Bill Text: IL HB4184 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code. Provides that the fees for sport fishing licenses and for hunting licenses to hunt all species for non-residents who have been awarded a Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States shall be the same as the fees for a resident. Provides that Purple Heart recipients must provide to the Department of Natural Resources verification of their service and receipt of a Purple Heart. Provides that the Department shall establish what constitutes suitable verification of service and receipt of a Purple Heart for the purpose of issuing non-resident Purple Heart recipients sport fishing licenses and hunting licenses at a reduced fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4184 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4184-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 20-55 as follows:
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6 | (515 ILCS 5/20-55) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-55)
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7 | Sec. 20-55. License fees for non-residents. Fees for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | licenses for
non-residents of the State of Illinois are as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | follows:
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10 | (a) For sport fishing devices as defined by Section
10-95, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | or spearing
devices as defined in Section 10-110, non-residents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | age 16 or older shall be
charged $31 for a fishing license to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | fish. For sport fishing devices as defined
by Section 10-95, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, for a
period not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | to exceed 3 consecutive days fishing in the State of Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the
fee is $15.00.
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17 | For sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95,
or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | spearing
devices as defined in Section 10-110, for 24 hours of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | fishing the fee is $10. This license does not exempt the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | licensee from
the salmon or inland trout stamp requirement.
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21 | The fee for a sport fishing license for non-residents who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | have been awarded a Purple Heart by a branch of the armed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | forces of the United States shall be the same as the fee for a |
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1 | resident. Purple Heart recipients must provide to the | ||||||
2 | Department verification of their service and receipt of a | ||||||
3 | Purple Heart. The Department shall establish what constitutes | ||||||
4 | suitable verification of service and receipt of a Purple Heart | ||||||
5 | for the purpose of issuing non-resident Purple Heart recipients | ||||||
6 | sport fishing
licenses at a reduced fee. | ||||||
7 | (b) All non-residents before using any commercial fishing | ||||||
8 | device
shall obtain a non-resident commercial fishing license, | ||||||
9 | the fee for
which shall be $300 and a non-resident fishing | ||||||
10 | licensing. Each and every commercial device shall be
licensed | ||||||
11 | by a non-resident commercial fisherman as follows:
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12 | (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of | ||||||
13 | seine
(excluding minnow seines) the fee is $36.
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14 | (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot line
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15 | device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee is $6.
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16 | (3) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of | ||||||
17 | trammel net
the fee is $36.
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18 | (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of | ||||||
19 | gill net
the fee is $36.
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20 | All persons required to have and failing to have the | ||||||
21 | license provided
for in subsection (a) of this Section shall be | ||||||
22 | fined under Section 20-35
of this Code. Each person required to | ||||||
23 | have and failing to have the
licenses required under subsection | ||||||
24 | (b) of this Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.
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25 | All licenses provided for in this Section shall expire on | ||||||
26 | March 31 of
each year; except that the 24-hour license for |
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1 | sport fishing devices or
spearing devices shall
expire 24 hours | ||||||
2 | after the effective date and time listed on the face of the
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3 | license and licenses for sport fishing devices
or spearing
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4 | devices for a period not to exceed 3 consecutive days fishing | ||||||
5 | in the
State of Illinois as provided in subsection (a) of this | ||||||
6 | Section shall
expire at midnight on the tenth day after issued, | ||||||
7 | not counting the day
issued.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
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9 | Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
10 | Section 3.2 as follows:
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11 | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
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12 | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | ||||||
13 | Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, | ||||||
14 | incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any | ||||||
15 | other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | ||||||
16 | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | ||||||
17 | person, the person shall file his application with the | ||||||
18 | Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | ||||||
19 | form provided by the
Department and further give definite proof | ||||||
20 | of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | ||||||
21 | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | ||||||
22 | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
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23 | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | ||||||
24 | duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and |
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1 | stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | ||||||
2 | elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized to | ||||||
3 | furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other business | ||||||
4 | establishment. Each
application shall be executed and sworn to | ||||||
5 | and shall set forth the name
and description of the applicant | ||||||
6 | and place of residence.
