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91_HB1972
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1 AN ACT concerning off highway vehicles.
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 Sections 20 and 45 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 862/20)
7 Sec. 20. State Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Advisory Board.
8 (a) There is created the State Off-Highway Vehicle
9 Trails Advisory Board. The Board shall consist of 5 members,
10 one from each of the following organizations, except for the
11 Illinois off-road riders and all-terrain vehicle clubs, which
12 shall have 2 members, appointed by the Director from
13 nominations submitted by the following organizations:
14 (1) The Department of Natural Resources, to vote
15 only in the case of a tie.
16 (2) (Blank) The National Off-Highway Vehicle
17 Conservation Counci.
18 (3) The American Motorcycle Association.
19 (4) ABATE of Illinois.
20 (5) Illinois off-road riders and all-terrain
21 vehicle clubs.
22 The length of terms of members shall be 2 years,
23 beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31. The Board
24 shall meet beginning in January of 1998. Procedures for
25 conduct of the Board's business shall be established by the
26 Department by rule. Two members of the Board shall also be
27 members of the Department's Illinois Trails Advisory Board.
28 (b) The Board shall evaluate and recommend to the
29 Director recreational trail projects for funding consistent
30 with the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of Section 15.
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1 To the extent practicable and consistent with other
2 requirements of this Act, the Board and the Director shall
3 give preference to project proposals that:
4 (1) provide for the greatest number of compatible
5 recreational purposes including, but not limited to,
6 those described under the definition of "recreational
7 trail" in Section 10;
8 (2) provide for innovative recreational trail
9 corridor sharing to accommodate motorized recreational
10 trail use; or
11 (3) provide for seasonal designation of trails.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)
13 (20 ILCS 862/45)
14 Sec. 45. Public access sticker.
15 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), after January
16 1, 1998, a person may not operate and an owner may not give
17 permission to another to operate an off-highway vehicle on
18 land or lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks
19 paid for, operated, or supported by the grant program
20 established under subsection (d) of Section 15 unless the
21 off-highway vehicle displays an off-highway vehicle public
22 access sticker in a manner prescribed by the Department by
23 rule on the rear fender or bumper of the off-highway vehicle.
24 (b) An off-highway vehicle does not need a public access
25 sticker if the off-highway vehicle is used on private land or
26 if the off-highway vehicle is owned by the State, the federal
27 government, or a unit of local government.
28 (c) The Department shall issue the public access
29 stickers and shall charge the following fees:
30 (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals.
31 (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units.
32 (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer
33 demonstrations and research.
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1 (4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
2 off-highway motorcycle used for production agriculture,
3 as defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4
5 (5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other
6 than Illinois that does not have a reciprocal agreement
7 with the Department, pursuant to subsection (d).
8 (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
9 off-highway motorcycle that does not have a title.
10 The Department, by administrative rule, may make replacement
11 stickers available at a reduced cost. These fees for public
12 access stickers shall be deposited into the Off-Highway
13 Vehicle Trails Fund.
14 The Department shall not issue a public access sticker to
15 an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle used for
16 production agriculture, as defined in Section 3-821 of the
17 Illinois Vehicle Code.
18 (d) The Department is authorized to enter into
19 reciprocal agreements with other States that have a similar
20 off-highway vehicle public access sticker program to allow
21 residents of such states to operate off-highway vehicles on
22 land or lands or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks
23 paid for, operated, or supported by the grant program
24 established under subsection (d) of Section 15 without
25 acquiring an off-highway vehicle public access sticker in
26 this State pursuant to subsection (a).
27 (e) The Department may license vendors to sell
28 off-highway vehicle public access stickers. A vendor
29 licensed to sell off-highway vehicle public access stickers
30 may charge a reasonable fee for the service.
