Rep. Lance Yednock
Filed: 4/16/2021
 
 


 




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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 123 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 123 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


4 "Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by 
5changing Sections 20-45 and 20-105 as follows:



6 (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)



7 Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses 
8for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:

9  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for 
10 sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or 
11 spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110, the fee is 
12 $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old,
one-half of the 
13 current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or 
14 older,
and, commencing with the 2012 license year, 
15 one-half of the current fishing license fee for resident 
16 veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning 
 
 
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1 from service abroad or mobilization by the President of 
2 the United States. Veterans must provide, to the 
3 Department per administrative rule at one of the 
4 Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their 
5 service. The Department shall establish what constitutes 
6 suitable verification of service for the purpose of 
7 issuing fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced 
8 fee.
9  (a-3) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, 
10 for sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95 or 
11 spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, residents 
12 of this State may obtain a 3-year fishing license. The fee 
13 for a 3-year fishing license is 3 times the annual fee. For 
14 residents age 65 or older, the fee is one half of the fee 
15 charged for a 3-year fishing license. For resident 
16 veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning 
17 from service abroad or mobilization by the President of 
18 the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged 
19 for a 3-year fishing license. Veterans must provide to the 
20 Department, per administrative rule, verification of their 
21 service. The Department shall establish what constitutes 
22 suitable verification of service for the purpose of 
23 issuing 3-year fishing licenses to resident veterans at a 
24 reduced fee. 

25  (a-5) The fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be 
26 $1 for an annual license and 3 times the annual fee for a 
 
 
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1 3-year license for residents over 75 years of age. 
2  (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing 
3 device shall
obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee 
4 for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the 
5 fee for which is $14.50.
Each and every commercial device 
6 used shall be licensed by a resident
commercial fisherman 
7 as follows:

8   (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction 
9 thereof, of seine
the fee is $18. For each minnow 
10 seine, minnow trap, or net for commercial
purposes the 
11 fee is $20.

12   (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot 
13 line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee 
14 is $3.

15   (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for 
16 the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of 
17 gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional 
18 lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.

19 These fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the 
20 water or on drying
reels on the shore.

21   (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction 
22 thereof, of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.

23  (c) Residents of this the State of Illinois may obtain 
24 a sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the 
25 holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as 
26 residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) 
 
 
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1 of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as 
2 residents holding a license to hunt all species as

3 described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No 
4 sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any 
5 individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing 
6 or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination 
7 license fee shall be $25.50.
For residents age 65 or 
8 older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a

9 sportsmen's combination license. For resident veterans of 
10 the United States Armed Forces after returning from 
11 service abroad or mobilization by the President of the 
12 United States, the fee, commencing with the 2012 license 
13 year, is one-half of the fee charged for a
sportsmen's 
14 combination license. Veterans must provide to the 
15 Department per administrative rule, at one of the 
16 Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their 
17 service. The Department shall establish what constitutes 
18 suitable verification of service for the purpose of 
19 issuing sportsmen's
combination licenses to resident 
20 veterans at a reduced fee.
21  (c-5) Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year 
22 sportsmen's combination license that shall entitle the 
23 holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as 
24 residents holding a license as described in subsection 
25 (a-3) and to the same hunting privileges as residents 
26 holding a license to hunt all species as described in 
 
 
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1 Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. A 3-year sportsmen's 
2 combination license shall not be issued to any individual 
3 who would be ineligible for either the fishing or hunting 
4 license separately. The 3-year sportsmen's combination 
5 license fee shall be 3 times the annual fee. For residents 
6 age 65 or older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for 
7 a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. For resident 
8 veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning 
9 from service abroad or mobilization by the President of 
10 the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged 
11 for a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. Veterans 
12 must provide to the Department, per administrative rule, 
13 verification of their service. The Department shall 
14 establish what constitutes suitable verification of 
15 service for the purpose of issuing 3-year sportsmen's 
16 combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced 
17 fee. 

18  (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices

19 as defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as 
20 defined in Section
10-110 the fee is $5. This license does 
21 not exempt the licensee from the
requirement for a salmon 
22 or inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for
by this 
23 subsection
are not required for residents of the State of 
24 Illinois who have obtained the
license provided for in 
25 subsection (a) or (a-3) of this Section.

26  (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel 
 
 
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1 device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee 
2 for which shall be $50.

3  (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing 
4 residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a 
5 lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime 
6 sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the 
7 holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as 
8 residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) 
9 of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as 
10 residents holding a license to hunt all species as 
11 described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime 
12 sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or 
13 retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for 
14 either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either 
15 upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an 
16 individual to have either or both fishing or hunting 
17 privileges
rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing 
18 license fees shall be as follows:

19   (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing 
20 license fee.

21   (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting 
22 license fee.

23   (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x 
24 the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.

