Volume 27 Issue 49 December 5, 2003 Pages 18290 - 18494

TABLE OF CONTENTS

December 05, 2003 Volume 27, Issue 49 PROPOSED RULES CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF Department Advisory Groups 89 Ill. Adm. Code 428 ...... 18290 INSURANCE, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights 50 Ill. Adm. Code 5420 ...... 18295 NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF Sport Fishing Regulations for the Waters of Illinois 17 Ill. Adm. Code 810 ...... 18305 Commercial Fishing in Lake Michigan 17 Ill. Adm. Code 850 ...... 18395 ADOPTED RULES STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM Public Information, Rulemaking and Organization 2 Ill. Adm. Code 5350 ...... 18399 COMMERCE COMMISSION, ILLINOIS Customer Credits 83 Ill. Adm. Code 732 ...... 18405 HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF Child Care 89 Ill. Adm. Code 50 ...... 18411 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 89 Ill. Adm. Code 112 ...... 18417 General Assistance 89 Ill. Adm. Code 114 ...... 18433 Food Stamps 89 Ill. Adm. Code 121 ...... 18445 SECRETARY OF STATE, OFFICE OF THE Illinois Safety Responsibility Law 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1070 ...... 18458 EMERGENCY RULES REVENUE, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF Income Tax 86 Ill. Adm. Code 100 ...... 18464 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES STATEMENTS OF RECOMMENDATION PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1510 ...... 18479 PUBLIC AID, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF Medical Payment

i 89 Ill. Adm. Code 140 ...... 18480 Reimbursement for Nursing Costs for Geriatric Facilities 89 Ill. Adm. Code 147 ...... 18481 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES STATEMENTS OF OBJECTION STATE UNIVERSITIES RETIREMENT SYSTEM Universities Retirement 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1600 ...... 18482 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES STATEMENTS OF OBJECTION AND SUSPENSION BANKS AND REAL ESTATE, OFFICE OF Calculation, Assessment and Collection of Periodic Fees 38 Ill. Adm. Code 375 ...... 18483 Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 38 Ill. Adm. Code 1000 ...... 18484 Savings Bank Act 38 Ill. Adm. Code 1075 ...... 18485 SECOND NOTICES RECEIVED JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Second Notices Received ...... 18486 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION ERROR PUBLIC HEALTH, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities Code 77 Ill. Adm. Code 300 ...... 18487 Sheltered Care Facilities Code 77 Ill. Adm. Code 330 ...... 18488 Illinois Veterans' Homes Code 77 Ill. Adm. Code 340 ...... 18489 Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled Facilities Code 77 Ill. Adm. Code 350 ...... 18487 Long-Term Care for Under Age 22 Facilities Code 77 Ill. Adm. Code 390 ...... 18487 NOTICES OF PUBLIC INFORMATION BANKS AND REAL ESTATE, OFFICE OF Notice of Suspension Under the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987 Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18488 EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS PROCLAMATIONS Bishop Charles Mason Ford Day Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18489 Civil Air Patrol Week

ii Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18489 Ambassadors For Peace Day Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18490 Homeless Persons Memorial Day Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18490 Martin Luther King Day Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18491 Woman's Heart Day Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18492 Career And Technical Education Week Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18492 Kantorei Day Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18493 HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Ill. Adm. Code ...... 18493

iii ILLINOIS REGISTER 18290 03 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

1) Heading of the Part: Department Advisory Groups

2) Code Citation: 89 Ill. Adm. Code 428

3) Section Numbers: Proposed Action: 428.20 Amendment 428.85 New

4) Statutory Authority: Public Act 93-0189

5) A Complete Description of the Subjects and Issues Involved: The Department is amending Part 428, Advisory Councils, by adding rules governing the Confidential Intermediary Council. Public Act 93-0189 requires the establishment of this new council.

6) Will these proposed amendments replace an emergency rule currently in effect? No

7) Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

8) Do these proposed amendments contain incorporations by reference? No

9) Are there any proposed amendments to this Part pending? No

10) Statement of Statewide Policy Objectives: These rules do not create or expand a state mandate as defined in Section 3(b) of the State Mandates Act [30 ILCS 805/3(b)].

