HB2550 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2550

Introduced 2/18/2005, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 805/805-305	was 20 ILCS 805/63a23
520 ILCS 5/3.1-4 new

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Wildlife Code to allow members of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, and the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces returning from service abroad to camp and hunt without paying fees for one year after the member returns.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning recreation.

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

Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:

(20 ILCS 805/805-305) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)

Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The Department has the power to provide facilities for overnight tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups. The Department of Natural Resources may regulate, by administrative order, the fees to be charged for tent and trailer camping units at individual park areas based upon the facilities available. However, for campsites with access to showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62 or older or has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act shall be charged only one-half of the camping fee charged to the general public during the period Monday through Thursday of any week and shall be charged the same camping fee as the general public on all other days. For campsites without access to showers or electricity, no camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act. For campsites without access to showers or electricity, no camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who is age 62 or older for the use of a camp site unit during the period Monday through Thursday of any week. No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of war, as defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois for one year after returning from service abroad as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces. Nonresidents shall be charged the same fees as are authorized for the general public regardless of age. The Department shall provide by regulation for suitable proof of age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden Age Passport" issued by the federal government shall be acceptable as proof of age. The Department shall further provide by regulation that notice of these reduced admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.

Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to any charge for utility service.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section 3.1-4 as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/3.1-4 new)

Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from service outside the United States. For one year after returning from service abroad as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, a person may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2 of this Code during times, with devices, and by methods permitted by this Code without procuring a hunting license.