31 (f) The Department is authorized modify or rescind any
32 or all provisions of this Section 45 by rule.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
2 changing Section 3-821 as follows:
3 (625 ILCS 5/3-821) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-821)
4 Sec. 3-821. Miscellaneous Registration and Title Fees.
5 (a) The fee to be paid to the Secretary of State for the
6 following certificates, registrations or evidences of proper
7 registration, or for corrected or duplicate documents shall
8 be in accordance with the following schedule:
9 Certificate of Title, except for an all-terrain
10 vehicle or off-highway motorcycle $13
11 Certificate of Title for an all-terrain vehicle
12 or off-highway motorcycle, unless accepted by a
13 dealer in trade 30
14 Certificate of Title for an all-terrain vehicle
15 or off-highway motorcycle used for production
16 agriculture, unless accepted by a dealer in trade 13
17 Transfer of Registration or any evidence of
18 proper registration 12
19 Duplicate Registration Card for plates or other
20 evidence of proper registration 2
21 Duplicate Registration Sticker or Stickers, each 4
22 Duplicate Certificate of Title 13
23 Corrected Registration Card or Card for other
24 evidence of proper registration 2
25 Corrected Certificate of Title 13
26 Salvage Certificate 3
27 Fleet Reciprocity Permit 12
28 Prorate Decal 1
29 Prorate Backing Plate 2
30 There shall be no fee paid for a Junking Certificate.
31 (b) The Secretary may prescribe the maximum service
32 charge to be imposed upon an applicant for renewal of a
33 registration by any person authorized by law to receive and
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1 remit or transmit to the Secretary such renewal application
2 and fees therewith.
3 (c) If a check is delivered to the Office of the
4 Secretary of State as payment of any fee or tax under this
5 Code, and such check is not honored by the bank on which it
6 is drawn for any reason, the registrant or other person
7 tendering the check remains liable for the payment of such
8 fee or tax. The Secretary of State may assess a service
9 charge of $15 in addition to the fee or tax due and owing for
10 all dishonored checks.
11 If the total amount then due and owing exceeds the sum
12 of $50 and has not been paid in full within 60 days from the
13 date such fee or tax became due to the Secretary of State,
14 the Secretary of State shall assess a penalty of 25% of such
15 amount remaining unpaid.
16 All amounts payable under this Section shall be computed
17 to the nearest dollar.
18 (d) The minimum fee and tax to be paid by any applicant
19 for apportionment of a fleet of vehicles under this Code
20 shall be $12 if the application was filed on or before the
21 date specified by the Secretary together with fees and taxes
22 due. If an application and the fees or taxes due are filed
23 after the date specified by the Secretary, the Secretary may
24 prescribe the payment of interest at the rate of 1/2 of 1%
25 per month or fraction thereof after such due date and a
26 minimum of $6.
27 (e) Trucks, truck tractors, truck tractors with loads,
28 and motor buses, any one of which having a combined total
29 weight in excess of 12,000 lbs. shall file an application for
30 a Fleet Reciprocity Permit issued by the Secretary of State.
31 This permit shall be in the possession of any driver
32 operating a vehicle on Illinois highways. Any foreign
33 licensed vehicle of the second division operating at any time
34 in Illinois without a Fleet Reciprocity Permit or other
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1 proper Illinois registration, shall subject the operator to
2 the penalties provided in Section 3-834 of this Code. For
3 the purposes of this Code, "Fleet Reciprocity Permit" means
4 any second division motor vehicle with a foreign license and
5 used only in interstate transportation of goods. The fee for
6 such permit shall be $12 per fleet which shall include all
7 vehicles of the fleet being registered.
8 (f) For purposes of this Section, "all-terrain vehicle
9 or off-highway motorcycle used for production agriculture"
10 means any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle used
11 in the raising of or the propagation of livestock, crops for
12 sale for human consumption, crops for livestock consumption,
13 and production seed stock grown for the propagation of feed
14 grains and the husbandry of animals or for the purpose of
15 providing a food product, including the husbandry of blood
16 stock as a main source of providing a food product.
17 "All-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle used in
18 production agriculture" also means any all-terrain vehicle or
19 off-highway motorcycle used in animal husbandry,
20 floriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, and viticulture.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98; 90-774, eff. 8-14-98.)