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1 | AN ACT concerning fish.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
5 | (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
6 | Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 805/805-305) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)
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8 | Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The
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9 | Department has the power to provide facilities for
overnight | ||||||
10 | tent and trailer campsites and to provide suitable housing
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11 | 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
access to | ||||||
16 | 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 | ||||||
21 | shall be charged the same camping fee as the general public on | ||||||
22 | all
other days. For campsites without access to showers or | ||||||
23 | electricity, no camping
fee authorized by this Section shall |
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1 | be 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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3 | 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 campsite 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 veteran with a disability or a former prisoner of
war, | ||||||
10 | as defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans' Affairs | ||||||
11 | Act.
No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be | ||||||
12 | charged to any
resident of Illinois after returning from | ||||||
13 | service abroad or mobilization by the President of the United | ||||||
14 | States as an active duty member of the United States Armed | ||||||
15 | Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the | ||||||
16 | United States Armed Forces for the amount of time that the | ||||||
17 | active duty member spent in service abroad or mobilized if the | ||||||
18 | person (i) applies for a pass with at the Department office in | ||||||
19 | Springfield within 2 years after returning and provides | ||||||
20 | acceptable verification of service or mobilization to the | ||||||
21 | Department . Any or (ii) applies for a pass at a Regional Office | ||||||
22 | of the Department within 2 years after returning and provides | ||||||
23 | acceptable verification of service or mobilization to the | ||||||
24 | Department; any portion of a year that the active duty member | ||||||
25 | spent in service abroad or mobilized shall count as a full | ||||||
26 | year. The procedure by which a person may provide to the |
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1 | Department verification of service abroad or mobilization by | ||||||
2 | the President of the United States shall be set by | ||||||
3 | administrative rule. Nonresidents shall be charged the same | ||||||
4 | fees as are authorized for the general
public regardless of | ||||||
5 | age. The Department shall provide by regulation for
suitable | ||||||
6 | proof of age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden | ||||||
7 | Age
Passport" issued by the federal government shall be | ||||||
8 | acceptable as proof of
age. The Department shall further | ||||||
9 | provide by regulation that notice of
these
reduced admission | ||||||
10 | fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
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11 | Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to | ||||||
12 | any charge for
utility service.
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13 | For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable verification | ||||||
14 | of service or mobilization" means official documentation from | ||||||
15 | the Department of Defense or the appropriate Major Command | ||||||
16 | showing mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: | ||||||
17 | (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of | ||||||
18 | Military Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, | ||||||
19 | (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members | ||||||
20 | of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major | ||||||
21 | Command covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) | ||||||
22 | personnel records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any | ||||||
23 | other documentation that the Department, by administrative | ||||||
24 | rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or | ||||||
25 | service abroad. | ||||||
26 | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service |
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1 | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | ||||||
2 | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | ||||||
3 | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | ||||||
4 | States. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | ||||||
6 | 100-143, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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7 | Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | ||||||
8 | changing Sections 20-45 and 20-47 as follows:
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9 | (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)
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10 | Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | ||||||
11 | for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:
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12 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | ||||||
13 | sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | ||||||
14 | spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110, the fee is | ||||||
15 | $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old,
one-half of the | ||||||
16 | current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | ||||||
17 | older,
and, commencing with the 2012 license year, | ||||||
18 | one-half of the current fishing license fee for resident | ||||||
19 | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | ||||||
20 | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | ||||||
21 | the United States as an active duty member of the United | ||||||
22 | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | ||||||
23 | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces . Veterans must | ||||||
24 | provide , to the Department acceptable at one of the |
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1 | Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their | ||||||
2 | service. The Department shall establish by administrative | ||||||
3 | rule the procedure by which such verification of service | ||||||
4 | shall be made to the Department what constitutes suitable | ||||||
5 | verification of service for the purpose of issuing fishing | ||||||
6 | licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee.
