Bill Text: IL SB2841 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that any person under the age of 18 who is operating an off-highway vehicle on public land, shall be trained and certified through a State-approved off-highway vehicle safety course. Provides that the minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on public land shall be 14 years old, and that any person under the age of 16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on public land without direct adult supervision. Provides that unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land. Provides that any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public lands is required to wear a safety helmet and eye protection and the off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a muffler, and a spark arrestor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2841 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2841-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 adding Sections 29 and 31 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 862/29 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 29. Training requirements for off-highway vehicles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Any person under the age of 18, operating an off-highway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | vehicle, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, on public land, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | shall be trained and certified through a State-approved | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | off-highway vehicle safety course.
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12 | (20 ILCS 862/31 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Sec. 31. Use of off-highway vehicles on public lands; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | safety requirements. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (a) The minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | public land shall be 14 years old. Any person under the age of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | public land without direct adult supervision, and is prohibited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | from operating an adult sized all-terrain vehicle on public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | land. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (b) The sale of adult size all-terrain vehicles or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | off-highway vehicles is prohibited for use to any person under |
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1 | the age of 16. | ||||||
2 | (c) Unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the | ||||||
3 | manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a | ||||||
4 | passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land. | ||||||
5 | (d) An off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall | ||||||
6 | have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a | ||||||
7 | muffler, and a spark arrestor. | ||||||
8 | (e) Any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public | ||||||
9 | land shall wear a safety helmet and eye protection. | ||||||
10 | For the purposes of this Section, "off-highway vehicle" has | ||||||
11 | the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of this Act. | ||||||
12 | For the purposes of this Section, an "adult sized | ||||||
13 | all-terrain vehicle" is an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway | ||||||
14 | vehicle with an engine capacity greater than 90 cc.
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