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7 | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | ||||||
8 | after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | ||||||
9 | to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | ||||||
10 | license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | ||||||
11 | prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | ||||||
12 | Section. Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime | ||||||
13 | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | ||||||
14 | Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | ||||||
15 | be entitled to hunt
unless they have a certificate of | ||||||
16 | competency as provided in this Section and
they shall have the | ||||||
17 | certificate in their possession while hunting.
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18 | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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19 | personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | ||||||
20 | to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | ||||||
21 | firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | ||||||
22 | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
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23 | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | ||||||
24 | receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | ||||||
25 | Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | ||||||
26 | or organization in establishing
courses if the organization has |
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1 | as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | ||||||
2 | handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
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3 | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
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4 | person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the | ||||||
5 | handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | ||||||
6 | persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | ||||||
7 | upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | ||||||
8 | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | ||||||
9 | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | ||||||
10 | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | ||||||
11 | ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
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12 | furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety | ||||||
13 | education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | ||||||
14 | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and | ||||||
15 | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
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16 | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | ||||||
17 | charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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18 | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | ||||||
19 | resident of
Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | ||||||
20 | and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | ||||||
21 | of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | ||||||
22 | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States, | ||||||
23 | the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a hunting license to | ||||||
24 | hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. Veterans must | ||||||
25 | provide to the Department, at one of the Department's 5 | ||||||
26 | regional offices, verification of their service. The |
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1 | Department shall establish what constitutes suitable | ||||||
2 | verification of service for the purpose of issuing resident | ||||||
3 | veterans hunting
licenses at a reduced fee. Non-residents | ||||||
4 | Nonresidents shall be charged $57 for a hunting license. The | ||||||
5 | fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for non-residents | ||||||
6 | who have been awarded a Purple Heart by a branch of the armed | ||||||
7 | forces of the United States shall be $12. Purple Heart | ||||||
8 | recipients must provide to the Department verification of their | ||||||
9 | service and award. The Department shall establish what | ||||||
10 | constitutes suitable verification of service and receipt of a | ||||||
11 | Purple Heart for the purpose of issuing non-resident Purple | ||||||
12 | Heart recipients hunting
licenses at a reduced fee.
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13 | Non-residents Nonresidents may be issued a non-resident | ||||||
14 | nonresident hunting license for a
period not to exceed 10 | ||||||
15 | consecutive days' hunting in the State and shall
be charged a | ||||||
16 | fee of $35.
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17 | A special non-resident nonresident hunting license | ||||||
18 | authorizing a non-resident nonresident to
take game birds by | ||||||
19 | hunting on a game breeding and hunting preserve
area only, | ||||||
20 | established under Section 3.27, shall be issued upon proper
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21 | application being made and payment of a fee equal to that for a | ||||||
22 | resident
hunting license. The expiration date of this license | ||||||
23 | shall be on the same
date each year that game breeding and | ||||||
24 | hunting preserve
area licenses expire.
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25 | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | ||||||
26 | regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee |
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1 | of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. Except as provided under
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2 | Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp | ||||||
3 | shall be signed by the person or affixed to his license
or | ||||||
4 | permit in a space designated by the Department for that | ||||||
5 | purpose.
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6 | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of his | ||||||
7 | residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and shall | ||||||
8 | receive a
stamp. Except as provided under Section 20-45 of the | ||||||
9 | Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, the stamp shall be signed by the | ||||||
10 | person or affixed to his license or
permit in a space | ||||||
11 | designated by the Department for that purpose.
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12 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | ||||||
13 | the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | ||||||
14 | in any one license year.
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15 | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | ||||||
16 | licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession | ||||||
17 | of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | ||||||
18 | consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used as | ||||||
19 | the Department may order.
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20 | All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | ||||||
21 | expire upon
March 31 of each year.
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22 | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | ||||||
23 | under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | ||||||
24 | possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | ||||||
25 | officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any | ||||||
26 | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a |
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1 | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | ||||||
2 | owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | ||||||
3 | deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | ||||||
4 | Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | ||||||
5 | hunting areas.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-498, eff. 4-1-12 .)
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