Public Act 098-0800
 
HB4329 EnrolledLRB098 15754 MGM 50785 b


  
    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended  by 
changing Sections 20-45, 20-50, and  20-51 as follows:
 


    (515 ILCS 5/20-45)  (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)




    Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses 
for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:


        (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for 
    sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or 
    spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110, the fee is 
    $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old,
one-half of the 
    current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or 
    older,
and, commencing with the 2012 license year, one-half 
    of the current fishing license fee for  resident veterans of 
    the United States Armed Forces after returning from service 
    abroad or mobilization by the President of the United 
    States. Veterans must provide, to the Department at one of 
    the Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their 
    service. The Department shall establish what constitutes 
    suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing 
    fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee.

        (a-5) The fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be 
    $1 for residents over 75 years of age. 

        (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing 
    device shall
obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee 
    for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the 
    fee for which is $14.50.
Each and every commercial device 
    used shall be licensed by a resident
commercial fisherman 
    as follows:


            (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, 
        of seine
the fee is $18.  For each minnow seine, minnow 
        trap, or net for commercial
purposes the fee is $20.


            (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot 
        line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee 
        is $3.


            (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for 
        the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of 
        gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional 
        lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.
These 
        fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the water 
        or on drying
reels on the shore.


            (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, 
        of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.


        (c) Residents of the State of Illinois may obtain a 
    sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the 
    holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as 
    residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) 
    of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as 
    residents holding a license to hunt all species as

    described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No 
    sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any 
    individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing 
    or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination 
    license fee shall be $25.50.
For residents age 65 or older, 
    the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a
sportsmen's 
    combination license. For resident veterans of the United 
    States Armed Forces after returning from service abroad or 
    mobilization by the President of the United States, the 
    fee, commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of 
    the fee charged for a
sportsmen's combination license. 
    Veterans must provide to the Department, at one of the 
    Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their 
    service. The Department shall establish what constitutes 
    suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing 
    sportsmen's
combination licenses to resident veterans at a 
    reduced fee.


        (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices
as 
    defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as defined 
    in Section
10-110 the fee is $5. This license does not 
    exempt the licensee from the
requirement for a salmon or 
    inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for
by this 
    subsection
are not required for residents of the State of 
    Illinois who have obtained the
license provided for in 
    subsection (a) of this Section.


        (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel 
    device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee 
    for which shall be $50.


        (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing 
    residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a 
    lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime 
    sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the 
    holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as 
    residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) 
    of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as 
    residents holding a license to hunt all species as 
    described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code.  No lifetime 
    sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or 
    retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for 
    either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either 
    upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an 
    individual to have either or both fishing or hunting 
    privileges
rescinded.  The lifetime hunting and fishing 
    license fees shall be as follows:


            (1) Lifetime fishing:  30 x the current fishing 
        license fee.


            (2) Lifetime hunting:  30 x the current hunting 
        license fee.


            (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license:  30 x 
        the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.

    Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable.  A $10 fee shall 
be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license.  The Department 
may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use of 
lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime 
license issued under this Section for violations of
those rules 
or regulations or other provisions under this Code or the

Wildlife Code.  Individuals under 16 years of age who possess a 
lifetime
hunting or sportsmen's combination license shall have 
in their possession,
while in the field, a certificate of 
competency as required under Section
3.2 of the Wildlife Code.  
Any lifetime license issued under this Section
shall not exempt 
individuals from obtaining additional stamps or permits

required under the provisions of this Code or the Wildlife 
Code.
Individuals required to purchase additional stamps shall 
sign the stamps
and have them in their possession while fishing 
or hunting with a lifetime
license.  All fees received from the 
issuance
of lifetime licenses shall be deposited in the Fish 
and Wildlife Endowment
Fund.

    Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this 
Section, all
licenses provided for in this Section shall expire 
on March 31 of
each year, except that the license provided for 
in subsection (d) of
this Section shall expire 24 hours after 
the effective date and time listed
on the face of the license.

    All individuals required to have and failing to have the 
license provided
for in subsection (a) or (d) of this Section 
shall be fined according to the
provisions of Section 20-35 of 
this Code.

