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Public Act 91-0066
HB0518 Enrolled LRB9102741DHmg
AN ACT to amend the Fish and Aquatic Life Code by
amending Section 10-85.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
changing Section 10-85 as follows:
(515 ILCS 5/10-85) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-85)
Sec. 10-85. Ice fishing. Fish may be taken through the
ice by the use of not more than 3 2 poles and lines or 3 2
tipups at any one time and there may be not more than 2 hooks
attached to each line. Any hole cut in the ice for the
purpose of taking fish shall be not more than 12 inches in
diameter. Any shelter placed or used on ice of any of the
public waters of this State shall be a portable fishing
shelter constructed of a frame-work of metal or wood covered
with canvas, paper, wood, plastic material, or any similar
material and that shelter shall have the name and address of
the owner attached to it. Following March 1 of each ice
fishing season the shelter must be removed at the end of each
fishing day and shall not be left unattended at any time
after that date.
All fishing devices placed through the ice shall be
attended and kept under the observation of the person having
so placed the device at all times.
(Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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