11) Time, Place, and Manner in which interested persons may comment on this proposed rulemaking: Comments on this proposed rulemaking may be submitted in writing for a period of 45 days following publication of this notice. Comments should be submitted to:

Jeff Osowski Office of Child and Family Policy Department of Children and Family Services 406 East Monroe, Station # 65 Springfield, Illinois 62701-1498 Telephone: (217) 524-1983 TTY: (217) 524-3715 Internet address: [email protected]

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The Department will consider fully all written comments on this proposed rulemaking submitted during the 45-day comment period. Comments submitted by small businesses should be identified as such.

12) Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis: The Department has determined that this amendment does not have an impact on small business.

A) Types of small businesses, small municipalities and not for profit corporations affected: This amendment will not affect small businesses, small municipalities or not for profit corporations.

B) Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedures required for compliance: Please see the amendments to Section 5420.70; 5420.90 and Exhibit C of this Part.

C) Types of professional skills necessary for compliance: Administrative and possible accounting skills will be needed to calculate and categorize complaint information.

13) Regulatory agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized: This rulemaking was not included on either of the 2 most recent regulatory agendas because: The need for the amendments was not anticipated when either of the two most recent regulatory agendas were published.

The full text of the Proposed Amendments begins on the next page.

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18292 03 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

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TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SUBCHAPTER f: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

PART 428 DEPARTMENT ADVISORY GROUPS

Section 428.10 Purpose 428.20 Definitions 428.30 Children and Family Services Advisory Council 428.35 One Church, One Child Advisory Board 428.40 State Advisory Committee on Day Care (Repealed) 428.50 Child Welfare Advisory Committee 428.60 Statewide Citizens Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect 428.65 Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council 428.70 Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission (Repealed) 428.75 African-American Family Commission 428.80 Regional Advisory Committees 428.85 Confidential Intermediary Council 428.90 Regional Youth Planning Committees (Repealed) 428.95 Other Advisory Groups 428.100 Liaisons to the Department's Advisory Council 428.110 Rules of Procedure 428.120 Organization 428.130 Regular and Special Meetings 428.140 Notice of Meetings and Agendas 428.150 Compliance with the Opening Meetings Act 428.160 Quorum 428.170 Compensation 428.175 Conflict of Interest 428.180 Minutes 428.190 Staffing

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 5, 17a-1 and 17a-9 of the Children and Family Services Act [20 ILCS 505/5, 17a-1, 17a-9]; Section 11.7 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act [325 ILCS 5/11.7]; Section 18.3a(f) of the Adoption Act [750 ILCS 50/18.3a(f)]; Sections 11.1 through 12 of the Illinois Purchasing Act [30 ILCS 505/11.1 through 12]; and Sections 6.15 and 8 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois [20 ILCS 5/6.15 and 8].

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SOURCE: Adopted and codified at 5 Ill. Reg. 7789, effective August 3, 1981; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 10578, effective September 1, 1983; recodified at 17 Ill. Reg. 21894; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 1043, effective January 20, 1995; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 15474, effective December 15, 1997; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______.

Section 428.20 Definitions

"Advisory group", as used in this Part, means a council, commission, committee or task force created by statute, executive order, or administrative action of the Director of the Department that, among its functions, provides advice and counsel to the Department regarding its programs and services or monitors Department operations. Such advisory groups may be composed entirely or partially of persons other than Department personnel.

"Confidential intermediary" means a person who, by order of an Illinois court, is given access to various adoption related records and other confidential information not generally available to the public in order to identify and locate birth relatives of the petitioner. If the sought after relative is located, the confidential intermediary facilitates the mutually desired communication or contact as provided by statute while maintaining the confidentiality of all parties.

"Conflict of interest", as used in this Part, means an individual uses his or her official position for private gain (other than salary), gives preferential treatment to any entity or person in the conduct of official duties because of personal interest, impedes or adversely affects governmental efficiency or economy because of personal interest, fails to act impartially in the conduct of official duties because of personal interest, or engages in conduct that could adversely affect the confidence of the public in the integrity of the Department of Children and Family Services. The term also means that the circumstances are such that a reasonable person might conclude that an individual's judgement could be influenced by the nature of the circumstances or the individualsindividual(s) involved. Conflicts of interest may be actual or potential.

