Bill Text: IL SB0902 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of the Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-12-28 - Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee [SB0902 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0902-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning fish.
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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 Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1-230 as follows:
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| 6 | (515 ILCS 5/1-230) (from Ch. 56, par. 1-230)
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| 7 | Sec. 1-230. Wildlife and Fish Fund; disposition of money
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| 8 | received. All fees, fines, income of whatever kind or nature | ||||||
| 9 | derived
from hunting and fishing activities on lands, waters, | ||||||
| 10 | or both under the
jurisdiction or control of the Department, | ||||||
| 11 | and all penalties collected under
this Code shall be deposited | ||||||
| 12 | into the State Treasury and
shall be set apart in a special | ||||||
| 13 | fund to be known as the Wildlife and Fish
Fund; except that | ||||||
| 14 | fees derived solely from the sale of salmon stamps, income
from | ||||||
| 15 | art contests for the salmon stamp, including income from the | ||||||
| 16 | sale
of reprints, and gifts, donations, grants, and bequests of | ||||||
| 17 | money for the
conservation and propagation of salmon shall be | ||||||
| 18 | deposited into the State
Treasury and set apart in the special | ||||||
| 19 | fund to be known as the Salmon
Fund; and except that fees | ||||||
| 20 | derived solely from the sale of state
migratory waterfowl | ||||||
| 21 | stamps, and gifts, donations, grants and bequests of
money for | ||||||
| 22 | the conservation and propagation of waterfowl, shall be | ||||||
| 23 | deposited
into the State Treasury and set apart in the special | ||||||
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| 1 | fund to be known as the
State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund. | ||||||
| 2 | All interest that accrues from moneys
in the Wildlife and Fish | ||||||
| 3 | Fund, the Salmon Fund, and the State Migratory
Waterfowl Stamp | ||||||
| 4 | Fund shall be retained in those funds respectively.
Except for | ||||||
| 5 | the additional moneys deposited under Section 805-550 of the | ||||||
| 6 | Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the
Civil | ||||||
| 7 | Administrative Code of Illinois, appropriations from the | ||||||
| 8 | Wildlife and Fish Fund shall be made only to the
Department for | ||||||
| 9 | the carrying out of the powers and functions vested by law
in | ||||||
| 10 | the Department
for the administration and management of fish | ||||||
| 11 | and wildlife resources of this State for such activities as (i) | ||||||
| 12 | the purchase of land for fish hatcheries,
wildlife refuges, | ||||||
| 13 | preserves, and public shooting and fishing grounds; (ii)
the | ||||||
| 14 | purchase and distribution of wild birds, the eggs of wild | ||||||
| 15 | birds, and
wild mammals; (iii) the rescuing, restoring and | ||||||
| 16 | distributing of fish; (iv)
the maintenance of wildlife refuges | ||||||
| 17 | or preserves, public shooting grounds,
public fishing grounds, | ||||||
| 18 | and fish hatcheries; and (v) the feeding and care
of wild | ||||||
| 19 | birds, wild mammals, and fish. Appropriations from the Salmon | ||||||
| 20 | Fund
shall be made only to the Department to be used solely for | ||||||
| 21 | the conservation
and propagation of salmon, including | ||||||
| 22 | construction, operation, and
maintenance of a cold water | ||||||
| 23 | hatchery, and for payment of the costs of
printing salmon | ||||||
| 24 | stamps, the expenses incurred in acquiring salmon stamp
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| 25 | designs, and the expenses of producing reprints.
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| 26 | Appropriations from the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp | ||||||
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| 1 | Fund shall be
made only to the Department to be used solely for | ||||||
| 2 | the following purposes:
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| 3 | (a) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State | ||||||
| 4 | migratory waterfowl
stamps and 100% of all gifts, | ||||||
| 5 | donations, grants, and bequests of money for
the | ||||||
| 6 | conservation and propagation of waterfowl for projects | ||||||
| 7 | approved by
the Department shall be used for the purpose of | ||||||
| 8 | attracting waterfowl and
improving public migratory | ||||||
| 9 | waterfowl areas within the State. These projects
may | ||||||
| 10 | include the repair, maintenance, and operation of these | ||||||
| 11 | areas only in
emergencies as determined by the State Duck | ||||||
| 12 | Stamp Committee; but none of
the moneys spent within the | ||||||
| 13 | State shall be used for administrative expenses.
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| 14 | (b) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State | ||||||
| 15 | migratory waterfowl
stamps shall be turned over by the | ||||||
| 16 | Department to appropriate non-profit
organizations for the | ||||||
| 17 | development of waterfowl propagation areas within the
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| 18 | Dominion of Canada or the United States that specifically | ||||||
| 19 | provide
waterfowl for the Mississippi Flyway. Before | ||||||
| 20 | turning over any moneys from
the State Migratory Waterfowl | ||||||
| 21 | Stamp Fund, the Department shall obtain
evidence that the | ||||||
| 22 | project is acceptable to the appropriate governmental
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| 23 | agency of the Dominion of Canada or the United States or of | ||||||
| 24 | one of
its Provinces or States having jurisdiction over the | ||||||
| 25 | lands and waters
affected by the project and shall consult | ||||||
| 26 | those agencies and the State
Duck Stamp Committee for | ||||||
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| 1 | approval before allocating funds.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 95-853, eff. 8-18-08; 96-1160, eff. 1-1-11.)
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.
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