Full Text of HB4680 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning fish.
| 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 | 6 | | Illinois 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 campsites 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 | 21 | | shall be charged the same camping fee as the general public on | 22 | | all
other days. For campsites without access to showers or | 23 | | electricity, no camping
fee authorized by this Section shall |
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| 1 | | be charged to any resident of Illinois who
has a Class 2 | 2 | | disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
| 3 | | Identification Card Act. For campsites without access to | 4 | | showers or
electricity, no camping fee authorized by this | 5 | | Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois who is age | 6 | | 62 or older for
the use of a campsite unit during the period | 7 | | Monday through Thursday of any
week. No camping fee authorized | 8 | | by this Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois | 9 | | who is a veteran with a disability or a former prisoner of
war, | 10 | | as defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans' Affairs | 11 | | Act.
No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be | 12 | | charged to any
resident of Illinois after returning from | 13 | | service abroad or mobilization by the President of the United | 14 | | States as an active duty member of the United States Armed | 15 | | Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the | 16 | | United States Armed Forces for the amount of time that the | 17 | | active duty member spent in service abroad or mobilized if the | 18 | | person (i) applies for a pass with at the Department office in | 19 | | Springfield within 2 years after returning and provides | 20 | | acceptable verification of service or mobilization to the | 21 | | Department . Any or (ii) applies for a pass at a Regional Office | 22 | | of the Department within 2 years after returning and provides | 23 | | acceptable verification of service or mobilization to the | 24 | | Department; any portion of a year that the active duty member | 25 | | spent in service abroad or mobilized shall count as a full | 26 | | year. The procedure by which a person may provide to the |
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| 1 | | Department verification of service abroad or mobilization by | 2 | | the President of the United States shall be set by | 3 | | administrative rule. Nonresidents shall be charged the same | 4 | | fees as are authorized for the general
public regardless of | 5 | | age. The Department shall provide by regulation for
suitable | 6 | | proof of age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden | 7 | | Age
Passport" issued by the federal government shall be | 8 | | acceptable as proof of
age. The Department shall further | 9 | | provide by regulation that notice of
these
reduced admission | 10 | | fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
| 11 | | Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to | 12 | | any charge for
utility service.
| 13 | | For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable verification | 14 | | of service or mobilization" means official documentation from | 15 | | the Department of Defense or the appropriate Major Command | 16 | | showing mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: | 17 | | (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of | 18 | | Military Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, | 19 | | (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members | 20 | | of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major | 21 | | Command covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) | 22 | | personnel records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any | 23 | | other documentation that the Department, by administrative | 24 | | rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or | 25 | | service abroad. | 26 | | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service |
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| 1 | | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | 2 | | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | 3 | | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | 4 | | States. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | 6 | | 100-143, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 7 | | Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 8 | | changing Sections 20-45 and 20-47 as follows:
| 9 | | (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)
| 10 | | Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | 11 | | for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:
| 12 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | 13 | | sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | 14 | | spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110, the fee is | 15 | | $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old,
one-half of the | 16 | | current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | 17 | | older,
and, commencing with the 2012 license year, | 18 | | one-half of the current fishing license fee for resident | 19 | | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | 20 | | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | 21 | | the United States as an active duty member of the United | 22 | | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | 23 | | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces . Veterans must | 24 | | provide , to the Department acceptable at one of the |
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| 1 | | Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their | 2 | | service. The Department shall establish by administrative | 3 | | rule the procedure by which such verification of service | 4 | | shall be made to the Department what constitutes suitable | 5 | | verification of service for the purpose of issuing fishing | 6 | | 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 | 16 | | thereof, of seine
the fee is $18. For each minnow | 17 | | seine, minnow trap, or net for commercial
purposes the | 18 | | fee is $20.
| 19 | | (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot | 20 | | line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | 21 | | is $3.
| 22 | | (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | 23 | | the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | 24 | | gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional | 25 | | lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.
| 26 | | These fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the |
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| 1 | | water or on drying
reels on the shore.
| 2 | | (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | 3 | | thereof, of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.
| 4 | | (c) Residents of the State of Illinois may obtain a | 5 | | sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the | 6 | | holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as | 7 | | residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) | 8 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 9 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as
| 10 | | described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | 11 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any | 12 | | individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing | 13 | | or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination | 14 | | license fee shall be $25.50.
