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1 AN ACT concerning conservation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
5 (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
6 Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 805/805-305) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)
8 Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The
9 Department has the power to provide facilities for overnight
10 tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing
11 facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups.
12 The Department of Natural Resources may regulate, by
13 administrative order, the fees to be charged for tent and
14 trailer camping units at individual park areas based upon the
15 facilities available. However, for campsites with access to
16 showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62,
17 63, or 64 or older or has a Class 2 disability as defined in
18 Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act shall be
19 charged only one-half of the camping fee charged to the
20 general public during the period Monday through Thursday of
21 any week and shall be charged the same camping fee as the
22 general public on all other days. For campsites with showers
23 or electricity, no camping or campsite utility fee shall be
24 charged to any resident of Illinois who is age 65 or older
25 for the use of a campsite unit during the period Monday
26 through Thursday of any week. For campsites without access to
27 showers or electricity, no camping fee authorized by this
28 Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who has
29 a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
30 Identification Card Act. For campsites without access to
31 showers or electricity, no camping fee authorized by this
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1 Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who is
2 age 62 or older for the use of a camp site unit during the
3 period Monday through Thursday of any week. No camping fee
4 authorized by this Section shall be charged to any resident
5 of Illinois who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of
6 war, as defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans
7 Affairs Act. Nonresidents shall be charged the same fees as
8 are authorized for the general public regardless of age. The
9 Department shall provide by regulation for suitable proof of
10 age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden Age
11 Passport" issued by the federal government shall be
12 acceptable as proof of age. The Department shall further
13 provide by regulation that notice of these reduced admission
14 fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
15 Unless otherwise indicated, reduced Reduced fees
16 authorized in this Section shall not apply to any charge for
17 utility service.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)