"Direct financial interest" means any type of monetary gain from a Department- funded program, such as that acquired by salaried staff of Department-funded agencies, or Department staff.

"Geographic regions" means those groupings of counties designated by the Director for administration of Department programs.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

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Section 428.85 Confidential Intermediary Council

There shall be established under the Department of Children and Family Services a Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council. One member shall be an attorney representing the Attorney General's Office appointed by the Attorney General. One member shall be a currently certified confidential intermediary appointed by the Director of the Department of Children and Family Services. The Director shall also appoint 5 additional members. When making those appointments, the Director shall consider advocates for adopted persons, adoptive parents, birth parents, lawyers who represent clients in private adoptions, lawyers specializing in privacy law, and representatives of agencies involved in adoptions. The Director shall appoint one of the 7 members as the chairperson. An attorney from the Department of Children and Family Services and the person directly responsible for administering the confidential intermediary program shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting advisors to the Council. Council members shall serve at the discretion of the Director and shall receive no compensation other than reasonable expenses approved by the Director. The Council shall meet no less than twice yearly and shall make recommendations to the Director regarding the development of rules, procedures, and forms that will ensure efficient and effective operation of the confidential intermediary process, including:

a) Standards of certification for confidential intermediaries.

b) Oversight of methods used to verify that intermediaries are complying with the appropriate laws.

c) Training for confidential intermediaries, including training with respect to federal and State privacy laws.

d) The relationship between confidential intermediaries and the court system, including the development of sample orders defining the scope of the intermediaries' access to information.

e) Any recent violations of policy or procedures by confidential intermediaries and remedial steps, including decertification, to prevent future violations. [750 ILCS 50/18.3a(f)]

(Source: Added at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18295 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

1) Heading of the Part: Managed Care Reform & Patient Rights

2) Code Citation: 50 Ill. Adm. Code 5420

3) Section Numbers: Proposed Action: 5420.20 Amendment 5420.50 Amendment 5420.70 Amendment 5420.90 Amendment 5420.EXHIBIT C Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act [215 ILCS 134] and authorized by Section 401 of the Illinois Insurance Act [215 ILCS 5/401].

5) A Complete Description of the Subjects and Issues Involved: The primary objective of this amendment is to more fully and accurately describe the applicability of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act to insurers and health care plans. In addtion, the Department has expanded Section 5420.70 concerning all aspects of the complaint handling procedure; has formalized a complaint reporting requirement to include electronic submission of such complaints and we have added a new Section to the rule which permits the imposition of penalties when the complaint reporting requirement has not been met in a timely fashion Finally, the Department is amending Section 5420.50 to clarify a plan’s responsibility to notify enrollees when a provider terminates.

6) Will this rulemaking replace an emergency rulemaking currently in effect? No

7) Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

8) Does this rulemaking contain incorporations by reference? No

9) Are there any other amendments pending on this Part? No

10) Statement of Statewide Policy Objective: This rulemaking will not require a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues.

11) Time, Place, and Manner in which interested persons may comment on this proposed rulemaking: Persons who wish to comment on this proposed rulemaking may submit written comments no later than 45 days after the publication of this Notice to: ILLINOIS REGISTER 18296 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Denise Hamilton ` Eve Blackwell-Lewis Department of Insurance Department of Insurance 320 West Washington or 320 West Washington Springfield, Illinois 62767-0001 Springfield, Illinois 62767-0001 (217) 785-8560 (217) 782-0708

12) Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:

A) Types of small businesses, small municipalities and not for profit corporations affected: This amendment will not affect small businesses, small municipalities or not for profit corporations.

B) Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedures required for compliance: Please see the amendments to Section 5420.70; 5420.90 and Exhibit C of this Part.

C) Types of professional skills necessary for compliance: Administrative and possible accounting skills will be needed to calculate and categorize complaint information.

