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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4184 Introduced , by Rep. Kay Hatcher SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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515 ILCS 5/20-55 | from Ch. 56, par. 20-55 |
520 ILCS 5/3.2 | from Ch. 61, par. 3.2 |
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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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| 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 |