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Public Act 100-0169
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| HB3273 Enrolled | LRB100 11162 SLF 21457 b |
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AN ACT concerning fish.
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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 Section 15-32 as follows:
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(515 ILCS 5/15-32) (from Ch. 56, par. 15-32)
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Sec. 15-32. Lake Michigan Yellow perch and bloater chub; |
commercial licenses.
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(a) The Department may shall issue a maximum of 5 |
commercial licenses for taking from the Illinois waters of Lake |
Michigan yellow
perch, and bloater chub, and other commercial |
fish species designated by Department rule. Five licenses shall |
be issued for the fishing year
that began April 1, 1992, and |
the Department shall issue licenses from time
to time so that 5 |
valid licenses are always outstanding at any one time.
All |
licenses issued under this Section shall be valid for a period |
of 3 years.
The catch limits established by the Department for |
the taking of yellow
perch, and bloater chub, and other |
designated commercial fish species shall be the same for all |
active licensees.
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(b) At times determined by the Director, the Department |
shall advertise a public drawing to accept new qualified |
commercial fishing candidates and establish a ranking order for |
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these new candidates to fill open Lake Michigan commercial |
fishing licenses. This ranking order shall continue to be used |
until the list of eligible candidates is exhausted. Each |
commercial license for the 1992 fishing year and
thereafter
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shall be issued as follows:
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(1) As to all individuals or corporations who held |
valid licenses as
of April 1, 1992, the licenses shall |
remain in force and effect.
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(2) Thereafter, licenses shall be issued as necessary |
to reach and
maintain a total of 5 outstanding licenses as |
follows:
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(A) First, to any individual or corporation as |
described in Section
15-5 who was licensed through a |
harvest contract pursuant to the public
lottery |
drawing conducted by the Director on June 27, 1975, but |
such
individual or corporation did not hold a valid |
commercial
license, for
whatever reason, on April 1, |
1992; provided, that the contractor shall have
served |
any stated period of any license suspension or |
revocation
established by an order of the Director. |
Among those individuals or
corporations that meet the |
criteria under this item (A), priority shall be
given |
to the individual or corporation that has been without |
a valid
commercial license for the longest period of |
time.
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(B) Second, to any other individual or corporate |
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entrant who had his
specific name drawn in the public |
lottery drawing conducted by the Director
on June 27, |
1975, but was not licensed as a harvest contractor at |
that time
or thereafter.
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(C) Third, if there are insufficient license |
applicants available at
the beginning of any fishing |
year who meet the requirements for licensure
under this |
Section for the Director to issue 5 licenses, the |
Director shall
order and conduct a new public lottery |
drawing before the commencement of
the fishing year and |
shall draw the applicant list from a roster of
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qualified operators.
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(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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