95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0349

 

Introduced 1/22/2007, 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.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning conservation.
 
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,
17 63, or 64 or older or has a Class 2 disability as defined in
18 Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act shall be
19 charged only one-half of the camping fee charged to the general
20 public during the period Monday through Thursday of any week
21 and shall be charged the same camping fee as the general public
22 on all other days. For campsites with showers or electricity,
23 no camping or campsite utility fee shall be charged to any

 

 

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1 resident of Illinois who is age 65 or older for the use of a
2 campsite unit during the period Monday through Thursday of any
3 week. For campsites without access to showers or electricity,
4 no camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to
5 any resident of Illinois who has a Class 2 disability as
6 defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act.
7 For campsites without access to showers or electricity, no
8 camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any
9 resident of Illinois who is age 62 or older for the use of a
10 camp site unit during the period Monday through Thursday of any
11 week. No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be
12 charged to any resident of Illinois who is a disabled veteran
13 or a former prisoner of war, as defined in Section 5 of the
14 Department of Veterans Affairs Act. No camping fee authorized
15 by this Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois
16 after returning from service abroad or mobilization by the
17 President of the United States as an active duty member of the
18 United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the
19 Reserves of the United States Armed Forces for the amount of
20 time that the active duty member spent in service abroad or
21 mobilized if the person applies for a pass at the Department
22 office in Springfield within 2 years of returning and provides
23 verification of service or mobilization to the Department; any
24 portion of a year that the active duty member spent in service
25 abroad or mobilized shall count as a full year. Nonresidents
26 shall be charged the same fees as are authorized for the

 

 

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1 general public regardless of age. The Department shall provide
2 by regulation for suitable proof of age, or either a valid
3 driver's license or a "Golden Age Passport" issued by the
4 federal government shall be acceptable as proof of age. The
5 Department shall further provide by regulation that notice of
6 these reduced admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place
7 and manner.
8     Unless otherwise indicated, reduced Reduced fees
9 authorized in this Section shall not apply to any charge for
10 utility service.
11 (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)