Full Text of HB4500 98th General Assembly
HB4500 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4500 Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/3-609 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609 | 515 ILCS 5/20-45 | from Ch. 56, par. 20-45 | 520 ILCS 5/3.2 | from Ch. 61, par. 3.2 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected disability from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and who has obtained certification from a psychiatrist that the service-connected disability qualifies the veteran for issuance of registration plates or decals to a person with disabilities, may, without the payment of any registration fee, make application to the Secretary of State for disabled veterans license plates displaying the international symbol of access. Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2014 license year, a veteran who holds proof of a service-connected disability from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be 50% or more, shall be eligible for a free fishing license. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2014 license year, a veteran who holds proof of a service-connected disability from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be 50% or more, shall be eligible for a free hunting license. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning veterans.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 3-609 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-609. Disabled Veterans' Plates. | 8 | | (a) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected | 9 | | disability from the United States Department of Veterans | 10 | | Affairs, and who has obtained certification from a licensed | 11 | | physician, physician assistant, psychiatrist, or advanced | 12 | | practice nurse that the service-connected disability qualifies | 13 | | the veteran for issuance of registration plates or decals to a | 14 | | person with disabilities in accordance with Section 3-616, may, | 15 | | without the payment of any registration fee, make application | 16 | | to the Secretary of State for disabled veterans license plates | 17 | | displaying the international symbol of access, for the | 18 | | registration of one motor vehicle of the first division or one | 19 | | motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than | 20 | | 8,000 pounds. | 21 | | (b) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected | 22 | | disability from the United States Department of Veterans | 23 | | Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be |
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| 1 | | 50% or more, but whose disability does not qualify the veteran | 2 | | for a plate or decal for persons with disabilities under | 3 | | Section 3-616, may, without the payment of any registration | 4 | | fee, make application to the Secretary for a special | 5 | | registration plate without the international symbol of access | 6 | | for the registration of one motor vehicle of the first division | 7 | | or one motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more | 8 | | than 8,000 pounds.
| 9 | | (c) Renewal of such registration must be accompanied with | 10 | | documentation
for eligibility of registration without fee | 11 | | unless the applicant has a
permanent qualifying disability, and | 12 | | such registration plates may not be
issued to any person not | 13 | | eligible therefor. The Illinois Department of Veterans' | 14 | | Affairs may assist in providing the
documentation of | 15 | | disability.
| 16 | | (d) The design and color of the plates shall be within the | 17 | | discretion of the Secretary, except that the plates issued | 18 | | under subsection (b) of this Section shall not contain the | 19 | | international symbol of access. The Secretary may, in his or | 20 | | her discretion, allow the plates to be issued as vanity or | 21 | | personalized plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this | 22 | | Code. Registration shall be for a multi-year period and may be | 23 | | issued staggered registration. | 24 | | (e) Any person eligible to receive license plates under | 25 | | this Section who has been approved for benefits under the | 26 | | Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act, |
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| 1 | | or who has claimed and received a grant under that Act, shall | 2 | | pay a fee of $24 instead of the fee otherwise provided in this | 3 | | Code for passenger cars displaying standard multi-year | 4 | | registration plates issued under Section 3-414.1, for motor | 5 | | vehicles registered at 8,000 pounds or less under Section | 6 | | 3-815(a), or for recreational vehicles registered at 8,000 | 7 | | pounds or less under Section 3-815(b), for a second set of | 8 | | plates under this Section.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-918, eff. 1-1-13; | 10 | | 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| 11 | | Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 12 | | changing Section 20-45 as follows:
| 13 | | (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)
| 14 | | Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | 15 | | for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:
| 16 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | 17 | | sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | 18 | | spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110, the fee is | 19 | | $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old,
one-half of the | 20 | | current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | 21 | | older,
and, commencing with the 2012 license year, one-half | 22 | | of the current fishing license fee for resident veterans of | 23 | | the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | 24 | | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United |
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| 1 | | States. Veterans must provide, to the Department at one of | 2 | | the Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their | 3 | | service. The Department shall establish what constitutes | 4 | | suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing | 5 | | fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee. | 6 | | Beginning with the 2014 license year, a veteran who holds | 7 | | proof of a service-connected disability from the federal | 8 | | Department of Veterans Affairs, and whose degree of | 9 | | disability has been declared to be 50% or more, shall be | 10 | | eligible for a free fishing license. Renewal of that | 11 | | license must be accompanied with documentation for | 12 | | eligibility of license without a fee, unless the applicant | 13 | | has a permanent qualifying disability, in which case, the | 14 | | disabled veteran is not required to renew the license. The | 15 | | Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs may assist in | 16 | | providing the documentation of disability.
| 17 | | (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing | 18 | | device shall
obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee | 19 | | for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the | 20 | | fee for which is $14.50.