    All individuals required to have and failing to have the 
licenses
provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this 
Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-498, eff. 4-1-12; 
97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)

 



    (515 ILCS 5/20-50)  (from Ch. 56, par. 20-50)



    Sec. 20-50. Salmon stamp fee. The fee for a salmon stamp 
shall be $6 for
both resident and non-resident licensees. The 
fee for a salmon stamp shall be waived for residents over 75 
years of age.  Every person shall sign the salmon
stamp or affix 
the salmon stamp to his or her license.  These stamps shall

expire on March 31 of each year. All individuals required to 
have and failing
to have a salmon stamp as provided in Section 
20-10 of this Code shall be
guilty of a petty offense.

(Source: P.A. 87-833; 88-91.)

 



    (515 ILCS 5/20-51)



    Sec. 20-51. Inland trout stamp. The fee for an inland trout 
stamp shall
be $6 for both resident and nonresident licensees. 
The fee for an inland trout stamp shall be waived for residents 
over 75 years of age.  These stamps shall expire
on March 31 of 
each year.  All individuals required to have and who fail to

have an inland trout stamp, as provided in Section 20-11 of 
this Code, shall be
guilty of a petty offense.

(Source: P.A. 88-91.)

 
    Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3.2 as follows:
 


    (520 ILCS 5/3.2)  (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)




    Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. 
Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, 
incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any 
other person authorized or designated
by the Department to 
issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any 
person, the person shall file his application with the 
Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a 
form provided by the
Department and further give definite proof 
of identity and place of legal
residence.  Each clerk 
designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish 
the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the

names and mailing addresses of the agents.  Each clerk or his 
duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and 
stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was 
elected or appointed.  No duly
designated agent is authorized to 
furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other business 
establishment.  Each
application shall be executed and sworn to 
and shall set forth the name
and description of the applicant 
and place of residence.

    No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or 
after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized 
to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting 
license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a 
prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this 
Section.  Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime 
Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under 
Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not 
be entitled to hunt
unless they have a certificate of 
competency as provided in this Section and
they shall have the 
certificate in their possession while hunting.

    The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize

personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors 
to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in 
firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow 
and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout

the State.  Persons successfully completing the course shall 
receive a
certificate of competency.  The Department of Natural 
Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association 
or organization in establishing
courses if the organization has 
as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the 
handling of firearms or bow and arrow.

    The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any

person found by it
to be competent  to give instruction in the 
handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow.  The 
persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and 
upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person 
instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of 
firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow.  No charge shall
be 
made for any course of instruction except for materials or 
ammunition
consumed.  The Department of Natural Resources shall

furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety 
education programs to be distributed
free of charge to 
applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and 
authorized to issue licenses.  Funds for the conducting of

firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee 
charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.

    The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a 
resident of
Illinois is $12.  For residents age 65 or older, 
and, commencing with the 2012 license year,  resident veterans 
of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service 
abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States, 
the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a hunting license to 
hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. Veterans must 
provide to the Department, at one of the Department's 5 
regional offices, verification of their service. The 
Department shall establish what constitutes suitable 
verification of service for the purpose of issuing resident 
veterans hunting
 licenses at a reduced fee. The fee for a 
hunting license to hunt all species shall be $1 for residents 
over 75 years of age. Nonresidents shall be charged $57 for a 
hunting license.

    Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license 
for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the 
State and shall
be charged a fee of $35.

    A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a 
nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding 
and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section 3.27, 
shall be issued upon proper
application being made and payment 
of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license.  The 
expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date each 
year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area licenses 
expire.

    Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, 
regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee 
of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State Migratory 
Waterfowl Stamp shall be waived for residents over 75 years of 
age. Except as provided under
Section 20-45 of the Fish and 
Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp shall be signed by the person or 
affixed to his license
or permit in a space designated by the 
Department for that purpose.

    Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of his 
residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and shall 
receive a
stamp. The fee for a State Habitat Stamp shall be 
waived for residents over 75 years of age. Except as provided 
under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, the 
stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his license 
or
permit in a space designated by the Department for that 
purpose.

    Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require 
the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person 
in any one license year.

    The fees for State Pheasant Stamps and State Furbearer 
Stamps shall be waived for residents over 75 years of age. 
    The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting 
licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession 
of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may 
consider advisable.  The insignia shall be
exhibited and used as 
the Department may order.

    All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall 
expire upon
March 31 of each year.

    Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued 
under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his 
possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the 
officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any 
sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a 
demand for it.  This provision shall not apply to Department 
owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters 
deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's 
Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the 
hunting areas.

(Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-498, eff. 4-1-12.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.