NON-HIGHWAY VEHICLES - COUNTY LIABILITY

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2023
Bill #: SB1213
Category: Liability
Position: Support
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Staff Analysis

Senate Amendment 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that "non-highway vehicle" includes a large non-highway vehicle, as defined in the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Requires a non-highway vehicle to have a slow moving emblem affixed to its rear if it was manufactured not to exceed 40 miles per hour. Prohibits a slow moving emblem from being affixed to any non-highway vehicle that is manufactured to exceed 40 miles per hour. Provides that a 2-wheeled non-highway vehicle shall be subject to the same safety requirements as a motorcycle. Provides that all non-highway vehicles must possess the same amount of liability insurance coverage as all other on-road vehicles. Provides that a county board shall not be deemed liable for for crashes involving the use of a non-highway vehicle on the county's roadways. Requires that 2-wheeled non-highway vehicle are subject to the same safety requirements as a motorcycle. Provides that a non-highway vehicles must possess the same amount of liability insurance coverage as all other on-road vehicles. Senate Amendment 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that "non-highway vehicle" includes a large non-highway vehicle, as defined in the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Requires a non-highway vehicle to have a slow moving emblem affixed to its rear if it was manufactured not to exceed 40 miles per hour. Prohibits a slow moving emblem from being affixed to any non-highway vehicle that is manufactured to exceed 40 miles per hour. Provides that a 2-wheeled non-highway vehicle shall be subject to the same safety requirements as a motorcycle. Provides that all non-highway vehicles must possess the same amount of liability insurance coverage as all other on-road vehicles. Provides that a county board shall not be deemed liable for for crashes involving the use of a non-highway vehicle on the county's roadways. Requires that 2-wheeled non-highway vehicle are subject to the same safety requirements as a motorcycle. Provides that a non-highway vehicles must possess the same amount of liability insurance coverage as all other on-road vehicles.



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