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HB0518 Engrossed                               LRB9102741DHmg

 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Fish  and  Aquatic  Life  Code  by
 2    amending Section 10-85.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended  by
 6    changing Section 10-85 as follows:

 7        (515 ILCS 5/10-85) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-85)
 8        Sec.  10-85.   Ice fishing. Fish may be taken through the
 9    ice by the use of not more than 3 2 poles and lines  or  3  2
10    tipups at any one time and there may be not more than 2 hooks
11    attached  to  each  line.   Any  hole  cut in the ice for the
12    purpose of taking fish shall be not more than  12  inches  in
13    diameter.   Any  shelter  placed or used on ice of any of the
14    public waters of this  State  shall  be  a  portable  fishing
15    shelter  constructed of a frame-work of metal or wood covered
16    with canvas, paper, wood, plastic material,  or  any  similar
17    material  and that shelter shall have the name and address of
18    the owner attached to it.  Following  March  1  of  each  ice
19    fishing season the shelter must be removed at the end of each
20    fishing  day  and  shall  not  be left unattended at any time
21    after that date.
22        All fishing devices  placed  through  the  ice  shall  be
23    attended  and kept under the observation of the person having
24    so placed the device at all times.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)

26        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
27    becoming law.

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