Bill Text: IL HB3526 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the fees for public access stickers shall be deposited as follows: (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. Provides that moneys deposited in the Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation (TREE) Fund shall be paid as grants 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 (rather than all fees for public access stickers being deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund). Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-05-03 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [HB3526 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3526-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 25.5 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 862/25.5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 25.5. Off-highway vehicle trails public access | ||||||
8 | sticker. | ||||||
9 | (a) An off-highway vehicle trails public access sticker is | ||||||
10 | a separate and additional requirement from the Off-Highway | ||||||
11 | Vehicle Usage Stamp under Section 26 of this Act. | ||||||
12 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, | ||||||
13 | a person
may not operate and an owner may not give permission | ||||||
14 | to another to operate an
off-highway vehicle on lands or | ||||||
15 | waters in public off-highway vehicle
parks paid for, operated, | ||||||
16 | or supported by the grant program
established under subsection | ||||||
17 | (d) of Section 15 of this Act unless the off-highway vehicle
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18 | displays an off-highway vehicle trails public access sticker | ||||||
19 | in a manner prescribed
by the Department by rule. | ||||||
20 | (c) An off-highway vehicle does not need an off-highway | ||||||
21 | vehicle trails public access sticker if the
off-highway | ||||||
22 | vehicle is used on private land or if the off-highway vehicle | ||||||
23 | is
owned by the State, the federal government, or a unit of |
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1 | local government. | ||||||
2 | (d) The Department shall issue an off-highway vehicle | ||||||
3 | trails public access sticker and shall charge
the following | ||||||
4 | fees: | ||||||
5 | (1) $30 for 3 years for individuals; | ||||||
6 | (2) $50 for 3 years for rental units; | ||||||
7 | (3) $75 for 3 years for dealer and manufacturer | ||||||
8 | demonstrations and
research; | ||||||
9 | (4) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
10 | off-highway motorcycle
used for production agriculture, as | ||||||
11 | defined in Section 3-821 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code; | ||||||
12 | (5) $50 for 3 years for residents of a State other than | ||||||
13 | Illinois that
does not have a reciprocal agreement with | ||||||
14 | the Department, under
subsection (e) of this Section; and | ||||||
15 | (6) $50 for 3 years for an all-terrain vehicle or | ||||||
16 | off-highway motorcycle
that does not have a title. | ||||||
17 | (d-5) The Department, by administrative rule, may make | ||||||
18 | replacement stickers available
at a reduced cost. The fees for | ||||||
19 | public access stickers shall be deposited
as follows: into the | ||||||
20 | Off-Highway
Vehicle Trails Fund | ||||||
21 | (1) $5 from the sale of each off-highway vehicle | ||||||
22 | trails public access sticker shall be deposited into the | ||||||
23 | Tick Research, Education, and Evaluation (TREE) Fund, | ||||||
24 | which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. | ||||||
25 | Moneys deposited in the Tick Research, Education, and | ||||||
26 | Evaluation (TREE) Fund shall be paid as grants for the |
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1 | ordinary and contingent expenses associated with tick | ||||||
2 | research, education, and evaluation; and | ||||||
3 | (2) the remainder of the fees for public access | ||||||
4 | stickers shall be deposited into the Off-Highway Vehicle | ||||||
5 | Trails Fund to be used for improvements to Illinois State | ||||||
6 | Parks . | ||||||
7 | (e) The Department may enter into reciprocal agreements | ||||||
8 | with
other states that have a similar off-highway vehicle | ||||||
9 | trails public access sticker
program to allow residents of | ||||||
10 | those states to operate off-highway vehicles on
land or lands | ||||||
11 | or waters in public off-highway vehicle parks paid for, | ||||||
12 | operated,
or supported by the off-highway vehicle trails grant | ||||||
13 | program established under subsection (d) of Section
15 of this | ||||||
14 | Act without acquiring an off-highway vehicle trails public | ||||||
15 | access sticker in this State
under subsection (b) of this | ||||||
16 | Section. | ||||||
17 | (f) The Department may license vendors to sell
off-highway | ||||||
18 | vehicle trails public access stickers. Issuing fees may be set | ||||||
19 | by
administrative rule. | ||||||
20 | (g) Any person participating in an organized competitive | ||||||
21 | event on land or
lands in
off-highway vehicle parks paid for, | ||||||
22 | operated by, or supported by the grant
program
established in | ||||||
23 | subsection (d) of Section 15 shall display the public access
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24 | sticker required
under subsection (b) of this Section or pay | ||||||
25 | $5 per event. Fees collected under
this
subsection shall be | ||||||
26 | deposited into the Off-Highway
Vehicle Trails Fund.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-798, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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2 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
3 | Section 5.990 as follows:
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