13) Regulatory Agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized: This rulemaking was not included on either of the two most recent regulatory agendas because: The regulatory staff did not anticipate the need to formalize these requirements.

The full text of the Proposed Amendments begins on the next page: ILLINOIS REGISTER 18297 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

TITLE 50: INSURANCE CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE SUBCHAPTER kkk : HEALTH CARE SERVICE PLANS

PART 5420 MANAGED CARE REFORM & PATIENT RIGHTS Section 5420.10 Purpose 5420.20 Applicability and Scope 5420.30 Definitions 5420.40 Provision of Information 5420.50 Notice of Nonrenewal or Termination 5420.60 Transition of Services 5420.70 Health Care Services, Appeals, Complaints and External Independent Reviews 5420.80 Joint Resolution of Complaints – Department of Insurance and Department of Public Health − Notification and Resolution Process 5420.90 Record of Complaints 5420.100 Access and Quality of Care from Providers Without Primary Care Physician Referral or Authorization 5420.110 Emergency Services 5420.120 Post Stabilization Services 5420.130 Registration of Utilization Review Organizations 5420.140 Operational Requirements 5420.EXHIBIT A Description of Coverage – Cover Page 5420.EXHIBIT B Description of Coverage – Worksheet 5420.EXHIBIT C Complaint Reporting Record and Column Descriptions 5420.EXHIBIT D Application for Registration of a Utilization Review Organization 5420.EXHIBIT E Utilization Review Organization Officers and Directors Biographical Affidavit

AUTHORITY: Implementing the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act [215 ILCS 134/1 through 299] and authorized by Section 401 of the Illinois Insurance Code [215 ILCS 5/401].

SOURCE: Emergency rules adopted at 23 Ill. Reg. 12466, effective September 27, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; adopted at 24 Ill. Reg. 3374, effective February 10, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 9429, effective July 1, 2000; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______.

Section 5420.20 Applicability and Scope

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The requirements of this Part are applicable to:

a) Policies and contracts amended, delivered, issued, or renewed by health care plans pursuant to the Act; and

b) The program of health benefits under the State Employees Group Insurance Act, with the exception of the fee for service program which only needs to comply with Section 85 and the definition of “emergency medical condition” contained in Section 10 of the Act; the Counties Code; the Illinois Municipal Code; the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act; the Health Maintenance Organization Act; the Limited Health Service Organization Act, except for plans offering only dental services, or only vision services; the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act and the medical assistance program and other programs administered by the Department of Public Aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code; and

c) Third party administrators, as defined in Article XXXI¼ of the Code, and entities regulated under Article XX½ of the Code, generally referred to as Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) must comply with the requirements of Section 5420.90 and Exhibit C of this Part pursuant to Section 55 of the Act; and

d) Any person who conducts a utilization review program in this State, except that the provisions of Section 85 of the Act are not applicable to bodily injury liability claims (including uninsured motorist and underinsured motorist coverage claims) arising under property and casualty contracts issued under Class 2 and Class 3 of the Code [215 ILCS 5/4] and does not include the retrospective review of a claim that is limited to an evaluation of reimbursement levels, veracity of documentation, accuracy of coding or adjudication for payment. Section 85 is also specifically applicable to third party administrators, PPOs and insurance companies that transact the kinds of insurance authorized under Class 1(b) or Class 2(a) of Section 4 of the Code. For purposes of this Part, an entity shall be considered to be conducting a utilization review program in this State if it evaluates the use of health care services, procedures, and facilities by persons who are either covered under contracts of insurance entered into in this State, or enrolled in an entity licensed pursuant to the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act; and

e) Preferred provider administrators, as defined in Section 370g(g) of the Code, and insurance companies that transact the kinds of insurance authorized under Class 1(b) or Class 2(a) of Section 4 of the Code must also comply with the definition ILLINOIS REGISTER 18299 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

