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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning fish.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 15-32 as follows:
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| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/15-32) (from Ch. 56, par. 15-32)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15-32. Lake Michigan Yellow perch and bloater chub; |
| 8 | | commercial licenses.
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| 9 | | (a) The Department may shall issue a maximum of 5 |
| 10 | | commercial licenses for taking from the Illinois waters of Lake |
| 11 | | Michigan yellow
perch, and bloater chub, and other commercial |
| 12 | | fish species designated by Department rule. Five licenses shall |
| 13 | | be issued for the fishing year
that began April 1, 1992, and |
| 14 | | the Department shall issue licenses from time
to time so that 5 |
| 15 | | valid licenses are always outstanding at any one time.
All |
| 16 | | licenses issued under this Section shall be valid for a period |
| 17 | | of 3 years.
The catch limits established by the Department for |
| 18 | | the taking of yellow
perch, and bloater chub, and other |
| 19 | | designated commercial fish species shall be the same for all |
| 20 | | active licensees.
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| 21 | | (b) At times determined by the Director, the Department |
| 22 | | shall advertise a public drawing to accept new qualified |
| 23 | | commercial fishing candidates and establish a ranking order for |
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| 1 | | these new candidates to fill open Lake Michigan commercial |
| 2 | | fishing licenses. This ranking order shall continue to be used |
| 3 | | until the list of eligible candidates is exhausted. Each |
| 4 | | commercial license for the 1992 fishing year and
thereafter
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| 5 | | shall be issued as follows:
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| 6 | | (1) As to all individuals or corporations who held |
| 7 | | valid licenses as
of April 1, 1992, the licenses shall |
| 8 | | remain in force and effect.
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| 9 | | (2) Thereafter, licenses shall be issued as necessary |
| 10 | | to reach and
maintain a total of 5 outstanding licenses as |
| 11 | | follows:
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| 12 | | (A) First, to any individual or corporation as |
| 13 | | described in Section
15-5 who was licensed through a |
| 14 | | harvest contract pursuant to the public
lottery |
| 15 | | drawing conducted by the Director on June 27, 1975, but |
| 16 | | such
individual or corporation did not hold a valid |
| 17 | | commercial
license, for
whatever reason, on April 1, |
| 18 | | 1992; provided, that the contractor shall have
served |
| 19 | | any stated period of any license suspension or |
| 20 | | revocation
established by an order of the Director. |
| 21 | | Among those individuals or
corporations that meet the |
| 22 | | criteria under this item (A), priority shall be
given |
| 23 | | to the individual or corporation that has been without |
| 24 | | a valid
commercial license for the longest period of |
| 25 | | time.
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| 26 | | (B) Second, to any other individual or corporate |
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| 1 | | entrant who had his
specific name drawn in the public |
| 2 | | lottery drawing conducted by the Director
on June 27, |
| 3 | | 1975, but was not licensed as a harvest contractor at |
| 4 | | that time
or thereafter.
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| 5 | | (C) Third, if there are insufficient license |
| 6 | | applicants available at
the beginning of any fishing |
| 7 | | year who meet the requirements for licensure
under this |
| 8 | | Section for the Director to issue 5 licenses, the |
| 9 | | Director shall
order and conduct a new public lottery |
| 10 | | drawing before the commencement of
the fishing year and |
| 11 | | shall draw the applicant list from a roster of
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| 12 | | qualified operators.
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| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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