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7 | (a-5) The fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be | ||||||
8 | $1 for residents over 75 years of age. | ||||||
9 | (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing | ||||||
10 | device shall
obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee | ||||||
11 | for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the | ||||||
12 | fee for which is $14.50.
Each and every commercial device | ||||||
13 | used shall be licensed by a resident
commercial fisherman | ||||||
14 | as follows:
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15 | (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | ||||||
16 | thereof, of seine
the fee is $18. For each minnow | ||||||
17 | seine, minnow trap, or net for commercial
purposes the | ||||||
18 | fee is $20.
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19 | (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot | ||||||
20 | line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | ||||||
21 | is $3.
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22 | (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | ||||||
23 | the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | ||||||
24 | gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional | ||||||
25 | lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.
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26 | These fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the |
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1 | water or on drying
reels on the shore.
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2 | (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | ||||||
3 | thereof, of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.
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4 | (c) Residents of the State of Illinois may obtain a | ||||||
5 | sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the | ||||||
6 | holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as | ||||||
7 | residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) | ||||||
8 | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | ||||||
9 | residents holding a license to hunt all species as
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10 | described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | ||||||
11 | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any | ||||||
12 | individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing | ||||||
13 | or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination | ||||||
14 | license fee shall be $25.50.
For residents age 65 or | ||||||
15 | older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a
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16 | sportsmen's combination license. For resident veterans of | ||||||
17 | the United States Armed Forces after returning from | ||||||
18 | service abroad or mobilization by the President of the | ||||||
19 | United States as an active duty member of the United | ||||||
20 | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | ||||||
21 | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces , the fee, | ||||||
22 | commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of the | ||||||
23 | fee charged for a
sportsmen's combination license. | ||||||
24 | Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable , at | ||||||
25 | one of the Department's 5 regional offices, verification | ||||||
26 | of their service. The Department shall establish by |
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1 | administrative rule the procedure by which such what | ||||||
2 | constitutes suitable verification of service shall be made | ||||||
3 | to the Department for the purpose of issuing sportsmen's
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4 | combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | ||||||
5 | fee.
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6 | (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices
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7 | as defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as | ||||||
8 | defined in Section
10-110 the fee is $5. This license does | ||||||
9 | not exempt the licensee from the
requirement for a salmon | ||||||
10 | or inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for
by this | ||||||
11 | subsection
are not required for residents of the State of | ||||||
12 | Illinois who have obtained the
license provided for in | ||||||
13 | subsection (a) of this Section.
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14 | (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | ||||||
15 | device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | ||||||
16 | for which shall be $50.
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17 | (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing | ||||||
18 | residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a | ||||||
19 | lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime | ||||||
20 | sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | ||||||
21 | holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | ||||||
22 | residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) | ||||||
23 | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | ||||||
24 | residents holding a license to hunt all species as | ||||||
25 | described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | ||||||
26 | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or |
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1 | retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for | ||||||
2 | either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either | ||||||
3 | upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an | ||||||
4 | individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | ||||||
5 | privileges
rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing | ||||||
6 | license fees shall be as follows:
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7 | (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | ||||||
8 | license fee.
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9 | (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | ||||||
10 | license fee.
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11 | (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | ||||||
12 | the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.
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13 | Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | ||||||
14 | be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | ||||||
15 | may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use | ||||||
16 | of lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime | ||||||
17 | license issued under this Section for violations of
those | ||||||
18 | rules or regulations or other provisions under this Code or | ||||||
19 | the
Wildlife Code. Individuals under 16 years of age who | ||||||
20 | possess a lifetime
hunting or sportsmen's combination license | ||||||
21 | shall have in their possession,
while in the field, a | ||||||
22 | certificate of competency as required under Section
3.2 of the | ||||||
23 | Wildlife Code. Any lifetime license issued under this Section
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24 | shall not exempt individuals from obtaining additional stamps | ||||||
25 | or permits
required under the provisions of this Code or the | ||||||
26 | Wildlife Code.
