Illinois § 20-55
Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 20-55, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-55.
License fees for non-residents. Fees for licenses for non-residents of the State of Illinois are as follows: (a) For sport fishing devices as defined by Section 10-95, or spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, non-residents age 16 or older shall be charged $31 for a fishing license to fish. For sport fishing devices as defined by Section 10-95, or spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, for a period not to exceed 3 consecutive days fishing in the State of Illinois the fee is $15.00. For sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95, or spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, for 24 hours of fishing the fee is $10. This license does not exempt the licensee from the salmon or inland trout stamp requirement. (b) All non-residents before using any commercial fishing device shall obtain a non-resident commercial fishing license, the fee for which shall be $300, and a non-resident fishing license. Each and every commercial device shall be licensed by a non-resident commercial fisherman as follows: (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of seine (excluding minnow seines) the fee is $36. (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot line device, basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee is $6. (3) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of trammel net the fee is $36. (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, of gill net the fee is $36. All persons required to have and failing to have the license provided for in subsection (a) of this Section shall be fined under Section 20-35 of this Code. Each person required to have and failing to have the licenses required under subsection (b) of this Section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. All licenses provided for in this Section shall expire on March 31 of each year; except that the 24-hour license for sport fishing devices or spearing devices shall expire 24 hours after the effective date and time listed on the face of the license and licenses for sport fishing devices or spearing devices for a period not to exceed 3 consecutive days fishing in the State of Illinois as provided in subsection (a) of this Section shall expire at midnight on the tenth day after issued, not counting the day issued. (Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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