No portion of this Part 1 shall preclude the State of Illinois
or its officers or agents from enforcing the Illinois Snowmobile Registration
and Safety Act under 625 ILCS 40/1-1 through 40/11-1, inclusive.
As used in this Part 1, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
INTOXICATING BEVERAGE
Any beverage enumerated in the Liquor Control Act of the
State of Illinois (235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq.).
NARCOTIC DRUG
Any substance defined as a narcotic drug in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act (720 ILCS 570/11 et seq.).
OPERATE
To ride in or on, other than as a passenger, 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.
The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a
snowmobile subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created
by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation,
but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
PEACE OFFICER
Any person authorized under the statutes of the State of
Illinois to make an 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
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the
event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway"
as used in this Part 1 refers to any roadway separately, but not to
all such 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.