Individuals required to purchase additional |
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1 | stamps shall sign the stamps
and have them in their possession | ||||||
2 | while fishing or hunting with a lifetime
license. All fees | ||||||
3 | received from the issuance
of lifetime licenses shall be | ||||||
4 | deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Endowment
Fund.
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5 | Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this | ||||||
6 | Section, all
licenses provided for in this Section shall | ||||||
7 | expire on March 31 of
each year, except that the license | ||||||
8 | provided for in subsection (d) of
this Section shall expire 24 | ||||||
9 | hours after the effective date and time listed
on the face of | ||||||
10 | the license.
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11 | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | ||||||
12 | license provided
for in subsection (a) or (d) of this Section | ||||||
13 | shall be fined according to the
provisions of Section 20-35 of | ||||||
14 | this Code.
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15 | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | ||||||
16 | licenses
provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this | ||||||
17 | Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.
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18 | (g) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | ||||||
19 | verification" means official documentation from the Department | ||||||
20 | of Defense
or the appropriate Major Command showing | ||||||
21 | mobilization dates or service abroad
dates, including: (i) a | ||||||
22 | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of
Military | ||||||
23 | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | ||||||
24 | letter
from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | ||||||
25 | Armed Forces Reserve,
(iv) a letter from the Major Command | ||||||
26 | covering Illinois for active duty
members, (v) personnel |
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1 | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any
other | ||||||
2 | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | ||||||
3 | deems
acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | ||||||
4 | abroad. | ||||||
5 | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | ||||||
6 | abroad" means active
duty service outside of the 50 United | ||||||
7 | States and the District of Columbia, and
includes all active | ||||||
8 | duty service in territories and possessions of the United
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9 | States. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 97-498, eff. 4-1-12; 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13; | ||||||
11 | 98-800, eff. 8-1-14.)
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12 | (515 ILCS 5/20-47)
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13 | Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization | ||||||
14 | and service outside the United States. | ||||||
15 | (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | ||||||
16 | the President of the United States as an active duty member of | ||||||
17 | the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, | ||||||
18 | or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | ||||||
19 | resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any | ||||||
20 | fees required to obtain a fishing license for the time period | ||||||
21 | prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois | ||||||
22 | resident applies for a license within 2 years after returning | ||||||
23 | from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant shall | ||||||
24 | provide acceptable verification of service or mobilization to | ||||||
25 | the Department . The Department shall establish by
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1 | administrative rule the procedure by which such verification | ||||||
2 | of service
shall be made to the Department for the purpose of | ||||||
3 | issuing fishing licenses
to resident active duty members of | ||||||
4 | the United States Armed Forces, the
Illinois National Guard, | ||||||
5 | or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces either at the | ||||||
6 | Department's office in Springfield or at a Regional Office of | ||||||
7 | the Department . | ||||||
8 | (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | ||||||
9 | member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
10 | applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the | ||||||
11 | purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty | ||||||
12 | is a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), | ||||||
13 | the applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion | ||||||
14 | of a year served. | ||||||
15 | (c) (Blank).
