http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1136.pdf
Get ready to pay the state $15.00 for just owning a ATV still no where to ride it but yet we get to pay to keep the DNR so they can work 7 days a year during shotgun deer season then that's the last you see them till next year deer season.
authorized by this Act.
Section 90-15. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is
amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 and by adding Sections
26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, and 40 as follows:
(20 ILCS 862/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Board" means the State Off-Highway Vehicle Trails
Advisory Board.
"Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
"Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
"Fund" means the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
"Off-highway vehicle" means a motor-driven recreational
vehicle capable of cross-country travel on natural terrain
without benefit of a road or trail, including an all-terrain
vehicle and off-highway motorcycle as defined in the Illinois
Vehicle Code. "Off-highway vehicle" does not include a
snowmobile; a motorcycle; a watercraft; a farm vehicle being
used for farming; a vehicle used for military, fire, emergency,
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or law enforcement purposes; a construction or logging vehicle
used in the performance of its common function; a motor vehicle
owned by or operated under contract with a utility, whether
publicly or privately owned, when used for work on utilities; a
commercial vehicle being used for its intended purpose;
snow-grooming equipment when used for its intended purpose; or
an aircraft.
"Recreational trail" means a thoroughfare or track across
land or snow, used for recreational purposes such as bicycling,
cross-country skiing, day hiking, equestrian activities,
jogging or similar fitness activities, trail biking, overnight
and long-distance backpacking, snowmobiling, aquatic or water
activity, and vehicular travel by motorcycle or off-highway
vehicles.
(Source: P.A. 90-287, eff. 1-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 862/15)
Sec. 15. Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
(a) The Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund is created as a
special fund in the State treasury. Money from federal, State,
and private sources may be deposited into the Fund. Fines
assessed by the Department of Natural Resources for citations
issued to off-highway vehicle operators shall be deposited into
the Fund. All interest accrued on the Fund shall be deposited
into the Fund.
(b) All money in the Fund shall be used, subject to
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appropriation, by the Department for the following purposes:
(1) Grants for construction of off-highway vehicle
recreational trails on county, municipal, other units of
local government, or private lands where a recreational
need for the construction is shown.
(2) Grants for maintenance and construction of
off-highway vehicle recreational trails on federal lands,
where permitted by law.
(3) Grants for development of off-highway vehicle
trail-side facilities in accordance with criteria approved
by the National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee.
(4) Grants for acquisition of property from willing
sellers for off-highway vehicle recreational trails when
the objective of a trail cannot be accomplished by other
means.
(5) Grants for development of urban off-highway
vehicle trail linkages near homes and workplaces.
(6) Grants for maintenance of existing off-highway
vehicle recreational trails, including the grooming and
maintenance of trails across snow.
(7) Grants for restoration of areas damaged by usage of
off-highway vehicle recreational trails and back country
terrain.
(8) Grants for provision of features that facilitate
the access and use of off-highway vehicle trails by persons
with disabilities.
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(9) Grants for acquisition of easements for
off-highway vehicle trails or for trail corridors.
(10) Grants for a rider education and safety program.
(11) Administration, enforcement, planning, and
implementation of this Act and all Sections Section 11-1427
of the Illinois Vehicle Code which regulate the operation
of off-highway vehicles as defined in this Act.
Of the money used from the Fund for the purposes set forth
in this subsection, at least 92% shall be allocated for
motorized recreation and not more than 8% shall be used by the
Department for administration, enforcement, planning, and
implementation of this Act or diverted from the Fund,
notwithstanding any other law to the contrary adopted after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
Assembly. The Department shall establish, by rule, measures to
verify that recipients of money from the Fund comply with the
specified conditions for the use of the money.
(c) The Department may not use the money from the Fund for
the following purposes:
(1) Condemnation of any kind of interest in property.
(2) Construction of any recreational trail on National
Forest System land for motorized uses unless those lands
have been allocated for uses other than wilderness by an
approved forest land and resource management plan or have
been released to uses other than wilderness by an Act of
Congress, and the construction is otherwise consistent
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with the management direction in the approved land and
resource management plan.
(3) Construction of motorized recreational trails on
Department owned or managed land.
(d) The Department shall establish a program to administer
grants from the Fund to units of local government,
not-for-profit organizations, and other groups to operate,
maintain, and acquire land for off-highway vehicle parks that
are open and accessible to the public.
(e) The monies deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle
Trails Fund under this Section shall not be subject to
administrative charges or chargebacks unless otherwise
authorized by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-670, eff. 10-11-07; 96-279, eff. 1-1-10.)
(20 ILCS 862/26 new)
Sec. 26. Operation of off-highway vehicles without an
Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp. Except as hereinafter
provided, no person shall, on or after July 1, 2013, operate
any off-highway vehicle within the State unless the off-highway
vehicle has attached an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp
purchased and displayed in accordance with the provisions of
this Act. The Department shall adopt rules for the purchase of
Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamps. The fee for an Off-Highway
Vehicle Usage Stamp shall be $15 annually and shall expire the
March 31st following the year displayed on the Off-Highway
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Vehicle Usage Stamp. The Department shall deposit $5 from the
sale of each Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp into the
Conservation Police Operations Assistance Fund. The Department
shall deposit $10 from the sale of each Off-Highway Vehicle
Usage Stamp into the Park and Conservation Fund. The monies
deposited into the Conservation Police Operations Assistance
Fund or the Park and Conservation Fund under this Section shall
not be subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless
otherwise authorized by this Act.
(20 ILCS 862/28 new)
Sec. 28. Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp display. The
Department shall issue to the off-highway vehicle operator an
Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp in accordance with Section 26
of this Act. The owner shall prominently display the stamp on
the forward half of the off-highway vehicle.
(20 ILCS 862/30 new)
Sec. 30. Owner responsibility. It shall be unlawful for the
owner of any off-highway vehicle to knowingly allow any minor
child to operate his or her off-highway vehicle in violation of
this Act.
(20 ILCS 862/32 new)
Sec. 32. Destruction, sale, or transfer of Off-Highway
Vehicle Usage Stamps. The operator of any off-highway vehicle
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shall be required to purchase a new Off-Highway Vehicle Usage
Stamp if a previous Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp is
destroyed, lost, stolen, or mutilated beyond legibility. A
valid Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp already displayed on an
off-highway vehicle that is sold or transferred shall remain
valid until such time the stamp is expired.
(20 ILCS 862/34 new)
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;
(3) used only on international or national competition
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
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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.
(20 ILCS 862/36 new)
Sec. 36. Falsification. No person shall falsely alter or
change in any manner the Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp issued
under the provisions of this Act, or falsify any record
required by this Act, or counterfeit any form of license
provided for by this Act. Any person found guilty of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(20 ILCS 862/38 new)
Sec. 38. Penalties. Except as otherwise provided in Section
36 of this Act, any person who violates any of the provisions
of this Act, including administrative rules, shall be guilty of
a petty offense.
(20 ILCS 862/40 new)
Sec. 40. Inspection authority. Agents of the Department or
other duly authorized police officers may stop and inspect any
off-highway vehicle at any time for the purposes of determining
if the provisions of this Act are being complied with. If the
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inspecting officer or agent discovers any violation of the
provisions of this Act, he or she shall issue a summons to the
operator of the off-highway vehicle requiring that the operator
appear before the circuit court for the county within which the
offense was committed.
