98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4184

Introduced , by Rep. Kay Hatcher

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
515 ILCS 5/20-55 from Ch. 56, par. 20-55
520 ILCS 5/3.2 from Ch. 61, par. 3.2

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.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning wildlife.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
5changing Section 20-55 as follows:
6 (515 ILCS 5/20-55) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-55)
7 Sec. 20-55. License fees for non-residents. Fees for
8licenses for non-residents of the State of Illinois are as
9follows:
10 (a) For sport fishing devices as defined by Section 10-95,
11or spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, non-residents
12age 16 or older shall be charged $31 for a fishing license to
13fish. For sport fishing devices as defined by Section 10-95, or
14spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, for a period not
15to exceed 3 consecutive days fishing in the State of Illinois
16the fee is $15.00.
17 For sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95, or
18spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, for 24 hours of
19fishing the fee is $10. This license does not exempt the
20licensee from the salmon or inland trout stamp requirement.
21 The fee for a sport fishing license for non-residents who
22have been awarded a Purple Heart by a branch of the armed
23forces of the United States shall be the same as the fee for a

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1resident. Purple Heart recipients must provide to the
2Department verification of their service and receipt of a
3Purple Heart. The Department shall establish what constitutes
4suitable verification of service and receipt of a Purple Heart
5for the purpose of issuing non-resident Purple Heart recipients
6sport fishing licenses at a reduced fee.
7 (b) All non-residents before using any commercial fishing
8device shall obtain a non-resident commercial fishing license,
9the fee for which shall be $300 and a non-resident fishing
10licensing. Each and every commercial device shall be licensed
11by a non-resident commercial fisherman as follows:
12 (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of
13 seine (excluding minnow seines) the fee is $36.
14 (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot line
15 device, basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee is $6.
16 (3) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of
17 trammel net the fee is $36.
18 (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of
19 gill net the fee is $36.
20 All persons required to have and failing to have the
21license provided for in subsection (a) of this Section shall be
22fined under Section 20-35 of this Code. Each person required to
23have and failing to have the licenses required under subsection
24(b) of this Section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
25 All licenses provided for in this Section shall expire on
26March 31 of each year; except that the 24-hour license for

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1sport fishing devices or spearing devices shall expire 24 hours
2after the effective date and time listed on the face of the
3license and licenses for sport fishing devices or spearing
4devices for a period not to exceed 3 consecutive days fishing
5in the State of Illinois as provided in subsection (a) of this
6Section shall expire at midnight on the tenth day after issued,
7not counting the day issued.
8(Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
9 Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
10Section 3.2 as follows:
11 (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
12 Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction.
13Before the Department or any county, city, village, township,
14incorporated town clerk or his duly designated agent or any
15other person authorized or designated by the Department to
16issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license to any
17person, the person shall file his application with the
18Department or other party authorized to issue licenses on a
19form provided by the Department and further give definite proof
20of identity and place of legal residence. Each clerk
21designating agents to issue licenses and stamps shall furnish
22the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
23names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his
24duly designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and

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1stamps only within the territorial area for which he was
2elected or appointed. No duly designated agent is authorized to
3furnish licenses or stamps for issuance by any other business
4establishment. Each application shall be executed and sworn to
5and shall set forth the name and description of the applicant
6and place of residence.
7 No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or
8after January 1, 1980 unless he presents the person authorized
9to issue the license evidence that he has held a hunting
10license issued by the State of Illinois or another state in a
11prior year, or a certificate of competency as provided in this
12Section. Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a Lifetime
13Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under
14Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not
15be entitled to hunt unless they have a certificate of
16competency as provided in this Section and they shall have the
17certificate in their possession while hunting.
18 The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
19personnel of the Department or certified volunteer instructors
20to conduct courses, of not less than 10 hours in length, in
21firearms and hunter safety, which may include training in bow
22and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
23the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall
24receive a certificate of competency. The Department of Natural
25Resources may further cooperate with any reputable association
26or organization in establishing courses if the organization has

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1as one of its objectives the promotion of safety in the
2handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
3 The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
4person found by it to be competent to give instruction in the
5handling of firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. The
6persons so appointed shall give the course of instruction and
7upon the successful completion shall issue to the person
8instructed a certificate of competency in the safe handling of
9firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall be
10made for any course of instruction except for materials or
11ammunition consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
12furnish information on the requirements of hunter safety
13education programs to be distributed free of charge to
14applicants for hunting licenses by the persons appointed and
15authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
16firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee
17charged for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
18 The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a
19resident of Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older,
20and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans
21of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service
22abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States,
23the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a hunting license to
24hunt all species for a resident of Illinois. Veterans must
25provide to the Department, at one of the Department's 5
26regional offices, verification of their service. The

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1Department shall establish what constitutes suitable
2verification of service for the purpose of issuing resident
3veterans hunting licenses at a reduced fee. Non-residents
4Nonresidents shall be charged $57 for a hunting license. The
5fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for non-residents
6who have been awarded a Purple Heart by a branch of the armed
7forces of the United States shall be $12. Purple Heart
8recipients must provide to the Department verification of their
9service and award. The Department shall establish what
10constitutes suitable verification of service and receipt of a
11Purple Heart for the purpose of issuing non-resident Purple
12Heart recipients hunting licenses at a reduced fee.
13 Non-residents Nonresidents may be issued a non-resident
14nonresident hunting license for a period not to exceed 10
15consecutive days' hunting in the State and shall be charged a
16fee of $35.
17 A special non-resident nonresident hunting license
18authorizing a non-resident nonresident to take game birds by
19hunting on a game breeding and hunting preserve area only,
20established under Section 3.27, shall be issued upon proper
21application being made and payment of a fee equal to that for a
22resident hunting license. The expiration date of this license
23shall be on the same date each year that game breeding and
24hunting preserve area licenses expire.
25 Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp,
26regardless of his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee

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1of $15 and shall receive a stamp. Except as provided under
2Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code, the stamp
3shall be signed by the person or affixed to his license or
4permit in a space designated by the Department for that
5purpose.
6 Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of his
7residence or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and shall
8receive a stamp. Except as provided under Section 20-45 of the
9Fish and Aquatic Life Code, the stamp shall be signed by the
10person or affixed to his license or permit in a space
11designated by the Department for that purpose.
12 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require
13the purchase of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person
14in any one license year.
15 The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting
16licenses and stamps with an insignia as evidence of possession
17of license, or license and stamp, as the Department may
18consider advisable. The insignia shall be exhibited and used as
19the Department may order.
20 All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall
21expire upon March 31 of each year.
22 Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued
23under the provisions of this Act shall have it in his
24possession for immediate presentation for inspection to the
25officers and authorized employees of the Department, any
26sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making a

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1demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department
2owned or managed sites where it is required that all hunters
3deposit their license, permit, or Firearm Owner's
4Identification Card at the check station upon entering the
5hunting areas.
6(Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-498, eff. 4-1-12.)