Full Text of HB1459 94th General Assembly
HB1459 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1459
Introduced 02/10/05, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia - Donald L. Moffitt - Michael P. McAuliffe - Lisa M. Dugan - Jim Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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515 ILCS 5/20-5 |
from Ch. 56, par. 20-5 |
520 ILCS 5/3.1-2 |
from Ch. 61, par. 3.1-2 |
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Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code. Allows all veterans (now, only certain disabled veterans) to fish and hunt during times allowed without being required to have a license.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning husbandry.
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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 Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 20-5 as follows:
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| (515 ILCS 5/20-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-5)
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| Sec. 20-5. Necessity of license; exemptions.
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| (a) Any person taking or attempting to take any fish,
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| including minnows for commercial purposes, turtles, mussels, | 10 |
| crayfish, or
frogs by any means whatever in any waters or lands | 11 |
| wholly or in part
within the jurisdiction of the State, | 12 |
| including that part of Lake
Michigan under the jurisdiction of | 13 |
| this State, shall first obtain a
license to do so, and shall do | 14 |
| so only during the respective
periods of the year when it shall | 15 |
| be lawful as provided in this Code.
Individuals under 16, blind | 16 |
| or disabled residents, or individuals fishing at
fee fishing | 17 |
| areas licensed by the Department, however, may fish with sport
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| fishing devices without being required to have a license. For | 19 |
| the purpose of this
Section
an individual is blind or disabled | 20 |
| if that individual has a Class 2 disability
as defined in | 21 |
| Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act. For | 22 |
| purposes
of this Section an Illinois Disabled Person | 23 |
| Identification Card issued under
the Illinois Identification | 24 |
| Card Act indicating that the individual named on
the card has a | 25 |
| Class 2 disability shall be adequate documentation of a
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| disability.
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| (b) A courtesy non-resident sport fishing license or stamp | 28 |
| may be issued
at
the discretion of the Director, without fee, | 29 |
| to (i) any individual officially
employed in the wildlife and | 30 |
| fish or conservation department of another
state or of the | 31 |
| United States who is within the State to assist or
consult or | 32 |
| cooperate with the Director or (ii) the officials of other
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| states, the United States, foreign countries, or officers or
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| representatives of conservation organizations or publications | 3 |
| while in
the State as guests of the Governor or Director.
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| (c) The Director may issue special fishing permits without | 5 |
| cost to
groups of hospital patients or handicapped individuals | 6 |
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use on specified dates in connection with supervised | 7 |
| fishing for therapy.
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| (d) Veterans who, according to the determination of the | 9 |
| Veterans'
Administration as certified by the Department of | 10 |
| Veterans' Affairs, are at
least 10% disabled with | 11 |
| service-related disabilities or in receipt of total
disability | 12 |
| pensions may fish with sport fishing devices
during those | 13 |
| periods of
the year it is lawful to do so without being | 14 |
| required to have a license,
on the condition that any
their | 15 |
| respective disabilities do not prevent them
from fishing in a | 16 |
| manner which is safe to themselves and others.
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| (e) Each year the Director may designate a period, not to | 18 |
| exceed 4 days
in duration, when sport fishermen may fish waters | 19 |
| wholly or in
part within the
jurisdiction of the State, | 20 |
| including that part of Lake Michigan under the
jurisdiction of | 21 |
| the State, and not be required to obtain the license or
stamp | 22 |
| required by subsection (a) of this Section, Section 20-10 or
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| subsection (a) of Section 20-55. The term of any such period | 24 |
| shall be
established by administrative rule.
This subsection | 25 |
| shall not apply to commercial fishing.
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| (f) The Director may issue special fishing permits without | 27 |
| cost for a
group event, restricted to specific dates and | 28 |
| locations if it is determined by
the Department that the event | 29 |
| is beneficial in promoting sport fishing in
Illinois.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96; 90-743, eff. 1-1-99.)
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| Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 32 |
| Section 3.1-2 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.1-2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.1-2)
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| Sec. 3.1-2. Veterans who, according to the determination of |
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| the Veterans'
Administration as certified by the Department of | 2 |
| Veterans' Affairs, are
at least 10% disabled with | 3 |
| service-related disabilities or in receipt of
total disability | 4 |
| pensions may hunt any of the species protected by Section
2.2, | 5 |
| during such times, with such devices and by such methods as are | 6 |
| permitted
by this Act, without procuring hunting licenses, on | 7 |
| the condition that any
their
respective disabilities do not | 8 |
| prevent them from hunting in a manner which
is safe to | 9 |
| themselves and others.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-58.)
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