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Public Act 096-1518
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| SB0902 Enrolled | LRB096 06976 JDS 17062 b |
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AN ACT concerning fish.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by |
changing Section 1-230 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.
Except for |
the additional moneys deposited under Section 805-550 of the |
Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the
Civil |
Administrative Code of Illinois, 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 (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 |
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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 |