(520 ILCS 5/1.28) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.28)
Sec. 1.28. Fees and fines; deposit in funds. All fees, fines,
including bond forfeitures, income of whatsoever
kind or nature derived from hunting and fishing activities on lands or waters
or both under the jurisdiction or control of the Department, and all penalties
collected under this Act shall be deposited in the State Treasury and
shall be set apart in a special fund to be known as the "Wildlife and Fish
Fund"; except that fees derived solely from the sale of salmon stamps,
income from art contests for the salmon stamp, including income from the
sale of reprints, and gifts, donations, grants and bequests of money for
the conservation and propagation of salmon shall be deposited in the State
Treasury and set apart in the special fund to be known as the "Salmon
Fund"; and except that fees derived solely from the sale of state migratory
waterfowl stamps, and gifts, donations, grants and bequests of money for
the conservation and propagation of waterfowl shall be deposited in the
special fund to be known as the "State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund";
and except that, of fees derived
solely from the sale of State Habitat Stamps, 64% shall be deposited into the Illinois Habitat Fund, 30% into the State Pheasant Fund,
and 6% into the State Furbearer Fund. Income generated from the sale of
artwork associated with the State Habitat Stamps shall be deposited into
the Illinois Habitat Fund.
All interest that accrues from monies deposited into the Wildlife and
Fish Fund, the Salmon Fund, the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund, the
State Furbearer Fund, the State Pheasant Fund, and the
Illinois Habitat Fund shall be deposited into those funds, respectively.
Appropriations from the "Wildlife and
Fish Fund" shall be made only to the Department for the carrying out of
the powers and functions vested by law in the Department
for the administration and management of fish and wildlife resources of this State for such activities as the purchase of land for fish hatcheries, wildlife refuges,
preserves and public shooting and fishing grounds; the purchase and
distribution of wild birds, the eggs of wild birds, and wild mammals for
rescuing, restoring and distributing fish; the maintenance of wildlife
refuges, or preserves, public shooting grounds, public fishing grounds and
fish hatcheries; and the feeding and care of wild birds, wild
animals and fish.
(Source: P.A. 95-853, eff. 8-18-08.)
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