SB0225 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0225

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. John O. Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

520 ILCS 5/3.4b new

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides an exemption from the trapping license fee for any Illinois resident who has served as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning wildlife.

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

Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section 3.4b as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/3.4b new)

Sec. 3.4b. Military members returning from mobilization and service outside the United States. Any Illinois resident who has served as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces may, after making application under Section 3.4 of this Act, obtain a trapping license free of charge. The applicant shall, at the time of application, provide verification of service to the Department at the Department's office in Springfield.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.