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1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 25.5 as follows:
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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
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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
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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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