle public access stickers. Issuing fees may be set by
| 4 | | administrative rule.
| 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
| 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.
| 12 | | (g) The Department is authorized to modify any
or all | 13 | | provisions of this Section 45 by rule.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 91-441, eff. 1-1-00; 92-134, eff. 7-24-01.)
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.
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