20 ILCS 805/805-305
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH|20 ILCS 805/ - Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. (Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law)|Article 805 - Department Of Natural Resources (Conservation)

 (was 20 ILCS 805/63a23)Sec. 805-305. Campsites and housing facilities. The  Department has the power to provide facilities for  overnight tent and trailer campsites and to provide suitable housing  facilities for student and juvenile overnight camping groups.  The Department  of Natural Resources may regulate, by administrative  order, the fees to be charged for tent and trailer camping units at individual  park areas based upon the facilities available.  However, for campsites with  access to showers or electricity, any Illinois resident who is age 62 or older  or has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois  Identification Card Act shall be charged only one-half of the camping fee  charged to the general public during the period Monday through Thursday of any  week and shall be charged the same camping fee as the general public on all  other days.  For campsites without access to showers or electricity, no camping  fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any resident of Illinois who  has a Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois  Identification Card Act.  For campsites without access to showers or  electricity, no camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any  resident of Illinois who is age 62 or older for  the use of a campsite unit during the period Monday through Thursday of any  week.  No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any  resident of Illinois who is a veteran with a disability or a former prisoner of  war, as defined in Section 5 of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act.  No camping fee authorized by this Section shall be charged to any  resident of Illinois after returning from service abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States as an active  duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces for the amount of time that the active duty member spent in service abroad or mobilized if the person (i) applies for a pass at the Department office in Springfield within 2 years after returning and provides acceptable verification of service or mobilization to the Department or (ii) applies for a pass  at a Regional Office of the Department within 2 years after returning and provides acceptable verification of service or mobilization to the Department; any portion of a year that the active duty member spent in service abroad or mobilized shall count as a full year. Nonresidents shall be charged the same fees as are authorized for the general  public regardless of age.  The Department shall provide by regulation for  suitable proof of age, or either a valid driver's license or a "Golden Age  Passport" issued by the federal government shall be acceptable as proof of  age.  The Department shall further provide by regulation that notice of  these  reduced admission fees be posted in a conspicuous place and manner.Reduced fees authorized in this Section shall not apply to any charge for  utility service.For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable verification of service or mobilization" means official  documentation from the Department of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service abroad.For the purposes of this Section, the term "service abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active duty service in territories and possessions of the United States. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-143, eff. 1-1-18.)