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91_HB0518
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1 AN ACT to amend the Fish and Aquatic Life Code by
2 amending Section 10-85.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
6 changing Section 10-85 as follows:
7 (515 ILCS 5/10-85) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-85)
8 Sec. 10-85. Ice fishing. Fish may be taken through the
9 ice by the use of not more than 3 2 poles and lines or 3 2
10 tipups at any one time and there may be not more than 2 hooks
11 attached to each line. Any hole cut in the ice for the
12 purpose of taking fish shall be not more than 12 inches in
13 diameter. Any shelter placed or used on ice of any of the
14 public waters of this State shall be a portable fishing
15 shelter constructed of a frame-work of metal or wood covered
16 with canvas, paper, wood, plastic material, or any similar
17 material and that shelter shall have the name and address of
18 the owner attached to it. Following March 1 of each ice
19 fishing season the shelter must be removed at the end of each
20 fishing day and shall not be left unattended at any time
21 after that date.
22 All fishing devices placed through the ice shall be
23 attended and kept under the observation of the person having
24 so placed the device at all times.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.