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Sen. Gary Forby
Filed: 2/24/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2810
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2810 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 2.26a as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/2.26a new) |
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| Sec. 2.26a. Bonus Deer Permit. |
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| (a) Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Department |
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| shall establish a Bonus Deer Permit program authorizing a |
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| resident applicant for a Deer Hunting Permit to apply for a |
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| Bonus Deer Permit when that resident applicant applies for a |
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| Deer Hunting Permit under Section 2.26. In order to be eligible |
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| for this permit an applicant must be a resident of Illinois, |
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| meet the requirements for obtaining a Deer Hunting Permit, |
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| request the Bonus Deer Permit on a form designated and made |
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| available by the Department, and submit a $5 fee, which is |
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| separate from and additional to any other stamp, permit, tag, |
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| or license fee required under this Code. For eligible |
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| applicants, the Department may issue a Bonus Deer Permit |
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| authorizing the taking of a bonus deer to be harvested in |
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| specific counties within the State designated by the Department |
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| as having an overpopulation of deer. The Department must refund |
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| fees submitted for Bonus Deer Permits that are not issued. The |
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| Department shall adopt suitable administrative rules |
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| pertaining to: (i) any additional eligibility requirements |
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| that are reasonable and necessary for the administration of the |
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| program and (ii) management restrictions applicable to the |
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| taking of bonus deer that may include, without limitation, |
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| numeric, geographic, or sex specific regulations pertaining to |
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| bonus deer. |
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| (b) Of the fees received by the Department for Bonus Deer |
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| Permits under this Section, after refunding fees received for |
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| permits that are not issued, 60% of the remaining moneys, |
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| subject to appropriation, shall be used by the Department for |
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| administrative costs of the Program and 40% shall be deposited |
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| into the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund to be used by the |
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| Department of State Police, subject to appropriation, to ensure |
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| the prompt and efficient processing of applications received |
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| under
Section 4 of Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
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| Section 10. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is |
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| amended by changing Sections 5 and 7 as follows:
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| (430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
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| Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve |
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| or
deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are |
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| received,
and every applicant found qualified pursuant to |
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| Section 8 of this Act by
the Department shall be entitled to a |
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| Firearm Owner's Identification
Card upon the payment of a fee |
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| not to exceed $5 as set by the Department of State Police
$5 |
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| fee. Sixty percent
$3 of each fee derived from the
issuance of |
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| Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof,
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| shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State |
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| Treasury;
20%
$1 of such fee shall be deposited in the State |
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| Police Services Fund and 20%
$1 of such fee shall be deposited |
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| in the
Firearm Owner's Notification Fund. Monies in the Firearm |
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| Owner's
Notification Fund shall be used exclusively to pay for |
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| the cost of sending
notices of expiration of Firearm Owner's |
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| Identification Cards under Section
13.2 of this Act.
Excess |
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| monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund and moneys |
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| deposited into that Fund by the Department of Natural Resources |
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| under Section 2.26a of the Wildlife Code shall be used to
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| ensure the prompt and efficient processing of applications |
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| received under
Section 4 of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-353, eff. 7-29-05.)
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| (430 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-7)
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| Sec. 7. Except as provided in Section 8 of this Act, a |
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| Firearm Owner's
Identification Card issued under the |
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| provisions of this Act shall be valid
for the person to whom it |
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| is issued for a period of 10
5 years from the date
of issuance.
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| (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2600.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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