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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3526 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Dan Swanson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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520 ILCS 5/1.28 | from Ch. 61, par. 1.28 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that fines and fees deposited into the Wildlife and Fish Fund may be used to increase public safety through grants to not-for-profit entities for tick research, education, and evaluation. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB3526 | | LRB103 30061 RLC 56484 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 1.28 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/1.28) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.28)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1.28. Fees and fines; deposit in funds. All fees, |
| 8 | | fines,
including bond forfeitures, income of whatsoever
kind |
| 9 | | or nature derived from hunting and fishing activities on lands |
| 10 | | or waters
or both under the jurisdiction or control of the |
| 11 | | Department, and all penalties
collected under this Act shall |
| 12 | | be deposited in the State Treasury and
shall be set apart in a |
| 13 | | special fund to be known as the "Wildlife and Fish
Fund"; |
| 14 | | except that fees derived solely from the sale of salmon |
| 15 | | stamps,
income from art contests for the salmon stamp, |
| 16 | | including income from the
sale of reprints, and gifts, |
| 17 | | donations, grants and bequests of money for
the conservation |
| 18 | | and propagation of salmon shall be deposited in the State
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| 19 | | Treasury and set apart in the special fund to be known as the |
| 20 | | "Salmon
Fund"; and except that fees derived solely from the |
| 21 | | sale of state migratory
waterfowl stamps, and gifts, |
| 22 | | donations, grants and bequests of money for
the conservation |
| 23 | | and propagation of waterfowl shall be deposited in the
special |
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| 1 | | fund to be known as the "State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp |
| 2 | | Fund";
and except that, of fees derived
solely from the sale of |
| 3 | | State Habitat Stamps, 64% shall be deposited into the Illinois |
| 4 | | Habitat Fund, 30% into the State Pheasant Fund,
and 6% into the |
| 5 | | State Furbearer Fund. Income generated from the sale of
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| 6 | | artwork associated with the State Habitat Stamps shall be |
| 7 | | deposited into
the Illinois Habitat Fund.
All interest that |
| 8 | | accrues from monies deposited into the Wildlife and
Fish Fund, |
| 9 | | the Salmon Fund, the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund, the
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| 10 | | State Furbearer Fund, the State Pheasant Fund, and the
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| 11 | | Illinois Habitat Fund shall be deposited into those funds, |
| 12 | | respectively.
Appropriations from the "Wildlife and
Fish Fund" |
| 13 | | shall be made only to the Department for the carrying out of
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| 14 | | the powers and functions vested by law in the Department
for |
| 15 | | the administration and management of fish and wildlife |
| 16 | | resources of this State for such activities as the purchase of |
| 17 | | land for fish hatcheries, wildlife refuges,
preserves and |
| 18 | | public shooting and fishing grounds; the purchase and
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| 19 | | distribution of wild birds, the eggs of wild birds, and wild |
| 20 | | mammals for
rescuing, restoring and distributing fish; the |
| 21 | | maintenance of wildlife
refuges, or preserves, public shooting |
| 22 | | grounds, public fishing grounds and
fish hatcheries; and the |
| 23 | | feeding and care of wild birds, wild
animals and fish; and the |
| 24 | | increasing of public safety by making grants to not-for-profit |
| 25 | | entities for tick research, education, and evaluation.
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| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 95-853, eff. 8-18-08.)
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