Bill Text: IL SB0384 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the State Fair Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1014 [SB0384 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0384-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
5 | (Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | ||||||
6 | is amended by changing Section 805-305 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 805/805-305) (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)
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8 | Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The
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9 | Department has the power to provide facilities for
overnight | ||||||
10 | tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing
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11 | facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups. | ||||||
12 | The Department
of Natural Resources may regulate, by | ||||||
13 | administrative
order, the fees to be charged for tent and | ||||||
14 | trailer camping units at individual
park areas based upon the | ||||||
15 | facilities available. However, for campsites with
access to | ||||||
16 | showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62 or | ||||||
17 | older
or has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of | ||||||
18 | the Illinois
Identification Card Act shall be charged only | ||||||
19 | one-half of the camping fee
charged to the general public | ||||||
20 | during the period Monday through Thursday of any
week and shall | ||||||
21 | be charged the same camping fee as the general public on all
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22 | other days. For campsites without access to showers or | ||||||
23 | electricity, no camping
fee authorized by this Section shall be |
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1 | charged to any resident of Illinois who
has a Class 2 | ||||||
2 | disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois
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3 | Identification Card Act. For campsites without access to | ||||||
4 | showers or
electricity, no camping fee authorized by this | ||||||
5 | Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois who is age | ||||||
6 | 62 or older for
the use of a camp site unit during the period | ||||||
7 | Monday through Thursday of any
week. No camping fee authorized | ||||||
8 | by this Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois | ||||||
9 | who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of
war, as | ||||||
10 | defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.
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11 | No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to | ||||||
12 | any
resident of Illinois after returning from service abroad or | ||||||
13 | mobilization by the President of the United States as an active | ||||||
14 | duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois | ||||||
15 | National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed | ||||||
16 | Forces for the amount of time that the active duty member spent | ||||||
17 | in service abroad or mobilized if the person (i) applies for a | ||||||
18 | pass at the Department office in Springfield within 2 years | ||||||
19 | after of returning and provides acceptable verification of | ||||||
20 | service or mobilization to the Department or (ii) applies for a | ||||||
21 | pass at a Regional Office of the Department within 2 years | ||||||
22 | after returning and provides acceptable verification of | ||||||
23 | service or mobilization to the Department ; any portion of a | ||||||
24 | year that the active duty member spent in service abroad or | ||||||
25 | mobilized shall count as a full year. Nonresidents shall be | ||||||
26 | charged the same fees as are authorized for the general
public |
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1 | regardless of age. The Department shall provide by regulation | ||||||
2 | for
suitable proof of age, or either a valid driver's license | ||||||
3 | or a "Golden Age
Passport" issued by the federal government | ||||||
4 | shall be acceptable as proof of
age. The Department shall | ||||||
5 | further provide by regulation that notice of
these
reduced | ||||||
6 | admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
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7 | Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to | ||||||
8 | any charge for
utility service.
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9 | For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable verification | ||||||
10 | of service or mobilization" means official documentation from | ||||||
11 | the Department of Defense or the appropriate Major Command | ||||||
12 | showing mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: | ||||||
13 | (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of | ||||||
14 | Military Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, | ||||||
15 | (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of | ||||||
16 | the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | ||||||
17 | covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | ||||||
18 | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | ||||||
19 | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | ||||||
20 | deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | ||||||
21 | abroad. | ||||||
22 | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service abroad" | ||||||
23 | means active duty service outside of the 50 United States and | ||||||
24 | the District of Columbia, and includes all active duty service | ||||||
25 | in territories and possessions of the United States. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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1 | Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | ||||||
2 | changing Section 20-47 as follows:
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3 | (515 ILCS 5/20-47)
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4 | Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization | ||||||
5 | and service outside the United States. | ||||||
6 | (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | ||||||
7 | the President of the United States as an active duty member of | ||||||
8 | the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or | ||||||
9 | the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | ||||||
10 | resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any | ||||||
11 | fees required to obtain a fishing license for the time period | ||||||
12 | prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois | ||||||
13 | resident applies for a license within 2 years after of | ||||||
14 | returning from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant | ||||||
15 | shall provide acceptable verification of service or | ||||||
16 | mobilization to the Department either at the Department's | ||||||
17 | office in Springfield or at a Regional Office of the | ||||||
18 | Department . | ||||||
19 | (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | ||||||
20 | member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
21 | applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the | ||||||
22 | purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty is | ||||||
23 | a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the | ||||||
24 | applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion of |
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1 | a year served. | ||||||
2 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall establish what | ||||||
3 | constitutes suitable verification of service or mobilization | ||||||
4 | under subsection (a) of this Section.
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5 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | ||||||
6 | verification of service or mobilization" means official | ||||||
7 | documentation from the Department of Defense or the appropriate | ||||||
8 | Major Command showing mobilization dates or service abroad | ||||||
9 | dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Department of Military Affairs for members of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | National Guard, (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve | ||||||
12 | Command for members of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter | ||||||
13 | from the Major Command covering Illinois for active duty | ||||||
14 | members, (v) personnel records for mobilized State employees, | ||||||
15 | and (vi) any other documentation that the Department, by | ||||||
16 | administrative rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of | ||||||
17 | mobilization or service abroad. | ||||||
18 | (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | ||||||
19 | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | ||||||
20 | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | ||||||
21 | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | ||||||
22 | States. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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24 | Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
25 | Section 3.1-4 as follows:
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1 | (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization | ||||||
3 | and service outside the United States. | ||||||
4 | (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by | ||||||
5 | the President of the United States as an active duty member of | ||||||
6 | the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or | ||||||
7 | the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois | ||||||
8 | resident may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2 | ||||||
9 | of this Code without paying any fees required to obtain a | ||||||
10 | hunting license for the time period prescribed by subsection | ||||||
11 | (b) of this Section if the Illinois resident applies for a | ||||||
12 | license within 2 years after of returning from service abroad | ||||||
13 | or mobilization. The applicant shall provide acceptable | ||||||
14 | verification of service or mobilization to the Department | ||||||
15 | either at the Department's office in Springfield or at a | ||||||
16 | Regional Office of the Department . | ||||||
17 | (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty | ||||||
18 | member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
19 | applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free Deer | ||||||
20 | Hunting Permit as provided in Section 2.26 of this Code and | ||||||
21 | rules adopted pursuant to that Section, and one free State | ||||||
22 | Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of this determination, if the | ||||||
23 | period of active duty is a portion of a year (for example, one | ||||||
24 | year and 3 months), the applicant will be credited with a full | ||||||
25 | year for the portion of a year served. |
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1 | (c) (Blank). The Department shall establish what | ||||||
2 | constitutes suitable verification of service or mobilization | ||||||
3 | under subsection (a) of this Section.
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4 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | ||||||
5 | verification of service or mobilization" means official | ||||||
6 | documentation from the Department of Defense or the appropriate | ||||||
7 | Major Command showing mobilization dates or service abroad | ||||||
8 | dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Department of Military Affairs for members of the Illinois | ||||||
10 | National Guard, (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve | ||||||
11 | Command for members of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter | ||||||
12 | from the Major Command covering Illinois for active duty | ||||||
13 | members, (v) personnel records for mobilized State employees, | ||||||
14 | and (vi) any other documentation that the Department, by | ||||||
15 | administrative rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of | ||||||
16 | mobilization or service abroad. | ||||||
17 | (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | ||||||
18 | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | ||||||
19 | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | ||||||
20 | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | ||||||
21 | States. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
24 | 1, 2011.
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