Bill Text: IL HB4270 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the operator of an off-highway vehicle shall not be required to display an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp if the off-highway vehicle is operated on any private land with the permission of the land owner. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4270 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB4270-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB4270 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 862/34
Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the operator of an off-highway vehicle shall not be required to display an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp if the off-highway vehicle is operated on any private land with the permission of the land owner. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is
amended by changing Section 34 as follows:
(20 ILCS 862/34)
Sec. 34. Exception from display of Off-Highway Vehicle
Usage Stamps. The operator of an off-highway vehicle shall not
be required to display an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp if
the off-highway vehicle is:
(1) owned and used by the United States, the State of
Illinois, another state, or a political subdivision
thereof, but these off-highway vehicles shall prominently
display the name of the owner on the off-highway vehicle;
(2) operated on lands where the owner permanently
resides; this exception shall not apply to clubs,
associations, lands leased for hunting or recreational
purposes, or to off-highway vehicles being used by
outfitters as defined in the Wildlife Code as part of their
outfitting business;
(2.5) operated on any private land with the permission
of the land owner;
(3) used only on international or national competition

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circuits in events for which written permission has been
obtained by the sponsoring or sanctioning body from the
governmental unit having jurisdiction over the location of
any event held in this State;
(4) while being used for activities associated with
farming or livestock production operations; or
(5) while being used on an off-highway vehicle grant
assisted site and the off-highway vehicle displays a
Off-Highway Vehicle Access decal.
(Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.