Full Text of SB0384 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | 5 |
| (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 6 |
| is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 805/805-305) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)
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| Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The
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| Department has the power to provide facilities for
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| tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing
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| 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
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| showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62 or | 17 |
| older
or has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of | 18 |
| the Illinois
Identification Card Act shall be charged only | 19 |
| one-half of the camping fee
charged to the general public | 20 |
| during the period Monday through Thursday of any
week and shall | 21 |
| be charged the same camping fee as the general public on all
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| other days. For campsites without access to showers or | 23 |
| electricity, no camping
fee authorized by this Section shall be |
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| charged to any resident of Illinois who
has a Class 2 | 2 |
| disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
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| Identification Card Act. For campsites without access to | 4 |
| showers or
electricity, no camping fee authorized by this | 5 |
| Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois who is age | 6 |
| 62 or older for
the use of a camp site unit during the period | 7 |
| Monday through Thursday of any
week. No camping fee authorized | 8 |
| by this Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois | 9 |
| who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of
war, as | 10 |
| defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.
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| No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to | 12 |
| any
resident of Illinois after returning from service abroad or | 13 |
| mobilization by the President of the United States as an active | 14 |
| duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois | 15 |
| National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed | 16 |
| Forces for the amount of time that the active duty member spent | 17 |
| in service abroad or mobilized if the person (i) applies for a | 18 |
| pass at the Department office in Springfield within 2 years | 19 |
| after of returning and provides acceptable verification of | 20 |
| service or mobilization to the Department or (ii) applies for a | 21 |
| pass at a Regional Office of the Department within 2 years | 22 |
| after returning and provides acceptable verification of | 23 |
| service or mobilization to the Department ; any portion of a | 24 |
| year that the active duty member spent in service abroad or | 25 |
| mobilized shall count as a full year. Nonresidents shall be | 26 |
| charged the same fees as are authorized for the general
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| regardless of age. The Department shall provide by regulation | 2 |
| for
suitable proof of age, or either a valid driver's license | 3 |
| or a "Golden Age
Passport" issued by the federal government | 4 |
| shall be acceptable as proof of
age. The Department shall | 5 |
| further provide by regulation that notice of
these
reduced | 6 |
| admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
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| Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to | 8 |
| any charge for
utility service.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable verification | 10 |
| of service or mobilization" means official documentation from | 11 |
| the Department of Defense or the appropriate Major Command | 12 |
| showing mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: | 13 |
| (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of | 14 |
| Military Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, | 15 |
| (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of | 16 |
| the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | 17 |
| covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | 18 |
| records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | 19 |
| documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | 20 |
| deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | 21 |
| abroad. | 22 |
| For the purposes of this Section, the term "service abroad" | 23 |
| means active duty service outside of the 50 United States and | 24 |
| the District of Columbia, and includes all active duty service | 25 |
| in territories and possessions of the United States. | 26 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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| Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 2 |
| changing Section 20-47 as follows: | 3 |
| (515 ILCS 5/20-47)
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| Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization | 5 |
| and service outside the United States. | 6 |
| (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | 7 |
| the President of the United States as an active duty member of | 8 |
| the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or | 9 |
| the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | 10 |
| resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any | 11 |
| fees required to obtain a fishing license for the time period | 12 |
| prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois | 13 |
| resident applies for a license within 2 years after of | 14 |
| returning from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant | 15 |
| shall provide acceptable verification of service or | 16 |
| mobilization to the Department either at the Department's | 17 |
| office in Springfield or at a Regional Office of the | 18 |
| Department . | 19 |
| (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | 20 |
| member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the | 21 |
| applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the | 22 |
| purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty is | 23 |
| a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the | 24 |
| applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion of |
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| a year served. | 2 |
| (c) (Blank). The Department shall establish what | 3 |
| constitutes suitable verification of service or mobilization | 4 |
| under subsection (a) of this Section.
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| (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | 6 |
| verification of service or mobilization" means official | 7 |
| documentation from the Department of Defense or the appropriate | 8 |
| Major Command showing mobilization dates or service abroad | 9 |
| dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois | 10 |
| Department of Military Affairs for members of the Illinois | 11 |
| National Guard, (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve | 12 |
| Command for members of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter | 13 |
| from the Major Command covering Illinois for active duty | 14 |
| members, (v) personnel records for mobilized State employees, | 15 |
| and (vi) any other documentation that the Department, by | 16 |
| administrative rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of | 17 |
| mobilization or service abroad. | 18 |
| (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | 19 |
| abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | 20 |
| States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | 21 |
| duty service in territories and possessions of the United | 22 |
| States. | 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.) | 24 |
| Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 25 |
| Section 3.1-4 as follows: |
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4) | 2 |
| Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization | 3 |
| and service outside the United States. | 4 |
| (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | 5 |
| the President of the United States as an active duty member of | 6 |
| the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or | 7 |
| the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | 8 |
| resident may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2 | 9 |
| of this Code without paying any fees required to obtain a | 10 |
| hunting license for the time period prescribed by subsection | 11 |
| (b) of this Section if the Illinois resident applies for a | 12 |
| license within 2 years after of returning from service abroad | 13 |
| or mobilization. The applicant shall provide acceptable | 14 |
| verification of service or mobilization to the Department | 15 |
| either at the Department's office in Springfield or at a | 16 |
| Regional Office of the Department . | 17 |
| (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | 18 |
| member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the | 19 |
| applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free Deer | 20 |
| Hunting Permit as provided in Section 2.26 of this Code and | 21 |
| rules adopted pursuant to that Section, and one free State | 22 |
| Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of this determination, if the | 23 |
| period of active duty is a portion of a year (for example, one | 24 |
| year and 3 months), the applicant will be credited with a full | 25 |
| year for the portion of a year served. |
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| (c) (Blank). The Department shall establish what | 2 |
| constitutes suitable verification of service or mobilization | 3 |
| under subsection (a) of this Section.
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| (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | 5 |
| verification of service or mobilization" means official | 6 |
| documentation from the Department of Defense or the appropriate | 7 |
| Major Command showing mobilization dates or service abroad | 8 |
| dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois | 9 |
| Department of Military Affairs for members of the Illinois | 10 |
| National Guard, (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve | 11 |
| Command for members of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter | 12 |
| from the Major Command covering Illinois for active duty | 13 |
| members, (v) personnel records for mobilized State employees, | 14 |
| and (vi) any other documentation that the Department, by | 15 |
| administrative rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of | 16 |
| mobilization or service abroad. | 17 |
| (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | 18 |
| abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | 19 |
| States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | 20 |
| duty service in territories and possessions of the United | 21 |
| States. | 22 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 24 |
| 1, 2011.
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