Each and every commercial device | 21 | | used shall be licensed by a resident
commercial fisherman | 22 | | as follows:
| 23 | | (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, | 24 | | of seine
the fee is $18. For each minnow seine, minnow | 25 | | trap, or net for commercial
purposes the fee is $20.
| 26 | | (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot |
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| 1 | | line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | 2 | | is $3.
| 3 | | (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | 4 | | the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | 5 | | gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional | 6 | | lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.
These | 7 | | fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the water | 8 | | or on drying
reels on the shore.
| 9 | | (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, | 10 | | of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.
| 11 | | (c) Residents of the State of Illinois may obtain a | 12 | | sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the | 13 | | holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as | 14 | | residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) | 15 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 16 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as
| 17 | | described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | 18 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any | 19 | | individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing | 20 | | or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination | 21 | | license fee shall be $25.50.
For residents age 65 or older, | 22 | | the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a
sportsmen's | 23 | | combination license. For resident veterans of the United | 24 | | States Armed Forces after returning from service abroad or | 25 | | mobilization by the President of the United States, the | 26 | | fee, commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of |
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| 1 | | the fee charged for a
sportsmen's combination license. | 2 | | Veterans must provide to the Department, at one of the | 3 | | 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 | | sportsmen's
combination licenses to resident veterans at a | 7 | | reduced fee.
| 8 | | (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices
as | 9 | | defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as defined | 10 | | in Section
10-110 the fee is $5. This license does not | 11 | | exempt the licensee from the
requirement for a salmon or | 12 | | inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for
by this | 13 | | subsection
are not required for residents of the State of | 14 | | Illinois who have obtained the
license provided for in | 15 | | subsection (a) of this Section.
| 16 | | (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | 17 | | device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | 18 | | for which shall be $50.
| 19 | | (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing | 20 | | residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a | 21 | | lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime | 22 | | sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | 23 | | holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | 24 | | residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) | 25 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 26 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as |
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| 1 | | described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | 2 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or | 3 | | retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for | 4 | | either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either | 5 | | upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an | 6 | | individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | 7 | | privileges
rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing | 8 | | license fees shall be as follows:
| 9 | | (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | 10 | | license fee.
| 11 | | (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | 12 | | license fee.
| 13 | | (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | 14 | | the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.
| 15 | | Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | 16 | | be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | 17 | | may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use of | 18 | | lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime | 19 | | license issued under this Section for violations of
those rules | 20 | | or regulations or other provisions under this Code or the
| 21 | | Wildlife Code. Individuals under 16 years of age who possess a | 22 | | lifetime
hunting or sportsmen's combination license shall have | 23 | | in their possession,
while in the field, a certificate of | 24 | | competency as required under Section
3.2 of the Wildlife Code. | 25 | | Any lifetime license issued under this Section
shall not exempt | 26 | | individuals from obtaining additional stamps or permits
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| 1 | | required under the provisions of this Code or the Wildlife | 2 | | Code.
Individuals required to purchase additional stamps shall | 3 | | sign the stamps
and have them in their possession while fishing | 4 | | or hunting with a lifetime
license. All fees received from the | 5 | | issuance
of lifetime licenses shall be deposited in the Fish | 6 | | and Wildlife Endowment
Fund.
| 7 | | Except for licenses issued to a permanently disabled | 8 | | veteran under subsection (a) of this Section and licenses | 9 | | issued under subsection (e) of this Section, all
licenses | 10 | | provided for in this Section shall expire on March 31 of
each | 11 | | year, except that the license provided for in subsection (d) of
| 12 | | this Section shall expire 24 hours after the effective date and | 13 | | time listed
on the face of the license.