25 Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall 
26be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department 
 
 
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1may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use 
2of lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime 
3license issued under this Section for violations of
those 
4rules or regulations or other provisions under this Code or 
5the
Wildlife Code. Individuals under 16 years of age who 
6possess a lifetime
hunting or sportsmen's combination license 
7shall have in their possession,
while in the field, a 
8certificate of competency as required under Section
3.2 of the 
9Wildlife Code. Any lifetime license issued under this Section

10shall not exempt individuals from obtaining additional stamps 
11or permits
required under the provisions of this Code or the 
12Wildlife Code.
Individuals required to purchase additional 
13stamps shall sign the stamps
and have them in their possession 
14while fishing or hunting with a lifetime
license. All fees 
15received from the issuance
of lifetime licenses shall be 
16deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Endowment
Fund.

17 Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this 
18Section, all
licenses provided for in this Section shall 
19expire on March 31 of
each year, except that the license 
20provided for in subsection (d) of
this Section shall expire 24 
21hours after the effective date and time listed
on the face of 
22the license. Licenses issued under subsection (a-3) or (c-5) 
23shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in 
24which the license is issued. 

25 All individuals required to have and failing to have the 
26license provided
for in subsection (a), (a-3), or (d) of this 
 
 
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1Section shall be fined according to the
provisions of Section 
220-35 of this Code.

3 All individuals required to have and failing to have the 
4licenses
provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this 
5Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.

6(Source: P.A. 97-498, eff. 4-1-12; 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13; 
798-800, eff. 8-1-14.)





8 (515 ILCS 5/20-105) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-105)



9 Sec. 20-105. Revocation and suspension; refusal to issue. 

10 (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person 
11under this Code
and its holder is found guilty of any 
12misrepresentation in obtaining the
license or permit or of a 
13violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a 
14violation of any of the provisions of this Code,
including 
15administrative rules, the license or permit may be revoked by 
16the
Department and the Department may refuse to issue any 
17permit or license to
that person and may suspend the person 
18from engaging in the activity
requiring the permit or license 
19for a period of time not to exceed 5 years
following the 
20revocation. Department revocation procedure shall be

21established by administrative rule.

22 (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license 
23or a permit
under the provisions of this Code is found guilty 
24of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or 
25a violation of the
provisions of this Code, including 
 
 
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1administrative rules, the Department may
refuse to issue any 
2permit or license to that person, and suspend that
person from 
3engaging in the activity requiring the permit or license for a

4period of time not to exceed 5 years.

5 (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any

6of the provisions of this Code, including administrative 
7rules, during the
5 years following the revocation of his or 
8her license or permit under
subsection (a) or during the time 
9he is suspended under subsection
(b), shall be guilty of a 
10Class A misdemeanor as provided in Section 20-35. The 
11penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code 
12of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section.

13 (d) A person whose license or permit to engage in any 
14activity regulated
by this
Code has been suspended or revoked 
15may not, during the period of the suspension
or
revocation or 
16until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company

17of any person
engaging in the activity covered by the 
18suspension or revocation or (ii) serve
as a guide,
outfitter, 
19or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to 
20engage in
the activity
covered by the suspension or 
21revocation.

22 (e) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit 
23or engage in any
activity regulated by this Code during the 
24time that the person's privilege to
engage in the
same or 
25similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, 
26by a
federal agency,
or by a province of Canada.
 
 
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1 (f) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any 
2other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or 
3revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to 
4the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, 
5is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. 
6Any person failing to comply with this subsection by 
7possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit 
8issued by the Department after having received written notice 
9from the Department or any other State agency or department of 
10such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A 
11misdemeanor. 

12(Source: P.A. 98-402, eff. 8-16-13.)


13 Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing 
14Sections 3.2 and 3.36 as follows:



15 (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)



16 Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. 
17Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, 
18incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any 
19other person authorized or designated
by the Department to 
20issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any 
21person, the person shall file his application with the 
22Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a 
23form provided by the
Department and further give definite 
24proof of identity and place of legal
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1designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish 
2the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the

3names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his 
4duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and 
5stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was 
6elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized 
7to furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other 
8business establishment. Each
application shall be executed and 
9sworn to and shall set forth the name
and description of the 
10applicant and place of residence.

11 No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or 
12after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized 
13to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting 
14license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a 
15prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this 
16Section. Persons under 18 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime 
17Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under 
18Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not 
19be entitled to hunt alone, without the supervision of an adult 
20age 21 or older,
unless they have a certificate of competency 
21as provided in this Section and
the certificate is in their 
22possession while hunting.

23 The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize

24personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors 
25to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in 
26firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow 
 
 
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1and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout

2the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall 
3receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural 
4Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association 
5or organization in establishing
courses if the organization 
6has as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the 
7handling of firearms or bow and arrow.

8 The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any

9person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the 
10handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The 
11persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and 
12upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person 
13instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of 
14firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be 
15made for any course of instruction except for materials or 
16ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall

17furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety 
18education programs to be distributed
free of charge to 
19applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and 
20authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of

21firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee 
22charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.

