Section
General Provisions
73.001 Definitions
73.002 State law applies
73.003 Enforcement
73.004 Inspection
73.005 Resistance or obstruction of officers
73.006 Operating regulations
73.007 Obedience to traffic-control devices
73.008 Accidents
Registration; Licensing
73.020 Operator’s license required
73.021 State registration required
73.022 Municipal registration
73.023 Decal issuance
73.024 Replacement certificate
73.025 Application for number
Equipment
73.040 Headlamp
73.041 Taillights
73.042 Brakes
73.043 Mufflers
73.044 Flag
Speed Restrictions
73.055 Speed restrictions
73.056 Minimum speed; traffic obstruction
Turning and Starting; Signals
73.070 Starting parked snowmobile
73.071 Turning; signals required
73.072 Signal by hand or signal device
73.073 Method of giving hand and arm signals
Overtaking and Passing
73.085 Driving upon right side of roadway
73.086 Limitations on overtaking on left
Right-of-Way
73.100 Right-of-way at intersections
73.101 Right-of-way; left turns
73.102 Stop intersections
73.103 Yield intersections
73.104 Pedestrian right-of-way
Prohibitions
73.115 Reckless driving
73.116 Racing
73.117 Following too closely
73.118 Operating under the influence
73.119 Liquor consumption or transportation
73.120 Obstruction of operator’s view
73.121 Obstruction of traffic
73.122 Possession of weapons
73.123 Operation on state highway restricted
73.999 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DANGEROUS DRUG. Any drug defined as a depressant or stimulant substance in the State Controlled Substance Act, being ILCS Chapter 720, Act 570, §§ 1 et seq., and cannabis as defined in the Cannabis Control Act, being ILCS Chapter 720, Act 550, §§ 1 et seq., of the state.
DEALER. A person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling, or leasing snowmobiles at wholesale or retail.
HIGHWAY. The entire width between boundary lines of any highway, road, street, avenue, alley, or public driveway.
INTOXICATING BEVERAGE. Any beverage enumerated in the Liquor Control Act, being ILCS Chapter 235, Act 5, §§ 1-1 et seq., of the state.
LOCAL AUTHORITY. The municipal board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations under the Constitution and laws of this state.
NARCOTIC DRUG. Any substance defined as a narcotic drug in the State Controlled Substance Act, being ILCS Chapter 750, Act 570, §§ 1 et seq.
OPERATE. To ride in or on, other than as a passenger, to use or control the operation of a snowmobile in any manner, whether or not the snowmobile is underway.
OPERATOR. Every person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile.
OWNER. A person other than a lien holder having title to a snowmobile.
PEACE OFFICER. Any person authorized under the statutes of this state to make arrest for a violation of any statute or ordinance, whether it be a total arrest power of all statutes or a portion of any statute.
REGISTER. The act of assigning a registration number to a snowmobile by state statute and by local ordinance.
ROADWAY. The portion of a highway, improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes 2 or more separate roadways, the term ROADWAY as used in this chapter refers to any such roadway separately, but not to all those roads collectively.
SNOWMOBILE. A self-propelled device designed for travel on snow or ice or natural terrain, steered by skis or runners and supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats.
(1969 Code, § 16-261) (Ord. 1978-38, § 1, passed 12-26-1978)
Duly authorized police officers may stop and inspect any snowmobile at any time for the purpose of determining if the provisions of this chapter are being complied with. If the inspecting officer discovers any violation of the provisions of this chapter, he or she may issue a summons to the operator of the snowmobile requiring that the operator appear before the Circuit Court for the county in which the offense was committed. Every snowmobile subject to this chapter if underway and upon being hailed by a designated law enforcement officer must stop immediately.
(1969 Code, § 16-263) (Ord. 1978-38, § 2.2, passed 1-26-1978) Penalty, see § 73.999
It is unlawful for any person to resist or obstruct any peace officer in a discharge of his or her duties under this chapter.
(1969 Code, § 16-264) (Ord. 1978-38, § 2.3, passed 1-26-1978) Penalty, see § 73.999
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