CHAPTER 73: SNOWMOBILES
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
§ 73.001 DEFINITIONS.
   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)
§ 73.002 STATE LAW APPLIES.
   No portion of this chapter shall preclude the state or its officers or agents from enforcing the State Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act under ILCS Chapter 625, Act 40, §§ 1-1 - 11-1 inclusive.
(1969 Code, § 16-261) (Ord. 1978-38, § 1, passed 12-26-1978)
§ 73.003 ENFORCEMENT.
   It is the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and other police officers to arrest any person detected in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(1969 Code, § 16-262) (Ord. 1978-38, § 2.1, passed 12-26-1978)
§ 73.004 INSPECTION.
   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
§ 73.005 RESISTANCE OR OBSTRUCTION OF OFFICERS.
   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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