102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1817

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
515 ILCS 5/20-120  from Ch. 56, par. 20-120

    Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Increases the fee that may be added to certain license fees from $.75 to $1.50 in the case of a Sportsmen's Combination License or nonresident hunting license, and from $.50 to $1.00 in the case of all other licenses, permits, and stamps.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning fish.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
5changing Section 20-120 as follows:
 
6    (515 ILCS 5/20-120)  (from Ch. 56, par. 20-120)
7    Sec. 20-120. Designation of agents; liability; bond. The
8Department of Natural Resources has the authority to designate
9agents to sell licenses, stamps, and permits on behalf of the
10Department. Any person receiving licenses from the Department
11for sale as provided in this Section (i) shall execute and
12deliver receipts for the licenses; (ii) shall, on dates
13specified by the Department, report in writing to the
14Department the number and kinds of licenses sold; and (iii)
15shall, with the report, make remittance to the Department
16covering the amounts due it from the sales. Failure on the part
17of any clerk or agent to fully comply with the provisions of
18this Code, including administrative rules, shall be
19justification for the Department to cancel or withdraw the
20issuance of licenses through that clerk or agent. A salmon
21stamp shall be deemed a license for the purposes of this
22Section.
23    (a) Any person appointed or designated by the Department

 

 

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1including any county, city, village, township, or incorporated
2town clerk issuing licenses provided for in this Code may add
3the fees provided in paragraph (b) as the fee for issuing the
4licenses. These clerks, however, shall remit to the treasurer
5of the political subdivision of which he or she is an officer
6or employee, the added fees or any portion of the added fees he
7or she collects provided in paragraph (b). Issuing fees may be
8divided between the clerks and their appointed subagents other
9than employees of the clerk's office, but in no case may any
10clerk or subagent charge an issuing fee or fees totaling more
11than the issuing fee set out in this Section.
12    (b) Any person authorized to issue licenses under
13subsection (a) may add to the license fee a fee of $1.50 $.75
14in the case of Sportsmen's Combination Licenses or nonresident
15hunting licenses, and $1.00 $.50 in the case of all other
16licenses, permits, and stamps.
17    (c) No person or subagent of any county, city, village,
18township, or incorporated town clerk may charge a service fee
19for issuing licenses provided for in this Code, and the
20charging of fees for issuing licenses in excess of the fees
21authorized is a petty offense. Any person authorized to issue
22licenses by telephone and electronic transmission or incurring
23costs for customer convenience may charge in addition to the
24"issuing fee" authorized by this Section a fee not to exceed an
25amount set by the Department, by administrative rule, to cover
26the transaction cost.

 

 

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1    (d) All fees, less issuing fees, collected from the sale
2of licenses and permits and not remitted to the Department as
3provided in this Section shall be deemed to have been
4embezzled and the person or officer responsible for the
5remittance is subject to prosecution. No person handling or
6selling licenses is required to remit for any license now or
7hereafter stolen, by means of forcible entry, or destroyed by
8a fire in the premises where the licenses are kept, if he or
9she submits an affidavit to the Department describing the
10circumstances of the theft or cause of the destruction and
11listing in the affidavit the type and numbers of the licenses
12so stolen or destroyed.
13    (e) Within 30 days after the expiration of the time in
14which any class of license is usable, payment for licenses
15sold shall be made in full to the Department and persons
16possessing unused license forms shall return them to the
17Department prepaid.
18    (f) No person is permitted to make deductions from
19remittances sent to the Department for postage or for the cost
20of, or fees for, drafts or money orders.
21    (g) Any county, city, village, township, or incorporated
22town clerk handling or selling licenses as provided in this
23Section is liable to the State personally. All other persons
24designated or appointed by the Department to handle or sell
25licenses as provided in this Section shall, before receiving
26any licenses for sale, file with the Department a bond in an

 

 

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1amount specified by the Department on a form to be approved by
2and with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the Department
3conditioned upon the person or persons paying to the State of
4Illinois all monies becoming due by reason of the sale of the
5licenses.
6    (h) No person shall falsify, alter, or change in any
7manner, or loan or transfer to another, any license, permit,
8or tag issued under this Section or falsify any records
9required by this Code or counterfeit or duplicate any form of
10license, permit, or tag provided for by this Code. Any person
11who violates this subsection shall be subject to the penalty
12provisions of Section 20-35 of this Code.
13(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-225, eff. 7-25-97;
1490-743, eff. 1-1-99.)