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Public Act 095-0853
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AN ACT concerning fish and 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 Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by |
changing Sections 1-230 and 30-15 as follows:
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(515 ILCS 5/1-230) (from Ch. 56, par. 1-230)
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Sec. 1-230. Wildlife and Fish Fund; disposition of money
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received. All fees, fines, income of whatever kind or nature |
derived
from hunting and fishing activities on lands, waters, |
or both under the
jurisdiction or control of the Department, |
and all penalties collected under
this Code shall be deposited |
into the State Treasury and
shall be set apart in a special |
fund to be known as the Wildlife and Fish
Fund; except that |
fees derived solely from the sale of salmon stamps, income
from |
art contests for the salmon stamp, including income from the |
sale
of reprints, and gifts, donations, grants, and bequests of |
money for the
conservation and propagation of salmon shall be |
deposited into the State
Treasury and set apart in the special |
fund to be known as the Salmon
Fund; and except that fees |
derived solely from the sale of state
migratory waterfowl |
stamps, and gifts, donations, grants and bequests of
money for |
the conservation and propagation of waterfowl, shall be |
deposited
into the State Treasury and set apart in the special |
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fund to be known as the
State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund. |
All interest that accrues from moneys
in the Wildlife and Fish |
Fund, the Salmon Fund, and the State Migratory
Waterfowl Stamp |
Fund shall be retained in those funds respectively.
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Appropriations from the Wildlife and Fish Fund shall be made |
only to the
Department for the carrying out of the powers and |
functions vested by law
in the Department
for the |
administration and management of fish and wildlife resources of |
this State for such activities as , including (i) the purchase |
of land for fish hatcheries,
wildlife refuges, preserves, and |
public shooting and fishing grounds; (ii)
the purchase and |
distribution of wild birds, the eggs of wild birds, and
wild |
mammals; (iii) the rescuing, restoring and distributing of |
fish; (iv)
the maintenance of wildlife refuges or preserves, |
public shooting grounds,
public fishing grounds, and fish |
hatcheries; and (v) the feeding and care
of wild birds, wild |
mammals, and fish. Appropriations from the Salmon Fund
shall be |
made only to the Department to be used solely for the |
conservation
and propagation of salmon, including |
construction, operation, and
maintenance of a cold water |
hatchery, and for payment of the costs of
printing salmon |
stamps, the expenses incurred in acquiring salmon stamp
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designs, and the expenses of producing reprints.
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Appropriations from the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp |
Fund shall be
made only to the Department to be used solely for |
the following purposes:
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(a) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State |
migratory waterfowl
stamps and 100% of all gifts, |
donations, grants, and bequests of money for
the |
conservation and propagation of waterfowl for projects |
approved by
the Department shall be used for the purpose of |
attracting waterfowl and
improving public migratory |
waterfowl areas within the State. These projects
may |
include the repair, maintenance, and operation of these |
areas only in
emergencies as determined by the State Duck |
Stamp Committee; but none of
the moneys spent within the |
State shall be used for administrative expenses.
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(b) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State |
migratory waterfowl
stamps shall be turned over by the |
Department to appropriate non-profit
organizations for the |
development of waterfowl propagation areas within the
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Dominion of Canada or the United States that specifically |
provide
waterfowl for the Mississippi Flyway. Before |
turning over any moneys from
the State Migratory Waterfowl |
Stamp Fund, the Department shall obtain
evidence that the |
project is acceptable to the appropriate governmental
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agency of the Dominion of Canada or the United States or of |
one of
its Provinces or States having jurisdiction over the |
lands and waters
affected by the project and shall consult |
those agencies and the State
Duck Stamp Committee for |
approval before allocating funds.
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(Source: P.A. 90-743, eff. 1-1-99.)
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(515 ILCS 5/30-15) (from Ch. 56, par. 30-15)
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Sec. 30-15. Use of license fees. No funds accruing to the |
State of
Illinois from license fees paid by fishermen shall be |
diverted for any
other purpose than the administration of the |
Department of Natural
Resources for the management of fish and |
wildlife resources of the State.
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(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
Section 1.28 as follows:
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(520 ILCS 5/1.28) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.28)
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Sec. 1.28. Fees and fines; deposit in funds. All fees, |
fines,
including bond forfeitures, income of whatsoever
kind or |
nature derived from hunting and fishing activities on lands or |
waters
or both under the jurisdiction or control of the |
Department, and all penalties
collected under this Act shall be |
deposited in the State Treasury and
shall be set apart in a |
special fund to be known as the "Wildlife and Fish
Fund"; |
except that fees derived solely from the sale of salmon stamps,
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income from art contests for the salmon stamp, including income |
from the
sale of reprints, and gifts, donations, grants and |
bequests of money for
the conservation and propagation of |
salmon shall be deposited in the State
Treasury and set apart |
in the special fund to be known as the "Salmon
Fund"; and |
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except that fees derived solely from the sale of state |
migratory
waterfowl stamps, and gifts, donations, grants and |
bequests of money for
the conservation and propagation of |
waterfowl shall be deposited in the
special fund to be known as |
the "State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund";
and except that, of |
fees derived
solely from the sale of State Habitat Stamps, 64% |
shall be deposited into the Illinois Habitat Fund, 30% into the |
State Pheasant Fund,
and 6% into the State Furbearer Fund. |
Income generated from the sale of
artwork associated with the |
State Habitat Stamps shall be deposited into
the Illinois |
Habitat Fund.
All interest that accrues from monies deposited |
into the Wildlife and
Fish Fund, the Salmon Fund, the State |
Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund, the
State Furbearer Fund, the |
State Pheasant Fund, and the
Illinois Habitat Fund shall be |
deposited into those funds, respectively.
Appropriations from |
the "Wildlife and
Fish Fund" shall be made only to the |
Department for the carrying out of
the powers and functions |
vested by law in the Department
for the administration and |
management of fish and wildlife resources of this State for |
such activities as , including but
not limited to the purchase |
of land for fish hatcheries, wildlife refuges,
preserves and |
public shooting and fishing grounds; the purchase and
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distribution of wild birds, the eggs of wild birds, and wild |
mammals for
rescuing, restoring and distributing fish; the |
maintenance of wildlife
refuges, or preserves, public shooting |
grounds, public fishing grounds and
fish hatcheries; and the |
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feeding and care of wild birds, wild
animals and fish.
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(Source: P.A. 87-135; 87-1015.)
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Section 15. The Wildlife Restoration Cooperation Act is |
amended by changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
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(520 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 61, par. 133)
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Sec. 1. The State of Illinois, hereby assents to the |
provisions of the act
of Congress entitled "An Act to provide |
that the United States shall aid the
States in |
wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes," |
approved
September 2, 1937 (Public No. 415, 75th Congress), and |
the Department of
Natural Resources is hereby authorized, |
empowered, and
directed to perform such acts as may be |
necessary for the conduct and
establishment of cooperative |
wildlife-restoration projects, as defined in said
Act of |
Congress, in compliance with that Act and with rules and
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regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior
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Agriculture thereunder.
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(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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(520 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 61, par. 134)
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Sec. 2. No funds accruing to the State of Illinois from |
license fees paid by
hunters shall be diverted for any other |
purpose than the administration
of the Department of Natural |
Resources for the management of fish and wildlife resources of |