Bill Text: IL SB1803 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, and members of the University of Illinois' INHS Medical Entomology Program to establish the Lyme Disease Innovation Program no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department shall contract with a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the medical community to operate the Program. Provides that the Program's purpose is to raise awareness with the public and to assist persons at risk of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases with education and awareness materials and campaigns while developing evidence-based approaches that are cost-effective. Includes provisions relating to the Program's objectives. Provides that the Program shall be funded by the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall issue to an off-highway vehicle owner an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp, and the Stamp shall be $10 or $5 depending on the size of the vehicle's engine capacity. Provides that the proceeds from the Stamp must be deposited into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0557 [SB1803 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1803 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 805/805-72 new
20 ILCS 862/36
20 ILCS 862/36.3 new
30 ILCS 105/5.990 new
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall coordinate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, and members of the University of Illinois' INHS Medical Entomology Program to establish the Lyme Disease Innovation Program no later than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department shall contract with a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the medical community to operate the Program. Provides that the Program's purpose is to raise awareness with the public and to assist persons at risk of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases with education and awareness materials and campaigns while developing evidence-based approaches that are cost-effective. Includes provisions relating to the Program's objectives. Provides that the Program shall be funded by the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall issue to an off-highway vehicle owner an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp, and the Stamp shall be $10 or $5 depending on the size of the vehicle's engine capacity. Provides that the proceeds from the Stamp must be deposited into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund. Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.
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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 Department of Natural Resources
(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-72 as follows:
(20 ILCS 805/805-72 new)
Sec. 805-72. Lyme Disease Innovation Program.
(a) The Department shall coordinate with the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, and members of
the University of Illinois' INHS Medical Entomology Program to
establish the Lyme Disease Innovation Program no later than
one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
103rd General Assembly. The Department shall contract with a
not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to raise
awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the
medical community to operate the Program. The Program's
purpose is to raise awareness with the public and to assist
persons at risk of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases
with education and awareness materials and campaigns while
developing evidence-based approaches that are cost-effective.
(b) The Program shall implement a statewide interagency
and multipronged approach to combat Lyme disease and other

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tick-borne diseases in Illinois, including adopting an
evidence-based model that recognizes the key roles that
patients, advocates, and not-for-profit organizations have in
fighting Lyme disease and tick-borne diseases. The Program's
objectives include:
(1) bringing awareness of Lyme disease and tick-borne
diseases by any one or more of the following methods:
(A) creating innovative ideas and collaborations
for raising awareness about risks and prevention;
(B) amplifying and improving access to essential
information supporting innovations in prevention,
education, and care with open data and science;
(C) fostering the development of new,
community-based education and prevention efforts; and
(D) using programs, website advertising,
pamphlets, or other methods to increase the awareness
of Lyme disease and tick-borne diseases;
(2) engaging stakeholders to facilitate
patient-centered innovations by (i) building trust among
stakeholders through listening sessions, roundtables, and
other learning approaches that ground innovations in lived
experience, (ii) engaging stakeholders in identifying
current areas of need to promote targeted innovations that
will make real-world improvements in quality of care, and
(iii) gaining insight into patient needs and priorities
through stakeholders' collective wisdom and applying that

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wisdom in shaping future innovation challenges and events.
(3) advance stakeholder driven interdisciplinary and
interagency collaborations by providing resources to
not-for-profit organizations whose purpose is to raise
awareness of tick-borne diseases with the public and the
medical community in order to (i) facilitate the
stakeholder engagement and collaborations and
patient-centered innovations and support groups, (ii)
identify ways to better collect and share data while
raising awareness of tick-borne illnesses, and (iii)
assist with the development of outreach and education
materials and approaches for State agencies.
(c) The Program shall be funded through moneys deposited
into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund and other appropriations.
The not-for-profit organization contracted with to operate the
Program shall be paid for its operation of the Program from
moneys deposited into the Fund or from other appropriations.
(d) The Department, the Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Public Health must adopt rules or joint rules to
implement this Section.
Section 10. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is
amended by changing Section 36 and by adding Section 36.3 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 862/36)

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Sec. 36. Falsification. No person shall falsely alter or
change in any manner the Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp or
Off-Highway Vehicle Lyme Disease Awareness Stamp issued under
the provisions of this Act, or falsify any record required by
this Act, or counterfeit any form of license provided for by
this Act. Any person found guilty of this Section shall be
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
(20 ILCS 862/36.3 new)
Sec. 36.3. Off-Highway Vehicle Lyme Disease Awareness
Stamp.
(a) As used in this Section, "Stamp" means an Off-Highway
Vehicle Lyme Disease Awareness Stamp.
(b) The Department shall issue to an off-highway vehicle
owner an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp. The Stamp is a
separate and additional requirement from the other off-highway
vehicle stickers or stamps under this Act. Except as provided
in this Section, a person shall not, on or after March 1, 2024,
operate any off-highway vehicle within the State unless the
off-highway vehicle has attached a Stamp purchased and
displayed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
The Department shall adopt rules for the purchase of Stamps.
(c) The fee for a Stamp for a vehicle with an engine
capacity of over 75 cubic centimeters shall be $10 annually
and shall expire the March 31st following the year displayed

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on the Stamp. The fee for a Stamp for a vehicle with an engine
capacity of 75 cubic centimeters or below shall be $5 annually
and shall expire the March 31st following the year displayed
on the Stamp.
The Department shall deposit all moneys from the sale of
each Stamp into the Lyme Disease Awareness Fund, a special
fund that is created in the State treasury, and, as directed by
the Department, may be expended for the Lyme Disease
Innovation Program under Section 805-72 of the Department of
Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(d) The owner of an off-highway vehicle shall prominently
display the Stamp on the forward half of the off-highway
vehicle.
(e) The operator of an off-highway vehicle must purchase a
new Stamp if a previous Stamp is destroyed, lost, stolen, or
mutilated beyond legibility. A valid Stamp already displayed
on an off-highway vehicle that is sold or transferred remains
valid until the date the Stamp expires.
(f) The operator of an off-highway vehicle is not required
to display a Stamp if the off-highway vehicle falls into any of
the exceptions from display under Section 34.
Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.990 as follows:

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(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
Sec. 5.990. The Lyme Disease Awareness Fund.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.