Public Act 096-1014
 		





SB0384 Enrolled
LRB096 06416 RCE 16500 b






    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 




 
 
    Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources 
(Conservation) Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois 
is amended  by changing Section 805-305 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 805/805-305)  (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)



    Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The

Department has the power to provide facilities for
overnight 
tent and trailer camp sites and to provide suitable housing

facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups.  
The Department
of Natural Resources may regulate, by 
administrative
order, the fees to be charged for tent and 
trailer camping units at individual
park areas based upon the 
facilities available.  However, for campsites with
access to 
showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62 or 
older
or has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of 
the Illinois
Identification Card Act shall be charged only 
one-half of the camping fee
charged to the general public 
during the period Monday through Thursday of any
week and shall 
be charged the same camping fee as the general public on all

other days.  For campsites without access to showers or 
electricity, no camping
fee authorized by this Section shall be 
charged to any resident of Illinois who
has a Class 2 
disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois

Identification Card Act.  For campsites without access to 
showers or
electricity, no camping fee authorized by this 
Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois who is age 
62 or older for
the use of a camp site unit during the period 
Monday through Thursday of any
week.  No camping fee authorized 
by this Section shall be charged to any
resident of Illinois 
who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of
war, as 
defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act.

No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to 
any
resident of Illinois after returning from service abroad or 
mobilization by the President of the United States as an active  
duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois 
National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed 
Forces for the amount of time that the active duty member spent 
in service abroad or mobilized if the person (i) applies for a 
pass at the Department office in Springfield within 2 years 
after of returning and provides acceptable verification of 
service or mobilization to the Department or (ii) applies for a 
pass  at a Regional Office of the Department within 2 years 
after returning and provides acceptable verification of 
service or mobilization to the Department; any portion of a 
year that the active duty member spent in service abroad or 
mobilized shall count as a full year. Nonresidents shall be 
charged the same fees as are authorized for the general
public 
regardless of age.  The Department shall provide by regulation 
for
suitable proof of age, or either a valid driver's license 
or a "Golden Age
Passport" issued by the federal government 
shall be acceptable as proof of
age.  The Department shall 
further provide by regulation that notice of
these
reduced 
admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.

    Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to 
any charge for
utility service.

    For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable verification 
of service or mobilization" means official  documentation from 
the Department of Defense or the appropriate Major Command 
showing mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: 
(i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of 
Military Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, 
(iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of 
the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command 
covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel 
records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other 
documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, 
deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service 
abroad. 
    For the purposes of this Section, the term "service abroad" 
means active duty service outside of the 50 United States and 
the District of Columbia, and includes all active duty service 
in territories and possessions of the United States. 
(Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)

 
    Section 10. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended  by 
changing Section 20-47 as follows:
 
    (515 ILCS 5/20-47)

    Sec. 20-47. Military members returning from mobilization 
and service outside the United States.
    (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by 
the President of the United States as an active duty member of 
the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or 
the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois 
resident may fish as permitted by this Code without paying any 
fees required to obtain a fishing license for the time period 
prescribed by subsection (b) of this Section if the Illinois 
resident applies for a license within 2 years after of 
returning from service abroad or mobilization. The applicant 
shall provide acceptable verification of service or 
mobilization to the Department either at the Department's 
office in Springfield or  at a Regional Office of the 
Department.
    (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty 
member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the 
applicant shall receive one free fishing license. For the 
purposes of this determination, if the period of active duty is 
a portion of a year (for example, one year and 3 months), the 
applicant will be credited with a full year for the portion of 
a year served.
    (c) (Blank). The Department shall establish what 
constitutes suitable verification of service or mobilization 
under subsection (a) of this Section.

    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable 
verification of service or mobilization" means official  
documentation from the Department of Defense or the appropriate 
Major Command showing mobilization dates or service abroad 
dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois 
Department of Military Affairs for members of the Illinois 
National Guard, (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve 
Command for members of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter 
from the Major Command covering Illinois for active duty 
members, (v) personnel records for mobilized State employees, 
and (vi) any other documentation that the Department, by 
administrative rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of 
mobilization or service abroad. 
    (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service 
abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United 
States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active 
duty service in territories and possessions of the United 
States. 
(Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
 
    Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3.1-4 as follows:
 
    (520 ILCS 5/3.1-4)
    Sec. 3.1-4. Military members returning from mobilization 
and service outside the United States.
    (a) After returning from service abroad or mobilization by 
the President of the United States as an active duty member of 
the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or 
the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, an Illinois 
resident may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2 
of this Code without paying any fees required to obtain a 
hunting license for the time period prescribed by subsection 
(b) of this Section if the Illinois resident applies for a 
license within 2 years after of returning from service abroad 
or mobilization. The applicant shall provide acceptable 
verification of service or mobilization to the Department 
either at the Department's office in Springfield or  at a 
Regional Office of the Department.
    (b) For each year that an applicant is an active duty 
member pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section, the 
applicant shall receive one free hunting license, one free Deer 
Hunting Permit as provided in Section 2.26 of this Code and 
rules adopted pursuant to that Section, and one free State 
Habitat Stamp. For the purposes of this determination, if the 
period of active duty is a portion of a year (for example, one 
year and 3 months), the applicant will be credited with a full 
year for the portion of a year served.
    (c) (Blank). The Department shall establish what 
constitutes suitable verification of service or mobilization 
under subsection (a) of this Section.

    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable 
verification of service or mobilization" means official  
documentation from the Department of Defense or the appropriate 
Major Command showing mobilization dates or service abroad 
dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois 
Department of Military Affairs for members of the Illinois 
National Guard, (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve 
Command for members of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter 
from the Major Command covering Illinois for active duty 
members, (v) personnel records for mobilized State employees, 
and (vi) any other documentation that the Department, by 
administrative rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of 
mobilization or service abroad. 
    (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "service 
abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United 
States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active 
duty service in territories and possessions of the United 
States. 
(Source: P.A. 94-313, eff. 7-25-05.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2011.