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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4429 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. David Friess - Charles Meier, Tony McCombie and Dan Caulkins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Parks Act. Requires all persons or entities seeking to charge fees to participants, provide items for sale, or otherwise collect money or items as part of an event located on property or facilities that are owned, leased, or managed by the Department of Natural Resources to complete a permit to sell application form to obtain a permit to sell. Provides that all revenue generated from an event shall be subject to a 10% fee payable to the Department of Natural Resources upon completion of the event. Requires all funds received by the Department to be allocated to the site at which the fees were collected. Waives activity permit fees, permit to sell fees, and facility usage fees for formally recognized Friends Groups and for all fishing tournaments and clubs. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4429 | | LRB102 22539 CMG 31680 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 State Parks Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 4d as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 835/4d new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4d. Permit to sell. All persons or entities seeking |
| 8 | | to charge fees to participants, provide items for sale, or |
| 9 | | otherwise collect money or items as part of an event located on |
| 10 | | property or facilities that are owned, leased, or managed by |
| 11 | | the Department of Natural Resources shall complete a permit to |
| 12 | | sell application form to obtain a permit to sell. All revenue |
| 13 | | generated from an event located on property or facilities that |
| 14 | | are owned, leased, or managed by the Department of Natural |
| 15 | | Resources shall be subject to a 10% fee payable to the |
| 16 | | Department upon completion of the event. An activity permit |
| 17 | | application fee may be deducted from the permit to sell fees |
| 18 | | owed to the Department upon the completion of the event. All |
| 19 | | funds received by the Department shall be allocated to the |
| 20 | | site at which the fees were collected. Activity permit fees, |
| 21 | | permit to sell fees, and facility usage fees shall be waived: |
| 22 | | (1) if the entity is a formally recognized Friends Group of the |
| 23 | | site at which the event is held, and (2) for all fishing |