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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 415
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 415 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning veterans' camping fees."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
8 amended by changing Section 63a23 as follows:
9 (20 ILCS 805/63a23) (from Ch. 127, par. 63a23)
10 Sec. 63a23. Campsites and housing facilities. To provide
11 facilities for overnight tent and trailer camp sites and to
12 provide suitable housing facilities for student and juvenile
13 overnight camping groups. The Department of Natural
14 Resources may regulate, by administrative order, the fees to
15 be charged for tent and trailer camping units at individual
16 park areas based upon the facilities available. However, for
17 campsites with access to showers or electricity, any Illinois
18 resident who is age 62 or older or has a Class 2 disability
19 as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card
20 Act shall be charged only one-half of the camping fee charged
21 to the general public during the period Monday through
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1 Thursday of any week and shall be charged the same camping
2 fee as the general public on all other days. For campsites
3 without access to showers or electricity, no camping fee
4 authorized by this Section shall be charged to any resident
5 of Illinois who has a Class 2 disability as defined in
6 Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act. For
7 campsites without access to showers or electricity, no
8 camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to
9 any resident of Illinois who is age 62 or older for the use
10 of a camp site unit during the period Monday through Thursday
11 of any week. The No camping fee authorized by this Section
12 shall be waived or discounted for a charged to any resident
13 of Illinois who is a disabled veteran or a former prisoner of
14 war, as set forth defined in Section 5 of the Department of
15 Veterans' Affairs Act. Nonresidents shall be charged the
16 same fees as are authorized for the general public regardless
17 of age. The Department shall provide by regulation for
18 suitable proof of age, or either a valid driver's license or
19 a "Golden Age Passport" issued by the federal government
20 shall be acceptable as proof of age. The Department shall
21 further provide by regulation that notice of such reduced
22 admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.
23 Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply
24 to any charge for utility service.
25 (Source: P.A. 88-91; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
26 Section 10. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is
27 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
28 (20 ILCS 2805/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 70)
29 Sec. 5. Camping and park fees.
30 (a) Every veteran who is a resident of Illinois and
31 disabled may be eligible for an exemption from or a discount
32 for shall be exempt from all camping and admission fees in
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1 parks under the control of the Department of Natural
2 Resources. For the purpose of this subsection (a), A
3 resident disabled veteran is one who is permanently disabled
4 from service connected causes with 100% disability or one who
5 has permanently lost the use of a leg or both legs or an arm
6 or both arms or any combination thereof or any person who is
7 so severely disabled as to be unable to move without the aid
8 of crutches or a wheelchair shall be exempt from the camping
9 and admission fees. Other resident disabled veterans with
10 30% or more disability from service connected causes shall be
11 charged (i) for the Class A and B campsites (campsites with
12 access to showers or electricity) only one-half of the
13 camping fee charged to the general public during the period
14 Monday through Thursday of any week and shall be charged the
15 same camping fee as the general public on all other days and
16 (ii) for the Class C and D campsites (campsites without
17 access to showers or electricity) no camping fee for any day
18 of the week. The Department shall issue free use permits to
19 those eligible veterans. To establish eligibility, the
20 veteran shall present an award letter or some other
21 identifying disability document, together with proper
22 identification, to any office of the Department. Subject to
23 the approval of the Department of Natural Resources, the
24 Department of Veterans' Affairs shall establish the form or
25 permit identifier to be issued.
26 (b) Every veteran who is a resident of Illinois and a
27 former prisoner of war shall be exempt from all camping and
28 admission fees in parks under the control of the Department
29 of Natural Resources. For the purposes of this subsection
30 (b), a former prisoner of war is a veteran who was taken and
31 held prisoner by a hostile foreign force while participating
32 in an armed conflict as a member of the United States armed
33 forces. Any identification card or other form of
34 identification issued by the Veterans' Administration or
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1 other governmental agency which indicates the card-holder's
2 former prisoner of war status shall be sufficient to accord
3 such card-holder the fee-exempt admission or camping
4 privileges under this subsection.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)".