Full Text of HB5860 95th General Assembly
HB5860eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 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 as long as he or she maintains Illinois residency | 17 |
| the amount of time that the active duty member spent in service | 18 |
| abroad or mobilized if the person applies for a pass at the | 19 |
| Department office in Springfield after within 2 years of | 20 |
| returning and provides verification of service or mobilization | 21 |
| to the Department ; any portion of a year that the active duty | 22 |
| member spent in service abroad or mobilized shall count as a | 23 |
| full year . Nonresidents shall be charged the same fees as are | 24 |
| authorized for the general
public regardless of age. The | 25 |
| Department shall provide by regulation for
suitable proof of | 26 |
| age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden Age
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| Passport" issued by the federal government shall be acceptable | 2 |
| as proof of
age. The Department shall further provide by | 3 |
| regulation that notice of
these
reduced admission fees be | 4 |
| posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
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| Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to | 6 |
| any charge for
utility service.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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| Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 9 |
| changing Section 20-47 as follows: | 10 |
| (515 ILCS 5/20-47)
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| Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization | 12 |
| and service outside the United States. | 13 |
| (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | 14 |
| the President of the United States as an active duty member of | 15 |
| the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or | 16 |
| the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | 17 |
| resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any | 18 |
| fees required to obtain a fishing license for as long as he or | 19 |
| she maintains Illinois residency the time period prescribed by | 20 |
| subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois resident applies | 21 |
| for a license after within 2 years of returning from service | 22 |
| abroad or mobilization. The applicant shall provide | 23 |
| verification of service or mobilization to the Department at | 24 |
| the Department's office in Springfield. |
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| (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | 2 |
| member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the | 3 |
| applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the | 4 |
| purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty is | 5 |
| a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the | 6 |
| applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion of | 7 |
| a year served. | 8 |
| (b) (c) The Department shall establish what constitutes | 9 |
| suitable verification of service or mobilization under | 10 |
| subsection (a) of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.) | 12 |
| Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 13 |
| Section 3.1-4 as follows: | 14 |
| (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4) | 15 |
| Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization | 16 |
| and service outside the United States. | 17 |
| (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | 18 |
| the President of the United States as an active duty member of | 19 |
| the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or | 20 |
| the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | 21 |
| resident may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2 | 22 |
| of this Code without paying any fees required to obtain a | 23 |
| hunting license for as long as he or she maintains Illinois | 24 |
| residency the time period prescribed by subsection (b) of this |
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| Section if the Illinois resident applies for a license after | 2 |
| within 2 years of returning from service abroad or | 3 |
| mobilization. The applicant shall provide verification of | 4 |
| service or mobilization to the Department at the Department's | 5 |
| office in Springfield. | 6 |
| (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | 7 |
| member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section , the | 8 |
| applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free Deer | 9 |
| Hunting Permit as provided in Section 2.26 of this Code and | 10 |
| rules adopted pursuant to that Section, and one free State | 11 |
| Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of this determination, if the | 12 |
| period of active duty is a portion of a year (for example, one | 13 |
| year and 3 months), the applicant will be credited with a full | 14 |
| year for the portion of a year served. | 15 |
| (c) The Department shall establish what constitutes | 16 |
| suitable verification of service or mobilization under | 17 |
| subsection (a) of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 |
| becoming law.
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