Full Text of HB3749 99th General Assembly
HB3749ham002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Avery Bourne Filed: 4/8/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3749
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3749 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 20-45 as follows:
| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)
| 7 | | Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | 8 | | for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:
| 9 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | 10 | | sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | 11 | | spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110, the fee is | 12 | | $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old,
one-half of the | 13 | | current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | 14 | | older,
and, commencing with the 2012 license year, one-half | 15 | | of the current fishing license fee for resident veterans of | 16 | | the United States Armed Forces after returning from service |
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| 1 | | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United | 2 | | States. Veterans must provide, to the Department at one of | 3 | | the Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their | 4 | | service. The Department shall establish what constitutes | 5 | | suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing | 6 | | fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee.
| 7 | | (a-5) The fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be | 8 | | $1 for residents over 75 years of age. | 9 | | (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing | 10 | | device shall
obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee | 11 | | for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the | 12 | | fee for which is $14.50.
Each and every commercial device | 13 | | used shall be licensed by a resident
commercial fisherman | 14 | | as follows:
| 15 | | (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, | 16 | | of seine
the fee is $18. For each minnow seine, minnow | 17 | | trap, or net for commercial
purposes the fee is $20.
| 18 | | (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot | 19 | | line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | 20 | | is $3.
| 21 | | (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | 22 | | the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | 23 | | gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional | 24 | | lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.
These | 25 | | fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the water | 26 | | or on drying
reels on the shore.
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| 1 | | (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, | 2 | | of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.
| 3 | | (c) Residents of the State of Illinois may obtain a | 4 | | sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the | 5 | | holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as | 6 | | residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) | 7 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 8 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as
| 9 | | described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | 10 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any | 11 | | individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing | 12 | | or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination | 13 | | license fee shall be $25.50.
For residents age 65 or older, | 14 | | the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a
sportsmen's | 15 | | combination license. For resident veterans of the United | 16 | | States Armed Forces after returning from service abroad or | 17 | | mobilization by the President of the United States, the | 18 | | fee, commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of | 19 | | the fee charged for a
sportsmen's combination license. | 20 | | Veterans must provide to the Department, at one of the | 21 | | Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their | 22 | | service. The Department shall establish what constitutes | 23 | | suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing | 24 | | sportsmen's
combination licenses to resident veterans at a | 25 | | reduced fee.
| 26 | | (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices
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| 1 | | defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as defined | 2 | | in Section
10-110 the fee is $5. This license does not | 3 | | exempt the licensee from the
requirement for a salmon or | 4 | | inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for
by this | 5 | | subsection
are not required for residents of the State of | 6 | | Illinois who have obtained the
license provided for in | 7 | | subsection (a) of this Section.
| 8 | | (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | 9 | | device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | 10 | | for which shall be $50.
| 11 | | (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing | 12 | | residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a | 13 | | lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime | 14 | | sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | 15 | | holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | 16 | | residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) | 17 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 18 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as | 19 | | described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | 20 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or | 21 | | retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for | 22 | | either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either | 23 | | upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an | 24 | | individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | 25 | | privileges
rescinded. Except as provided otherwise in this | 26 | | subsection, the The lifetime hunting and fishing license |
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| 1 | | fees shall be as follows:
| 2 | | (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | 3 | | license fee.
| 4 | | (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | 5 | | license fee.
| 6 | | (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | 7 | | the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.
| 8 | | Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | 9 | | be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | 10 | | may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use of | 11 | | lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime | 12 | | license issued under this Section for violations of
those rules | 13 | | or regulations or other provisions under this Code or the
| 14 | | Wildlife Code. Individuals under 16 years of age who possess a | 15 | | lifetime
hunting or sportsmen's combination license shall have | 16 | | in their possession,
while in the field, a certificate of | 17 | | competency as required under Section
3.2 of the Wildlife Code. | 18 | | Any lifetime license issued under this Section
shall not exempt | 19 | | individuals from obtaining additional stamps or permits
| 20 | | required under the provisions of this Code or the Wildlife | 21 | | Code.
Individuals required to purchase additional stamps shall | 22 | | sign the stamps
and have them in their possession while fishing | 23 | | or hunting with a lifetime
license. All fees received from the | 24 | | issuance
of lifetime licenses shall be deposited in the Fish | 25 | | and Wildlife Endowment
Fund.
| 26 | | Commencing with the 2016 license year, resident veterans of |
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| 1 | | the United States Armed Forces shall be eligible for a lifetime | 2 | | fishing license, lifetime hunting license, and lifetime | 3 | | sportsmen's combination license for half price after returning | 4 | | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of the | 5 | | United States. | 6 | | Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this | 7 | | Section, all
licenses provided for in this Section shall expire | 8 | | on March 31 of
each year, except that the license provided for | 9 | | in subsection (d) of
this Section shall expire 24 hours after | 10 | | the effective date and time listed
on the face of the license.
| 11 | | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 12 | | license provided
for in subsection (a) or (d) of this Section | 13 | | shall be fined according to the
provisions of Section 20-35 of | 14 | | this Code.
| 15 | | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 16 | | licenses
provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this | 17 | | Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-498, eff. 4-1-12; 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13; | 19 | | 98-800, eff. 8-1-14.)".
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