Bill Text: IL SB2841 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that any person under the age of 18 who is operating an off-highway vehicle on public land, shall be trained and certified through a State-approved off-highway vehicle safety course. Provides that the minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on public land shall be 14 years old, and that any person under the age of 16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on public land without direct adult supervision. Provides that unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land. Provides that any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public lands is required to wear a safety helmet and eye protection and the off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a muffler, and a spark arrestor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2841 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2841-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2841 Introduced 2/17/2016, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 862/29 new
20 ILCS 862/31 new
Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that any person under the age of 18 who is operating an off-highway vehicle on public land, shall be trained and certified through a State-approved off-highway vehicle safety course. Provides that the minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on public land shall be 14 years old, and that any person under the age of 16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on public land without direct adult supervision. Provides that unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land. Provides that any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public lands is required to wear a safety helmet and eye protection and the off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a muffler, and a spark arrestor.
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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 Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is
amended by adding Sections 29 and 31 as follows:
(20 ILCS 862/29 new)
Sec. 29. Training requirements for off-highway vehicles.
Any person under the age of 18, operating an off-highway
vehicle, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, on public land,
shall be trained and certified through a State-approved
off-highway vehicle safety course.
(20 ILCS 862/31 new)
Sec. 31. Use of off-highway vehicles on public lands;
safety requirements.
(a) The minimum age to operate an off-highway vehicle on
public land shall be 14 years old. Any person under the age of
16 is prohibited from operating an off-highway vehicle on
public land without direct adult supervision, and is prohibited
from operating an adult sized all-terrain vehicle on public
land.
(b) The sale of adult size all-terrain vehicles or other
off-highway vehicles is prohibited for use to any person under

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the age of 16.
(c) Unless the off-highway vehicle was designed by the
manufacturer to carry a passenger, it shall be unlawful for a
passenger to be on an off-highway vehicle on public land.
(d) An off-highway vehicle operated on public land shall
have a headlight and tail light illuminated at night, brakes, a
muffler, and a spark arrestor.
(e) Any person operating an off-highway vehicle on public
land shall wear a safety helmet and eye protection.
For the purposes of this Section, "off-highway vehicle" has
the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of this Act.
For the purposes of this Section, an "adult sized
all-terrain vehicle" is an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway
vehicle with an engine capacity greater than 90 cc.