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16 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | ||||||
17 | verification of service or mobilization" means official | ||||||
18 | documentation from the Department of Defense or the | ||||||
19 | appropriate Major Command showing mobilization dates or | ||||||
20 | service abroad dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter | ||||||
21 | from the Illinois Department of Military Affairs for members | ||||||
22 | of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a letter from the | ||||||
23 | Regional Reserve Command for members of the Armed Forces | ||||||
24 | Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command covering | ||||||
25 | Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel records for | ||||||
26 | mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other documentation |
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1 | that the Department, by administrative rule, deems acceptable | ||||||
2 | to establish dates of mobilization or service abroad. | ||||||
3 | (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | ||||||
4 | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | ||||||
5 | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | ||||||
6 | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | ||||||
7 | States. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 96-1014, eff. 1-1-11.) | ||||||
9 | Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
10 | Sections 3.1-4 and 3.2 as follows: | ||||||
11 | (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization | ||||||
13 | and service outside the United States. | ||||||
14 | (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | ||||||
15 | the President of the United States as an active duty member of | ||||||
16 | the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, | ||||||
17 | or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | ||||||
18 | resident may hunt and trap any of the species protected by | ||||||
19 | Section 2.2 of this Code without paying any fees required to | ||||||
20 | obtain a hunting license or a trapping license for the time | ||||||
21 | period prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the | ||||||
22 | Illinois resident applies for a license within 2 years after | ||||||
23 | returning from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant | ||||||
24 | shall provide acceptable verification of service or |
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1 | mobilization to the Department . The Department shall establish | ||||||
2 | by
administrative rule the procedure by which such | ||||||
3 | verification of service
shall be made to the Department for | ||||||
4 | the purpose of issuing a license either at the Department's | ||||||
5 | office in Springfield or at a Regional Office of the | ||||||
6 | Department . | ||||||
7 | (b) For each year that an applicant served as is an active | ||||||
8 | duty member of the
United States Armed Forces, the Illinois | ||||||
9 | National Guard, or the Reserves of
the United States Armed | ||||||
10 | Forces and served abroad or was mobilized by the
President of | ||||||
11 | the United States pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, | ||||||
12 | the applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free | ||||||
13 | trapping license, one free Deer Hunting Permit as provided in | ||||||
14 | Section 2.26 of this Code and rules adopted pursuant to that | ||||||
15 | Section, and one free State Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of | ||||||
16 | this determination, if the period of active duty is a portion | ||||||
17 | of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the applicant | ||||||
18 | will be credited with a full year for the portion of a year | ||||||
19 | served. | ||||||
20 | (c) (Blank).
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21 | (c-5) An Illinois resident veteran may obtain an Illinois | ||||||
22 | Hunter Education card if he or she completes the online study | ||||||
23 | section of the Illinois Hunter Education program and provides | ||||||
24 | the Department with acceptable verification of service or | ||||||
25 | mobilization. | ||||||
26 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable |
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1 | verification of service or mobilization" means official | ||||||
2 | documentation from the Department of Defense or the | ||||||
3 | appropriate Major Command showing mobilization dates or | ||||||
4 | service abroad dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter | ||||||
5 | from the Illinois Department of Military Affairs for members | ||||||
6 | of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a letter from the | ||||||
7 | Regional Reserve Command for members of the Armed Forces | ||||||
8 | Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command covering | ||||||
9 | Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel records for | ||||||
10 | mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other documentation | ||||||
11 | that the Department, by administrative rule, deems acceptable | ||||||
12 | to establish dates of mobilization or service abroad. | ||||||
13 | (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | ||||||
14 | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | ||||||
15 | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | ||||||
16 | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | ||||||
17 | States. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 102-524, eff. 8-20-21.)
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19 | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
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20 | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | ||||||
21 | Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, | ||||||
22 | incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any | ||||||
23 | other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | ||||||
24 | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | ||||||
25 | person, the person shall file his application with the |
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1 | Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | ||||||
2 | form provided by the
Department and further give definite | ||||||
3 | proof of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | ||||||
4 | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | ||||||
5 | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
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6 | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | ||||||
7 | duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | ||||||
8 | stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | ||||||
9 | elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized | ||||||
10 | to furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other | ||||||
11 | business establishment. Each
application shall be executed and | ||||||
12 | sworn to and shall set forth the name
and description of the | ||||||
13 | applicant and place of residence.
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14 | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | ||||||
15 | after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | ||||||
16 | to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | ||||||
17 | license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | ||||||
18 | prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | ||||||
19 | Section. Persons under 18 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime | ||||||
20 | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | ||||||
21 | Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | ||||||
22 | be entitled to hunt alone, without the supervision of an adult | ||||||
23 | age 21 or older,
unless they have a certificate of competency | ||||||
24 | as provided in this Section and
the certificate is in their | ||||||
25 | possession while hunting.
