94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0204


 
Introduced 01/13/05, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













20 ILCS 805/805-305
  was 20 ILCS 805/63a23







    Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.  Provides that seniors age 65 or older shall
not be
charged camping or campsite utility fees on Monday through Thursday of any
week.
Makes a conforming change.
















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    AN ACT concerning conservation. 

 
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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 Department of Natural Resources 
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(Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois 
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is amended by changing Section 805-305 as
follows:


 
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    (20 ILCS 805/805-305)  (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)

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    Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities.  The

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Department has the power to provide facilities for
overnight 
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tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing

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facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups.  
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The Department
of Natural Resources may regulate, by 
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administrative
order, the fees to be charged for tent and 
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trailer camping units at individual
park areas based upon the 
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facilities available.  However, for campsites with
access to 
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showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62, 
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63, or
64
or
older
or has a Class 2 disability as defined in 
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Section 4A of the Illinois
Identification Card Act shall be 
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charged only one-half of the camping fee
charged to the general 
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public during the period Monday through Thursday of any
week 
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and shall be charged the same camping fee as the general public 
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on all
other days. For campsites with showers or electricity, 
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no camping or campsite
utility fee
shall
be charged to any 
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resident of Illinois who is age 65 or older for the use of a

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campsite unit
during the period Monday through Thursday of any 
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week.
For campsites without access to showers or electricity, 
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no camping
fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to 
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any resident of Illinois who
has a Class 2 disability as 
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defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
Identification Card Act.  
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For campsites without access to showers or
electricity, no 
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camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any

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resident of Illinois who is age 62 or older for
the use of a 
 


 






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camp site unit during the period Monday through Thursday of any

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week.  No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be 
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charged to any
resident of Illinois who is a disabled veteran 
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or a former prisoner of
war, as defined in Section 5 of the 
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Department of Veterans Affairs Act.
Nonresidents shall be 
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charged the same fees as are authorized for the general
public 
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regardless of age.  The Department shall provide by regulation 
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for
suitable proof of age, or either a valid driver's license 
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or a "Golden Age
Passport" issued by the federal government 
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shall be acceptable as proof of
age.  The Department shall 
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further provide by regulation that notice of
these
reduced 
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admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.


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    Unless otherwise indicated, reduced
Reduced fees 
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authorized in this
Section shall not apply to any charge for

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utility service.


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(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)