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1 AN ACT concerning recreation funding.
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
9 1, 1998, a person may not operate and an owner may not give
10 permission to another to operate an off-highway vehicle on
11 land or lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks
12 paid for, operated, or supported by the grant program
13 established under subsection (d) of Section 15 unless the
14 off-highway vehicle displays an off-highway vehicle public
15 access sticker in a manner prescribed by the Department by
16 rule.
17 (b) An off-highway vehicle does not need a public access
18 sticker if the off-highway vehicle is used on private land or
19 if the off-highway vehicle is owned by the State, the federal
20 government, or a unit of local government.
21 (c) The Department shall issue the public access
22 stickers and shall charge the following fees:
23 (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals.
24 (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units.
25 (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer
26 demonstrations and research.
27 (4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
28 off-highway motorcycle used for production agriculture,
29 as defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
30 (5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other
31 than Illinois that does not have a reciprocal agreement
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1 with the Department, pursuant to subsection (d).
2 (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
3 off-highway motorcycle that does not have a title.
4 The Department, by administrative rule, may make replacement
5 stickers available at a reduced cost. These fees for public
6 access stickers shall be deposited into the Off-Highway
7 Vehicle Trails Fund.
8 (d) The Department is authorized to enter into
9 reciprocal agreements with other states that have a similar
10 off-highway vehicle public access sticker program to allow
11 residents of such states to operate off-highway vehicles on
12 land or lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks
13 paid for, operated, or supported by the grant program
14 established under subsection (d) of Section 15 without
15 acquiring an off-highway vehicle public access sticker in
16 this State pursuant to subsection (a).
17 (e) The Department may license vendors to sell
18 off-highway vehicle public access stickers. Issuing fees may
19 be set by administrative rule.
20 (f) 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
24 sticker required under subsection (c) of this Section or pay
25 $5 per event. Fees collected under this subsection shall be
26 deposited into the Fund.
27 (g)(f) The Department is authorized to modify any or all
28 provisions of this Section 45 by rule.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98; 91-441, eff. 1-1-00.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.
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