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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,
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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 |  | adding Section 20-56 as follows:
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| 6 |  |     (515 ILCS 5/20-56 new) | 
| 7 |  |     Sec. 20-56. First-time fishing license. Except as  | 
| 8 |  | otherwise provided in this Code, for
sport fishing devices as  | 
| 9 |  | defined in Section 10-95 or spearing devices as defined in  | 
| 10 |  | Section 10-110, any resident of Illinois who is 26 years of age  | 
| 11 |  | or older who has not purchased a resident fishing license in  | 
| 12 |  | the past 10 years is eligible to receive a one-time annual  | 
| 13 |  | resident fishing license for a fee of $5. Any nonresident who  | 
| 14 |  | is 26 years of age or older and has not purchased a nonresident  | 
| 15 |  | fishing license in the past 10 years is eligible to receive a  | 
| 16 |  | one-time annual sport fishing license for a fee of $10.
 
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| 17 |  |     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January  | 
| 18 |  | 1, 2024. 
  
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