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20 ILCS 2805/5

(20 ILCS 2805/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 70)

Sec. 5.

(a) Every veteran with a disability who is a resident of Illinois 
shall be exempt from all camping and admission fees in parks under the control
of the Department of Natural Resources.  For the purpose
of this subsection (a), a resident veteran with a disability is one who has a permanent disability from service connected causes with 100% disability or one who has
permanently lost the use of a leg or both legs or an  arm or both arms or any
combination thereof or any person who has a disability so severe as to be unable
to move without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair.  The Department shall
issue free use permits to those eligible veterans.  To establish eligibility,
the veteran shall present an award letter or some other identifying disability
document, together with proper identification, to any office of the
Department.  Subject to the approval of the Department of Natural Resources,
the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall establish the form
or permit identifier to be issued.

(b) Every veteran who is a resident of Illinois and a former prisoner
of war shall be exempt from all camping and admission fees in parks under
the control of the Department of Natural Resources.  For
the purposes of this subsection (b), a former prisoner of war is a veteran who
was taken and held prisoner by a hostile foreign force while participating in
an armed conflict as a member of the United States armed forces.  Any
identification card or other form of identification issued by the Veterans'
Administration or other governmental agency which indicates the card-holder's
former prisoner of war status shall be sufficient to accord such card-holder
the fee-exempt admission or camping privileges under this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)