94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2263

 

Introduced 1/12/2006, by Sen. Larry K. Bomke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 805/805-305   was 20 ILCS 805/63a23
515 ILCS 5/20-47
520 ILCS 5/3.1-4

    Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Fish and Aquatic Life Code, and the Wildlife Code. Removes the requirement that Illinois residents entitled to waiver of fees for camping and for fishing and hunting licenses due to qualifying military service must apply for a camping permit or a license within 2 years after returning from service. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning recreation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
5 (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
6 is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 805/805-305)  (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)
8     Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The
9 Department has the power to provide facilities for overnight
10 tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing
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 shall
21 be charged the same camping fee as the general public on all
22 other days. For campsites without access to showers or
23 electricity, no camping fee authorized by this Section shall be
24 charged to any resident of Illinois who has a Class 2
25 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
26 Identification Card Act. For campsites without access to
27 showers or electricity, no camping fee authorized by this
28 Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who is age
29 62 or older for the use of a camp site unit during the period
30 Monday through Thursday of any week. No camping fee authorized
31 by this Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois
32 who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of war, as

 

 

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1 defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.
2 No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to
3 any resident of Illinois after returning from service abroad or
4 mobilization by the President of the United States as an active
5 duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois
6 National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed
7 Forces for the amount of time that the active duty member spent
8 in service abroad or mobilized if the person applies for a pass
9 at the Department office in Springfield after within 2 years of
10 returning and provides verification of service or mobilization
11 to the Department; any portion of a year that the active duty
12 member spent in service abroad or mobilized shall count as a
13 full year. Nonresidents shall be charged the same fees as are
14 authorized for the general public regardless of age. The
15 Department shall provide by regulation for suitable proof of
16 age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden Age
17 Passport" issued by the federal government shall be acceptable
18 as proof of age. The Department shall further provide by
19 regulation that notice of these reduced admission fees be
20 posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
21     Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to
22 any charge for utility service.
23 (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
 
24     Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
25 changing Section 20-47 as follows:
 
26     (515 ILCS 5/20-47)
27     Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization
28 and service outside the United States.
29     (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by
30 the President of the United States as an active duty member of
31 the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or
32 the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois
33 resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any
34 fees required to obtain a fishing license for the time period

 

 

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1 prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois
2 resident applies for a license after within 2 years of
3 returning from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant
4 shall provide verification of service or mobilization to the
5 Department at the Department's office in Springfield.
6     (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty
7 member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the
8 applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the
9 purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty is
10 a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the
11 applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion of
12 a year served.
13     (c) The Department shall establish what constitutes
14 suitable verification of service or mobilization under
15 subsection (a) of this Section.
16 (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
 
17     Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
18 Section 3.1-4 as follows:
 
19     (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4)
20     Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization
21 and service outside the United States.
22     (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by
23 the President of the United States as an active duty member of
24 the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or
25 the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois
26 resident may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2
27 of this Code without paying any fees required to obtain a
28 hunting license for the time period prescribed by subsection
29 (b) of this Section if the Illinois resident applies for a
30 license after within 2 years of returning from service abroad
31 or mobilization. The applicant shall provide verification of
32 service or mobilization to the Department at the Department's
33 office in Springfield.
34     (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty

 

 

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1 member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the
2 applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free Deer
3 Hunting Permit as provided in Section 2.26 of this Code and
4 rules adopted pursuant to that Section, and one free State
5 Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of this determination, if the
6 period of active duty is a portion of a year (for example, one
7 year and 3 months), the applicant will be credited with a full
8 year for the portion of a year served.
9     (c) The Department shall establish what constitutes
10 suitable verification of service or mobilization under
11 subsection (a) of this Section.
12 (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.