Bill Amendment: IL HB3526 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: WILDLIFE CD-TICK GRANTS

Status: 2023-05-03 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [HB3526 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3526-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Dan Swanson

Filed: 3/13/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3526
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3526 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is
amended by changing Section 25.5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 862/25.5)
Sec. 25.5. Off-highway vehicle trails public access
sticker.
(a) An off-highway vehicle trails public access sticker is
a separate and additional requirement from the Off-Highway
Vehicle Usage Stamp under Section 26 of this Act.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section,
a person may not operate and an owner may not give permission
to another to operate an off-highway vehicle on lands or
waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for, operated,
or supported by the grant program established under subsection

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(d) of Section 15 of this Act unless the off-highway vehicle
displays an off-highway vehicle trails public access sticker
in a manner prescribed by the Department by rule.
(c) An off-highway vehicle does not need an off-highway
vehicle trails public access sticker if the off-highway
vehicle is used on private land or if the off-highway vehicle
is owned by the State, the federal government, or a unit of
local government.
(d) The Department shall issue an off-highway vehicle
trails public access sticker and shall charge the following
fees:
(1) $30 for 3 years for individuals;
(2) $50 for 3 years for rental units;
(3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer
demonstrations and research;
(4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
off-highway motorcycle used for production agriculture, as
defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois Vehicle Code;
(5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other than
Illinois that does not have a reciprocal agreement with
the Department, under subsection (e) of this Section; and
(6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or
off-highway motorcycle that does not have a title.
(d-5) The Department, by administrative rule, may make
replacement stickers available at a reduced cost. The fees for
public access stickers shall be deposited as follows: into the

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Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund
(1) $5 from the sale of each off-highway vehicle
trails public access sticker shall be deposited into the
Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation (TREE) Fund,
which is created as a special fund in the State treasury.
Moneys deposited in the Tick Research, Education, and
Evaluation (TREE) Fund shall be paid as grants to the
Illinois Lyme Association for the ordinary and contingent
expenses associated with tick research, education, and
evaluation; and
(2) the remainder of the fees for public access
stickers shall be deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle
Trails Fund to be used for improvements to Illinois State
Parks.
(e) The Department may enter into reciprocal agreements
with other states that have a similar off-highway vehicle
trails public access sticker program to allow residents of
those states to operate off-highway vehicles on land or lands
or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for,
operated, or supported by the off-highway vehicle trails grant
program established under subsection (d) of Section 15 of this
Act without acquiring an off-highway vehicle trails public
access sticker in this State under subsection (b) of this
Section.
(f) The Department may license vendors to sell off-highway
vehicle trails public access stickers. Issuing fees may be set

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by administrative rule.
(g) Any person participating in an organized competitive
event on land or lands in off-highway vehicle parks paid for,
operated by, or supported by the grant program established in
subsection (d) of Section 15 shall display the public access
sticker required under subsection (b) of this Section or pay
$5 per event. Fees collected under this subsection shall be
deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund.
(Source: P.A. 100-798, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.990 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
Sec. 5.990. The Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation
(TREE) Fund.".