For residents age 65 or | 15 | | older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a
| 16 | | sportsmen's combination license. For resident veterans of | 17 | | the United States Armed Forces after returning from | 18 | | service abroad or mobilization by the President of the | 19 | | United States as an active duty member of the United | 20 | | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | 21 | | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces , the fee, | 22 | | commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of the | 23 | | fee charged for a
sportsmen's combination license. | 24 | | Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable , at | 25 | | one of the Department's 5 regional offices, verification | 26 | | of their service. The Department shall establish by |
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| 1 | | administrative rule the procedure by which such what | 2 | | constitutes suitable verification of service shall be made | 3 | | to the Department for the purpose of issuing sportsmen's
| 4 | | combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | 5 | | fee.
| 6 | | (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices
| 7 | | as defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as | 8 | | defined in Section
10-110 the fee is $5. This license does | 9 | | not exempt the licensee from the
requirement for a salmon | 10 | | or inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for
by this | 11 | | subsection
are not required for residents of the State of | 12 | | Illinois who have obtained the
license provided for in | 13 | | subsection (a) of this Section.
| 14 | | (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | 15 | | device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | 16 | | for which shall be $50.
| 17 | | (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing | 18 | | residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a | 19 | | lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime | 20 | | sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | 21 | | holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | 22 | | residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) | 23 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 24 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as | 25 | | described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | 26 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or |
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| 1 | | retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for | 2 | | either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either | 3 | | upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an | 4 | | individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | 5 | | privileges
rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing | 6 | | license fees shall be as follows:
| 7 | | (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | 8 | | license fee.
| 9 | | (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | 10 | | license fee.
| 11 | | (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | 12 | | the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.
| 13 | | Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | 14 | | be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | 15 | | may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use | 16 | | of lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime | 17 | | license issued under this Section for violations of
those | 18 | | rules or regulations or other provisions under this Code or | 19 | | the
Wildlife Code. Individuals under 16 years of age who | 20 | | possess a lifetime
hunting or sportsmen's combination license | 21 | | shall have in their possession,
while in the field, a | 22 | | certificate of competency as required under Section
3.2 of the | 23 | | Wildlife Code. Any lifetime license issued under this Section
| 24 | | shall not exempt individuals from obtaining additional stamps | 25 | | or permits
required under the provisions of this Code or the | 26 | | Wildlife Code.
Individuals required to purchase additional |
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| 1 | | stamps shall sign the stamps
and have them in their possession | 2 | | while fishing or hunting with a lifetime
license. All fees | 3 | | received from the issuance
of lifetime licenses shall be | 4 | | deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Endowment
Fund.
| 5 | | Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this | 6 | | Section, all
licenses provided for in this Section shall | 7 | | expire on March 31 of
each year, except that the license | 8 | | provided for in subsection (d) of
this Section shall expire 24 | 9 | | hours after the effective date and time listed
on the face of | 10 | | 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 | | (g) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | 19 | | verification" means official documentation from the Department | 20 | | of Defense
or the appropriate Major Command showing | 21 | | mobilization dates or service abroad
dates, including: (i) a | 22 | | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of
Military | 23 | | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | 24 | | letter
from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | 25 | | Armed Forces Reserve,
(iv) a letter from the Major Command | 26 | | covering Illinois for active duty
members, (v) personnel |
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| 1 | | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any
other | 2 | | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | 3 | | deems
acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | 4 | | abroad. | 5 | | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | 6 | | abroad" means active
duty service outside of the 50 United | 7 | | States and the District of Columbia, and
includes all active | 8 | | duty service in territories and possessions of the United
| 9 | | States. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 97-498, eff. 4-1-12; 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13; | 11 | | 98-800, eff. 8-1-14.)