23 The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a 
24resident of
Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, 
25and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans 
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1abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States, 
2the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a hunting license to 
3hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. Veterans must 
4provide to the Department, per administrative rule at one of 
5the Department's 5 regional offices, verification of their 
6service. The Department shall establish what constitutes 
7suitable verification of service for the purpose of issuing 
8resident veterans hunting
licenses at a reduced fee. The fee 
9for a hunting license to hunt all species shall be $1 for 
10residents over 75 years of age. Nonresidents shall be charged 
11$57 for a hunting license.

12 Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year hunting 
13license to hunt all species for 3 times the annual fee. For 
14residents age 65 or older and resident veterans of the United 
15States Armed Forces after returning from service abroad or 
16mobilization by the President of the United States, the fee is 
17one-half of the fee charged for a 3-year hunting license to 
18hunt all species for a resident of this State. Veterans must 
19provide to the Department, per administrative rule, 
20verification of their service. The Department shall establish 
21what constitutes suitable verification of service for the 
22purpose of issuing resident veterans 3-year hunting licenses 
23at a reduced fee. 
24 Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license 
25for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the 
26State and shall
be charged a fee of $35.

 
 
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1 A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a 
2nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding 
3and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section 
43.27, shall be issued upon proper
application being made and 
5payment of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. 
6The expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date 
7each year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area 
8licenses expire.

9 Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, 
10regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a 
11fee of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State 
12Migratory Waterfowl Stamp shall be waived for residents over 
1375 years of age. Except as provided under
Section 20-45 of the 
14Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp shall be signed by the 
15person or affixed to his license
or permit in a space 
16designated by the Department for that purpose.

17 Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of 
18his residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and 
19shall receive a
stamp. The fee for a State Habitat Stamp shall 
20be waived for residents over 75 years of age. Except as 
21provided under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life

22Code, the stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his 
23license or
permit in a space designated by the Department for 
24that purpose.

25 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require 
26the purchase
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1in any one license year.

2 The fees for State Pheasant Stamps and State Furbearer 
3Stamps shall be waived for residents over 75 years of age. 
4 The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting 
5licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession 
6of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may 
7consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used 
8as the Department may order.

9 All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall 
10expire upon
March 31 of each year. Three-year hunting licenses 
11shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in 
12which the license is issued. 

13 Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued 
14under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his 
15possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the 
16officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any 
17sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a 
18demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department 
19owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters 
20deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's 
21Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the 
22hunting areas.

23(Source: P.A. 100-638, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)





24 (520 ILCS 5/3.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.36)



25 Sec. 3.36. Revocation and suspension. 

 
 
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1 (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person

2under this Act, and the holder thereof is found guilty of any

3misrepresentation in obtaining such license or permit or of a 
4violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a 
5violation of
any of the provisions of this Act, including 
6administrative rules, his
license or permit may be revoked by 
7the Department, and the Department may
refuse to issue any 
8permit or license to such person and may suspend the
person 
9from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or license 
10for a
period of time not to exceed 5 years following such 
11revocation.

12 Department revocation procedures shall be established by 
13Administrative
rule.

14 (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license 
15or a permit
under the provisions of this Code is found guilty 
16of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or 
17a violation of the
provisions of this Code, including 
18administrative rules, the Department may
refuse to issue any 
19permit or license to that person, and suspend that
person from 
20engaging in the activity requiring the permit or license for a

21period of time not to exceed 5 years.

22 (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any 
23of the
provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, 
24during such period
when his license or permit is revoked or 
25denied by virtue of this Section
or during the time he is 
26suspended under subsection (b), shall be guilty of
a Class A 
 
 
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1misdemeanor. The penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of 
2the Criminal Code of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section. 

3 (d) Licenses and permits authorized to be issued under the 
4provisions of
this Act shall be prepared by the Department and 
5be in such form as
prescribed by the Department. The 
6information required on each license
shall be completed 
7thereon by the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the
time of 
8issuance and each license shall be signed by the licensee, or

9initialed by the designated purchaser and then signed 
10immediately upon receipt
by the licensee, and
countersigned by 
11the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the time of
issuance. All 
12such licenses shall be supplied by the Department, subject to

13such rules and regulations as the Department may prescribe. 
14Any license not
properly prepared, obtained and signed as 
15required by this Act shall be
void.

16 (e) A person whose license or permit to engage in any 
17activity regulated
by
this
Code has been suspended or revoked 
18may not, during the period of the suspension
or
revocation or 
19until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company

20of any person
engaging in the activity covered by the 
21suspension or revocation or (ii) serve
as a guide,
outfitter, 
22or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to 
23engage in
the activity
covered by the suspension or 
24revocation.

25 (f) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit 
26or engage in any
activity
regulated by this Code during the 
 
 
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1time that the person's privilege to engage in
the same
or 
2similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, 
3by a federal
agency, or by a
province of Canada.
4 (g) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any 
5other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or 
6revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to 
7the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, 
8is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. 
9Any person failing to comply with this subsection by 
10possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit 
11issued by the Department after having received written notice 
12from the Department or any other State agency or department of 
13such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A 
14misdemeanor. 

15(Source: P.A. 98-402, eff. 8-16-13.)".