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92_HB0295

 
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 1        AN ACT in regard to vehicles.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 5    changing Section 11-1426 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-1426) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1426)
 7        Sec. 11-1426.   Operation  of  all-terrain  vehicles  and
 8    off-highway motorcycles on streets, roads and highways.
 9        (a)  Except  as  provided under this Section, it shall be
10    unlawful for any person to drive or operate  any  all-terrain
11    vehicle or off-highway motorcycle upon any street, highway or
12    roadway in this State.
13        (b)  Except  as  provided  under  subsection  (c) of this
14    Section, all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles may
15    make a direct crossing provided:
16             (1)  The  crossing  is   made   at   an   angle   of
17        approximately  90 degrees to the direction of the street,
18        road or highway and  at  a  place  where  no  obstruction
19        prevents a quick and safe crossing; and
20             (2)  The    all-terrain   vehicle   or   off-highway
21        motorcycle  is  brought  to  a   complete   stop   before
22        attempting a crossing; and
23             (3)  The  operator  of  the  all-terrain  vehicle or
24        off-highway motorcycle yields the right  of  way  to  all
25        pedestrian  and  vehicular  traffic  which  constitutes a
26        hazard; and
27             (4)  That  when  crossing  a  divided  highway,  the
28        crossing is made only at an intersection of  the  highway
29        with another public street, road, or highway; and
30             (5)  That   when   accessing  township  roadways  in
31        counties which contain a tract of  the  Shawnee  National
 
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 1        Forest,  the accessing complies with rules promulgated by
 2        the  Department  of  Natural  Resources  to  govern   the
 3        accessing.
 4        (b-1)  All-terrain  vehicles  and off-highway motorcycles
 5    may be operated on a roadway when it is necessary to cross  a
 6    2-lane bridge.
 7        (c)  No   person  operating  an  all-terrain  vehicle  or
 8    off-highway motorcycle shall make a direct crossing  upon  or
 9    across any tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled access
10    highway in this State.
11        (d)  The   corporate   authorities   of  a  county,  road
12    district, township, city, village, or incorporated  town  may
13    adopt ordinances or resolutions allowing all-terrain vehicles
14    and  off-highway motorcycles to be operated on roadways under
15    their jurisdiction, designated by signs as may be  prescribed
16    by  the Department, when it is necessary to cross a bridge to
17    which subsection (b-1) does not apply or a culvert or when it
18    is impracticable to gain immediate access to an area adjacent
19    to a highway where  an  all-terrain  vehicle  or  off-highway
20    motorcycle  is to be operated.  The crossing shall be made in
21    the same direction as traffic.
22        (e)  The  corporate  authorities  of   a   county,   road
23    district,  township,  city, village, or incorporated town may
24    adopt ordinances  or  resolutions  designating  one  or  more
25    specific  public highways or streets under their jurisdiction
26    as egress and ingress  routes  for  the  use  of  all-terrain
27    vehicles   and   off-highway   motorcycles.    Operation   of
28    all-terrain  vehicles  and  off-highway  motorcycles  on  the
29    routes  shall be in the same direction as traffic.  Corporate
30    authorities acting under the authority of this subsection (e)
31    shall erect and maintain signs, as may be prescribed  by  the
32    Department, giving proper notice of the designation.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)

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