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Agriculture & Conservation Committee
Filed: 3/11/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5860
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5860 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources |
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| (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois |
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| is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 805/805-305) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)
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| Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The
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| Department has the power to provide facilities for
overnight |
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| tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing
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| facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups. |
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| The Department
of Natural Resources may regulate, by |
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| administrative
order, the fees to be charged for tent and |
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| trailer camping units at individual
park areas based upon the |
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| facilities available. However, for campsites with
access to |
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| showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62 or |
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| older
or has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of |
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| the Illinois
Identification Card Act shall be charged only |
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| one-half of the camping fee
charged to the general public |
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| during the period Monday through Thursday of any
week and shall |
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| be charged the same camping fee as the general public on all
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| other days. For campsites without access to showers or |
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| electricity, no camping
fee authorized by this Section shall be |
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| charged to any resident of Illinois who
has a Class 2 |
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| disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
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| Identification Card Act. For campsites without access to |
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| showers or
electricity, no camping fee authorized by this |
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| Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois who is age |
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| 62 or older for
the use of a camp site unit during the period |
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| Monday through Thursday of any
week. No camping fee authorized |
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| by this Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois |
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| who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of
war, as |
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| defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.
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| No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to |
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| any
resident of Illinois after returning from service abroad or |
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| mobilization by the President of the United States as an active |
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| duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois |
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| National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed |
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| Forces for as long as he or she maintains Illinois residency |
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| the amount of time that the active duty member spent in service |
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| abroad or mobilized if the person applies for a pass at the |
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| Department office in Springfield after within 2 years of |
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| returning and provides verification of service or mobilization |
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| to the Department ; any portion of a year that the active duty |
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| member spent in service abroad or mobilized shall count as a |
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| full year . Nonresidents shall be charged the same fees as are |
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| authorized for the general
public regardless of age. The |
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| Department shall provide by regulation for
suitable proof of |
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| age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden Age
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| Passport" issued by the federal government shall be acceptable |
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| as proof of
age. The Department shall further provide by |
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| regulation that notice of
these
reduced admission fees be |
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| posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
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| Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to |
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| any charge for
utility service.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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| Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 20-47 as follows: |
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| (515 ILCS 5/20-47)
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| Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization |
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| and service outside the United States. |
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| (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by |
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| the President of the United States as an active duty member of |
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| the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or |
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| the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois |
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| resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any |
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| fees required to obtain a fishing license for as long as he or |
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| she maintains Illinois residency the time period prescribed by |
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| subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois resident applies |
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| for a license after within 2 years of returning from service |
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| abroad or mobilization. The applicant shall provide |
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| verification of service or mobilization to the Department at |
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| the Department's office in Springfield. |
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| (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty |
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| member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the |
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| applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the |
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| purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty is |
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| a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the |
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| applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion of |
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| a year served. |
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| (b) (c) The Department shall establish what constitutes |
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| suitable verification of service or mobilization under |
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| subsection (a) of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.) |
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| Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 3.1-4 as follows: |
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4) |
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| Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization |
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| and service outside the United States. |
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| (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by |
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| the President of the United States as an active duty member of |
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| the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or |
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| the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois |
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| resident may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2 |
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| of this Code without paying any fees required to obtain a |
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| hunting license for as long as he or she maintains Illinois |
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| residency the time period prescribed by subsection (b) of this |
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| Section if the Illinois resident applies for a license after |
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| within 2 years of returning from service abroad or |
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| mobilization. The applicant shall provide verification of |
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| service or mobilization to the Department at the Department's |
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| office in Springfield. |
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| (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty |
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| member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section , the |
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| applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free Deer |
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| Hunting Permit as provided in Section 2.26 of this Code and |
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| rules adopted pursuant to that Section, and one free State |
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| Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of this determination, if the |
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| period of active duty is a portion of a year (for example, one |
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| year and 3 months), the applicant will be credited with a full |
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| year for the portion of a year served. |
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| (c) The Department shall establish what constitutes |
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| suitable verification of service or mobilization under |
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| subsection (a) of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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