| 12 | | (515 ILCS 5/20-47)
| 13 | | Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization | 14 | | and service outside the United States. | 15 | | (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | 16 | | the President of the United States as an active duty member of | 17 | | the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, | 18 | | or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | 19 | | resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any | 20 | | fees required to obtain a fishing license for the time period | 21 | | prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois | 22 | | resident applies for a license within 2 years after returning | 23 | | from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant shall | 24 | | provide acceptable verification of service or mobilization to | 25 | | the Department . The Department shall establish by
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| 1 | | administrative rule the procedure by which such verification | 2 | | of service
shall be made to the Department for the purpose of | 3 | | issuing fishing licenses
to resident active duty members of | 4 | | the United States Armed Forces, the
Illinois National Guard, | 5 | | or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces either at the | 6 | | Department's office in Springfield or at a Regional Office of | 7 | | the Department . | 8 | | (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | 9 | | member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the | 10 | | applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the | 11 | | purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty | 12 | | is a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), | 13 | | the applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion | 14 | | of a year served. | 15 | | (c) (Blank).
| 16 | | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | 17 | | verification of service or mobilization" means official | 18 | | documentation from the Department of Defense or the | 19 | | appropriate Major Command showing mobilization dates or | 20 | | service abroad dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter | 21 | | from the Illinois Department of Military Affairs for members | 22 | | of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a letter from the | 23 | | Regional Reserve Command for members of the Armed Forces | 24 | | Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command covering | 25 | | Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel records for | 26 | | mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other documentation |
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| 1 | | that the Department, by administrative rule, deems acceptable | 2 | | to establish dates of mobilization or service abroad. | 3 | | (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | 4 | | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | 5 | | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | 6 | | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | 7 | | States. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1014, eff. 1-1-11.) | 9 | | Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 10 | | Sections 3.1-4 and 3.2 as follows: | 11 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4) | 12 | | Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization | 13 | | and service outside the United States. | 14 | | (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | 15 | | the President of the United States as an active duty member of | 16 | | the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, | 17 | | or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | 18 | | resident may hunt and trap any of the species protected by | 19 | | Section 2.2 of this Code without paying any fees required to | 20 | | obtain a hunting license or a trapping license for the time | 21 | | period prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the | 22 | | Illinois resident applies for a license within 2 years after | 23 | | returning from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant | 24 | | shall provide acceptable verification of service or |
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| 1 | | mobilization to the Department . The Department shall establish | 2 | | by
administrative rule the procedure by which such | 3 | | verification of service
shall be made to the Department for | 4 | | the purpose of issuing a license either at the Department's | 5 | | office in Springfield or at a Regional Office of the | 6 | | Department . | 7 | | (b) For each year that an applicant served as is an active | 8 | | duty member of the
United States Armed Forces, the Illinois | 9 | | National Guard, or the Reserves of
the United States Armed | 10 | | Forces and served abroad or was mobilized by the
President of | 11 | | the United States pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, | 12 | | the applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free | 13 | | trapping license, one free Deer Hunting Permit as provided in | 14 | | Section 2.26 of this Code and rules adopted pursuant to that | 15 | | Section, and one free State Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of | 16 | | this determination, if the period of active duty is a portion | 17 | | of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the applicant | 18 | | will be credited with a full year for the portion of a year | 19 | | served. | 20 | | (c) (Blank).
| 21 | | (c-5) An Illinois resident veteran may obtain an Illinois | 22 | | Hunter Education card if he or she completes the online study | 23 | | section of the Illinois Hunter Education program and provides | 24 | | the Department with acceptable verification of service or | 25 | | mobilization. | 26 | | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable |
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| 1 | | verification of service or mobilization" means official | 2 | | documentation from the Department of Defense or the | 3 | | appropriate Major Command showing mobilization dates or | 4 | | service abroad dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter | 5 | | from the Illinois Department of Military Affairs for members | 6 | | of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a letter from the | 7 | | Regional Reserve Command for members of the Armed Forces | 8 | | Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command covering | 9 | | Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel records for | 10 | | mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other documentation | 11 | | that the Department, by administrative rule, deems acceptable | 12 | | to establish dates of mobilization or service abroad. | 13 | | (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | 14 | | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | 15 | | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | 16 | | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | 17 | | States. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 102-524, eff. 8-20-21.)