| 14 | | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 15 | | license provided
for in subsection (a) or (d) of this Section | 16 | | shall be fined according to the
provisions of Section 20-35 of | 17 | | this Code.
| 18 | | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 19 | | licenses
provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this | 20 | | Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-498, eff. 4-1-12; | 22 | | 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 23 | | Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 24 | | Section 3.2 as follows:
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| 1 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
| 2 | | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | 3 | | Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, | 4 | | incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any | 5 | | other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | 6 | | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | 7 | | person, the person shall file his application with the | 8 | | Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | 9 | | form provided by the
Department and further give definite proof | 10 | | of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | 11 | | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | 12 | | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
| 13 | | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | 14 | | duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | 15 | | stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | 16 | | elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized to | 17 | | furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other business | 18 | | establishment. Each
application shall be executed and sworn to | 19 | | and shall set forth the name
and description of the applicant | 20 | | and place of residence.
| 21 | | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | 22 | | after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | 23 | | to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | 24 | | license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | 25 | | prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | 26 | | Section. Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime |
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| 1 | | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | 2 | | Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | 3 | | be entitled to hunt
unless they have a certificate of | 4 | | competency as provided in this Section and
they shall have the | 5 | | certificate in their possession while hunting.
| 6 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
| 7 | | personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | 8 | | to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | 9 | | firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | 10 | | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
| 11 | | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | 12 | | receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | 13 | | Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | 14 | | or organization in establishing
courses if the organization has | 15 | | as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | 16 | | handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
| 17 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
| 18 | | person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the | 19 | | handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | 20 | | persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | 21 | | upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | 22 | | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | 23 | | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | 24 | | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | 25 | | ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
| 26 | | furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety |
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| 1 | | education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | 2 | | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and | 3 | | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
| 4 | | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | 5 | | charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
| 6 | | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | 7 | | resident of
Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | 8 | | and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | 9 | | of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | 10 | | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States, | 11 | | the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a hunting license to | 12 | | hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. Veterans must | 13 | | provide to the Department, at one of the Department's 5 | 14 | | regional offices, verification of their service. The | 15 | | Department shall establish what constitutes suitable | 16 | | verification of service for the purpose of issuing resident | 17 | | veterans hunting
licenses at a reduced fee. Beginning with the | 18 | | 2014 license year, a veteran who holds proof of a | 19 | | service-connected disability from the federal Department of | 20 | | Veterans Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been | 21 | | declared to be 50% or more, shall be eligible for a free | 22 | | hunting license. Renewal of that license must be accompanied | 23 | | with documentation for eligibility of license without a fee, | 24 | | unless the applicant has a permanent qualifying disability, in | 25 | | which case, the disabled veteran is not required to renew the | 26 | | license. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs may |
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| 1 | | assist in providing the documentation of disability. | 2 | | Nonresidents shall be charged $57 for a hunting license.
| 3 | | Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | 4 | | for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | 5 | | State and shall
be charged a fee of $35.
| 6 | | A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | 7 | | nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | 8 | | and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section 3.27, | 9 | | shall be issued upon proper
application being made and payment | 10 | | of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. The | 11 | | expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date each | 12 | | year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area licenses | 13 | | expire.
| 14 | | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | 15 | | regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee | 16 | | of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. Except as provided under
| 17 | | Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp | 18 | | shall be signed by the person or affixed to his license
or | 19 | | permit in a space designated by the Department for that | 20 | | purpose.
| 21 | | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of his | 22 | | residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and shall | 23 | | receive a
stamp. Except as provided under Section 20-45 of the | 24 | | Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, the stamp shall be signed by the | 25 | | person or affixed to his license or
permit in a space | 26 | | designated by the Department for that purpose.
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| 1 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | 2 | | the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | 3 | | in any one license year.
| 4 | | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | 5 | | licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession | 6 | | of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | 7 | | consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used as | 8 | | the Department may order.
| 9 | | Except for licenses issued to permanently disabled | 10 | | veterans under this Section, all All other hunting licenses and | 11 | | all State stamps shall expire upon
March 31 of each year.
| 12 | | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | 13 | | under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | 14 | | possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | 15 | | officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any | 16 | | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a | 17 | | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | 18 | | owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | 19 | | deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | 20 | | Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | 21 | | hunting areas.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-498, eff. 4-1-12 .)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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