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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 544
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 544 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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:
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1 (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals.
2 (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units.
3 (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer
4 demonstrations and research.
5 (4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
6 off-highway motorcycle used for production agriculture,
7 as defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8 (5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other
9 than Illinois that does not have a reciprocal agreement
10 with the Department, pursuant to subsection (d).
11 (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
12 off-highway motorcycle that does not have a title.
13 The Department, by administrative rule, may make replacement
14 stickers available at a reduced cost. These fees for public
15 access stickers shall be deposited into the Off-Highway
16 Vehicle Trails Fund.
17 (d) The Department is authorized to enter into
18 reciprocal agreements with other states that have a similar
19 off-highway vehicle public access sticker program to allow
20 residents of such states to operate off-highway vehicles on
21 land or lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks
22 paid for, operated, or supported by the grant program
23 established under subsection (d) of Section 15 without
24 acquiring an off-highway vehicle public access sticker in
25 this State pursuant to subsection (a).
26 (e) The Department may license vendors to sell
27 off-highway vehicle public access stickers. Issuing fees may
28 be set by administrative rule.
29 (f) Any person participating in an organized competitive
30 event on land or lands in off-highway vehicle parks paid for,
31 operated by, or supported by the grant program established in
32 subsection (d) of Section 15 shall display the public access
33 sticker required under subsection (c) of this Section or pay
34 $5 per event. Fees collected under this subsection shall be
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1 deposited into the Fund.
2 (g)(f) The Department is authorized to modify any or all
3 provisions of this Section 45 by rule.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98; 91-441, eff. 1-1-00.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.".
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