Full Text of HB1939 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 Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 20-5 as follows:
| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/20-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-5)
| 7 | | Sec. 20-5. Necessity of license; exemptions.
| 8 | | (a) Any person taking or attempting to take any fish,
| 9 | | 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 18 16 , | 16 | | blind residents or residents with a disability, or individuals | 17 | | fishing at
fee fishing areas licensed by the Department, | 18 | | however, may fish with sport
fishing devices without being | 19 | | required to have a license. For the purpose of this
Section
an | 20 | | individual is blind or has a disability if that individual has | 21 | | a Class 2 disability
as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois | 22 | | Identification Card Act. For purposes
of this Section an | 23 | | Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued |
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| 1 | | under
the Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that the | 2 | | individual named on
the card has a Class 2 disability shall be | 3 | | adequate documentation of a
disability.
| 4 | | (b) A courtesy non-resident sport fishing license or stamp | 5 | | may be issued
at
the discretion of the Director, without fee, | 6 | | to (i) any individual officially
employed in the wildlife and | 7 | | fish or conservation department of another
state or of the | 8 | | United States who is within the State to assist or
consult or | 9 | | cooperate with the Director or (ii) the officials of other
| 10 | | states, the United States, foreign countries, or officers or
| 11 | | representatives of conservation organizations or publications | 12 | | while in
the State as guests of the Governor or Director.
| 13 | | (c) The Director may issue special fishing permits without | 14 | | cost to
groups of hospital patients or to individuals with | 15 | | disabilities for
use on specified dates in connection with | 16 | | supervised fishing for therapy.
| 17 | | (d) Veterans who, according to the determination of the | 18 | | Veterans'
Administration as certified by the Department of | 19 | | Veterans' Affairs, are at
least 10% disabled with | 20 | | service-related disabilities or in receipt of total
disability | 21 | | pensions may fish with sport fishing devices
during those | 22 | | periods of
the year it is lawful to do so without being | 23 | | required to have a license,
on the condition that their | 24 | | respective disabilities do not prevent them
from fishing in a | 25 | | manner which is safe to themselves and others.
| 26 | | (e) Each year the Director may designate a period, not to |
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| 1 | | exceed 4 days
in duration, when sport fishermen may fish | 2 | | waters wholly or in
part within the
jurisdiction of the State, | 3 | | including that part of Lake Michigan under the
jurisdiction of | 4 | | the State, and not be required to obtain the license or
stamp | 5 | | required by subsection (a) of this Section, Section 20-10 or
| 6 | | subsection (a) of Section 20-55. The term of any such period | 7 | | shall be
established by administrative rule.
This subsection | 8 | | shall not apply to commercial fishing.
| 9 | | (f) The Director may issue special fishing permits without | 10 | | cost for a
group event, restricted to specific dates and | 11 | | locations if it is determined by
the Department that the event | 12 | | is beneficial in promoting sport fishing in
Illinois.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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