Bill Text: IL HB1812 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that persons over 65 or persons with disabilities who have been issued a valid decal or license plate by the Secretary of State upon its verification may operate a golf cart on paved roads within the boundaries of a State park and as otherwise authorized by the Department of Natural Resources. Defines "golf cart".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1812 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1812-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB1812 Introduced , by Rep. Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 835/4d new
Amends the State Parks Act. Provides that persons over 65 or persons with disabilities who have been issued a valid decal or license plate by the Secretary of State upon its verification may operate a golf cart on paved roads within the boundaries of a State park and as otherwise authorized by the Department of Natural Resources. Defines "golf cart".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Parks Act is amended by adding Section
4d as follows:
(20 ILCS 835/4d new)
Sec. 4d. Limited use of golf carts in State parks. Persons
over 65 or persons with disabilities who have been issued a
valid decal or license plate by the Secretary of State under
Section 3-616 of the Illinois Vehicle Code upon its
verification may operate a golf cart on paved roads within the
boundaries of a State park and as otherwise authorized by the
Department. For the purposes of this Section, "golf cart" as
the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-123.9 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code.