| 19 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
| 20 | | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | 21 | | Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, | 22 | | incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any | 23 | | other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | 24 | | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | 25 | | person, the person shall file his application with the |
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| 1 | | Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | 2 | | form provided by the
Department and further give definite | 3 | | proof of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | 4 | | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | 5 | | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
| 6 | | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | 7 | | duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | 8 | | stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | 9 | | elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized | 10 | | to furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other | 11 | | business establishment. Each
application shall be executed and | 12 | | sworn to and shall set forth the name
and description of the | 13 | | applicant and place of residence.
| 14 | | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | 15 | | after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | 16 | | to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | 17 | | license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | 18 | | prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | 19 | | Section. Persons under 18 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime | 20 | | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | 21 | | Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | 22 | | be entitled to hunt alone, without the supervision of an adult | 23 | | age 21 or older,
unless they have a certificate of competency | 24 | | as provided in this Section and
the certificate is in their | 25 | | possession while hunting.
| 26 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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| 1 | | personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | 2 | | to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | 3 | | firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | 4 | | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
| 5 | | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | 6 | | receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | 7 | | Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | 8 | | or organization in establishing
courses if the organization | 9 | | has as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | 10 | | handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
| 11 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
| 12 | | person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the | 13 | | handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | 14 | | persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | 15 | | upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | 16 | | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | 17 | | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | 18 | | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | 19 | | ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
| 20 | | furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety | 21 | | education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | 22 | | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and | 23 | | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
| 24 | | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | 25 | | charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
| 26 | | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a |
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| 1 | | resident of
Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | 2 | | and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | 3 | | of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | 4 | | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States | 5 | | as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the | 6 | | Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States | 7 | | Armed Forces , the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a | 8 | | hunting license to hunt all species for a resident of
| 9 | | Illinois. Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable , | 10 | | at one of the Department's 5 regional offices, verification of | 11 | | their service. The Department shall establish by | 12 | | administrative rule the procedure by which such verification | 13 | | of service shall be made to the Department what constitutes | 14 | | suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing | 15 | | resident veterans hunting
licenses at a reduced fee. The fee | 16 | | for a hunting license to hunt all species shall be $1 for | 17 | | residents over 75 years of age. Nonresidents shall be charged | 18 | | $57 for a hunting license.
| 19 | | Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | 20 | | for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | 21 | | State and shall
be charged a fee of $35.
| 22 | | A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | 23 | | nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | 24 | | and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section | 25 | | 3.27, shall be issued upon proper
application being made and | 26 | | payment of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. |
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| 1 | | The expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date | 2 | | each year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area | 3 | | licenses expire.
| 4 | | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | 5 | | regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a | 6 | | fee of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State | 7 | | Migratory Waterfowl Stamp shall be waived for residents over | 8 | | 75 years of age. Except as provided under
Section 20-45 of the | 9 | | Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp shall be signed by the | 10 | | person or affixed to his license
or permit in a space | 11 | | designated by the Department for that purpose.
| 12 | | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of | 13 | | his residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and | 14 | | shall receive a
stamp. The fee for a State Habitat Stamp shall | 15 | | be waived for residents over 75 years of age. Except as | 16 | | provided under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life
| 17 | | Code, the stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his | 18 | | license or
permit in a space designated by the Department for | 19 | | that purpose.
| 20 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | 21 | | the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | 22 | | in any one license year.
| 23 | | The fees for State Pheasant Stamps and State Furbearer | 24 | | Stamps shall be waived for residents over 75 years of age. | 25 | | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | 26 | | licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession |
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| 1 | | of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | 2 | | consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used | 3 | | as the Department may order.
| 4 | | All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | 5 | | expire upon
March 31 of each year.
| 6 | | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | 7 | | under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | 8 | | possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | 9 | | officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any | 10 | | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a | 11 | | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | 12 | | owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | 13 | | deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | 14 | | Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | 15 | | hunting areas.
| 16 | | For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | 17 | | verification" means official documentation from the Department | 18 | | of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing | 19 | | mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a | 20 | | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military | 21 | | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | 22 | | letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | 23 | | Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | 24 | | covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | 25 | | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | 26 | | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, |
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| 1 | | deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | 2 | | abroad. | 3 | | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | 4 | | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | 5 | | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | 6 | | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | 7 | | States. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-638, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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