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26 | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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1 | personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | ||||||
2 | to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | ||||||
3 | firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | ||||||
4 | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
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5 | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | ||||||
6 | receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | ||||||
7 | Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | ||||||
8 | or organization in establishing
courses if the organization | ||||||
9 | has as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | ||||||
10 | handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
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11 | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
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12 | person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the | ||||||
13 | handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | ||||||
14 | persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | ||||||
15 | upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | ||||||
16 | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | ||||||
17 | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | ||||||
18 | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | ||||||
19 | ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
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20 | furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety | ||||||
21 | education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | ||||||
22 | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and | ||||||
23 | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
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24 | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | ||||||
25 | charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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26 | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a |
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1 | resident of
Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | ||||||
2 | and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | ||||||
3 | of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | ||||||
4 | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States | ||||||
5 | as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the | ||||||
6 | Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States | ||||||
7 | Armed Forces , the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a | ||||||
8 | hunting license to hunt all species for a resident of
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9 | Illinois. Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable , | ||||||
10 | at one of the Department's 5 regional offices, verification of | ||||||
11 | their service. The Department shall establish by | ||||||
12 | administrative rule the procedure by which such verification | ||||||
13 | of service shall be made to the Department what constitutes | ||||||
14 | suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing | ||||||
15 | resident veterans hunting
licenses at a reduced fee. The fee | ||||||
16 | for a hunting license to hunt all species shall be $1 for | ||||||
17 | residents over 75 years of age. Nonresidents shall be charged | ||||||
18 | $57 for a hunting license.
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19 | Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | ||||||
20 | for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | ||||||
21 | State and shall
be charged a fee of $35.
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22 | A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | ||||||
23 | nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | ||||||
24 | and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section | ||||||
25 | 3.27, shall be issued upon proper
application being made and | ||||||
26 | payment of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. |
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1 | The expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date | ||||||
2 | each year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area | ||||||
3 | licenses expire.
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4 | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | ||||||
5 | regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a | ||||||
6 | fee of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State | ||||||
7 | Migratory Waterfowl Stamp shall be waived for residents over | ||||||
8 | 75 years of age. Except as provided under
Section 20-45 of the | ||||||
9 | Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp shall be signed by the | ||||||
10 | person or affixed to his license
or permit in a space | ||||||
11 | designated by the Department for that purpose.
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12 | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of | ||||||
13 | his residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and | ||||||
14 | shall receive a
stamp. The fee for a State Habitat Stamp shall | ||||||
15 | be waived for residents over 75 years of age. Except as | ||||||
16 | provided under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life
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17 | Code, the stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his | ||||||
18 | license or
permit in a space designated by the Department for | ||||||
19 | that purpose.
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20 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | ||||||
21 | the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | ||||||
22 | in any one license year.
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23 | The fees for State Pheasant Stamps and State Furbearer | ||||||
24 | Stamps shall be waived for residents over 75 years of age. | ||||||
25 | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | ||||||
26 | licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession |
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1 | of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | ||||||
2 | consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used | ||||||
3 | as the Department may order.
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4 | All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | ||||||
5 | expire upon
March 31 of each year.
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6 | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | ||||||
7 | under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | ||||||
8 | possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | ||||||
9 | officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any | ||||||
10 | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a | ||||||
11 | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | ||||||
12 | owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | ||||||
13 | deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | ||||||
14 | Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | ||||||
15 | hunting areas.
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16 | For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | ||||||
17 | verification" means official documentation from the Department | ||||||
18 | of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing | ||||||
19 | mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a | ||||||
20 | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military | ||||||
21 | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | ||||||
22 | letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | ||||||
23 | Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | ||||||
24 | covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | ||||||
25 | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | ||||||
26 | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, |
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1 | deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | ||||||
2 | abroad. | ||||||
3 | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | ||||||
4 | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | ||||||
5 | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | ||||||
6 | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | ||||||
7 | States. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 100-638, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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