093_HB1621

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning conservation.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.    The   Department   of  Natural  Resources
 5    (Conservation)  Law  of  the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
 6    Illinois is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 805/805-305) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)
 8        Sec. 805-305.  Campsites  and  housing  facilities.   The
 9    Department  has the power to provide facilities for overnight
10    tent and trailer camp sites and to provide  suitable  housing
11    facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups.
12    The   Department   of  Natural  Resources  may  regulate,  by
13    administrative order, the fees to be  charged  for  tent  and
14    trailer camping units at individual park areas based upon the
15    facilities  available.  However, for campsites with access to
16    showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age  62,
17    63,  or 64 or older or has a Class 2 disability as defined in
18    Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act  shall  be
19    charged  only  one-half  of  the  camping  fee charged to the
20    general public during the period Monday through  Thursday  of
21    any  week  and  shall  be charged the same camping fee as the
22    general public on all other days. For campsites with  showers
23    or  electricity,  no camping or campsite utility fee shall be
24    charged to any resident of Illinois who is age  65  or  older
25    for  the  use  of  a  campsite  unit during the period Monday
26    through Thursday of any week. For campsites without access to
27    showers or electricity, no camping  fee  authorized  by  this
28    Section  shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who has
29    a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
30    Identification Card Act.  For  campsites  without  access  to
31    showers  or  electricity,  no  camping fee authorized by this
 
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 1    Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois  who  is
 2    age  62  or  older for the use of a camp site unit during the
 3    period Monday through Thursday of any week.  No  camping  fee
 4    authorized  by  this Section shall be charged to any resident
 5    of Illinois who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of
 6    war, as defined in Section 5 of the  Department  of  Veterans
 7    Affairs  Act.  Nonresidents shall be charged the same fees as
 8    are authorized for the general public regardless of age.  The
 9    Department shall provide by regulation for suitable proof  of
10    age,  or  either  a  valid  driver's license or a "Golden Age
11    Passport"  issued  by  the  federal   government   shall   be
12    acceptable  as  proof  of  age.  The Department shall further
13    provide by regulation that notice of these reduced  admission
14    fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
15        Unless   otherwise   indicated,   reduced   Reduced  fees
16    authorized in this Section shall not apply to any charge  for
17    utility service.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)