of the term emergency medical condition, as defined in Section 10 of the Act.a)All provisions of this Act are applicable to the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, Health Maintenance Organizations, Voluntary Health Service Organizations, and Limited Health Service Organizations except those plans offering only dental services or only vision services. In addition, Sections 55 and 85 of the Act are applicable to Third Party Administrators. Also Sections 55 and 85 of the Act, as well as compliance with the definition of the term emergency medical condition, as defined in Section 10 of the Act, are applicable to entities regulated under Article XX½ of the Insurance Code, generally referred to as Preferred Provider Organizations. Finally, Section 85 of the Act and compliance with the definition of the term "emergency medical condition" as defined in Section 10 of the Act are applicable to all insurers authorized to transact the sale of accident and health insurance in Illinois. b)Until July 1, 2000, health care plans may, but are not required to, incorporate the transition of service standards defined in Section 5420.60 of this Part and also referred to in Section 5420.40 and 5420.50 of this Part.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 5420.50 Notice of Nonrenewal or Termination

a) All provider agreements shall provide for at least 60 days notice by the provider for termination with cause, as defined in such provider agreement, and at least 90 days notice by the provider for termination without cause. Upon receipt of such notice, the health care plan shall immediately notify enrollees of the termination and the proper steps to be taken for selecting a new health care provider. In the event the provider violates the provider agreement and does not give a notice of termination in the appropriate timeframe, the health care plan must provide immediate notice to the enrollees. The health care plan must inform the Department immediately of any known or intended termination, with or without cause, of an MCO.

b) A health care plan must give at least 60 days notice of nonrenewal or termination of a health care provider to the health care provider and to the enrollees served by the health care provider. The notice shall include a name and address to which an enrollee or health care provider may direct comments and concerns regarding the nonrenewal or termination. Immediate written notice may be provided without 60 days notice when a health care provider's license has been disciplined by a State licensing board. The notice shall inform the enrollee of the availability of transitional services and that the enrollee must request transitional services within ILLINOIS REGISTER 18300 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

30 days from receipt of this notice.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 5420.70 Health Care Services, Appeals, Complaints and External Independent Reviews

a) A plan shall affirm or deny liability on claims within a reasonable time and shall offer payment within 30 days of affirmation of liability, if the amount of the claim is determined and not in dispute. For those portions of the claim which are not in dispute and the payee is known, the plan shall tender payment within said 30 days.

b) If a settlement of a claim is less than the amount claimed, or if the claim is denied, the plan shall provide to the insured a reasonable written explanation of the basis of the lower offer or denial within 30 days after the investigation and determination of liability is completed. This explanation shall clearly set forth the policy definition, limitation, exclusion or condition upon which denial was based. The explanation shall clearly inform the enrollee of the right to appeal the claim reduction or denial, the process by which the enrollee (or the enrollee’s designee or guardian) may initiate the appeal process and the plan’s phone number to call to receive more information concerning the appeal process. Notice of Availability of the Department of Insurance shall accompany this explanation.

c) A health plan shall ensure that an enrollee (or the enrollee’s designee or guardian) has a period of not less than 180 days after the date of the explanation of a denial of a claim for benefits in which to appeal such denial under this Section.

d) Every health care plan shall submit for the Department's review, and thereafter maintain, a mechanism for the joint selection of the external independent reviewer. Any proposed changes to the mechanism must be filed for review by the Department.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 5420.90 Record of Complaints

a) Complaint, as used in this Section, means any communication primarily expressing a grievance to the health care plan by, or on behalf of, the enrollee, or by the health care provider. For purposes of this definition, "communication" ILLINOIS REGISTER 18301 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

shall include the following:

1) A written notice relating to the health care plan's determinations, procedures and administration as stated in Sections 45 and 50 of the Act; and

2) Written or oral notice filed under the expedited health care services appeal process or under the utilization review process. b) The health care plan shall submit to the Director a report by April 1 March 1 for the previous calendar year which shall include a record of the plan's complaints in the format prescribed in Exhibit C of this Part. Beginning April 1, 2004, all plans or companies must electronically submit the record of complaints to the Director in a format presented by the Director.

c) Any plan or company failing to file a complaint report by April 1 for the previous calendar year may be subject to a late fee of $100 for each day the report is late.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18302 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Section 5420.EXHIBIT C Complaint Record and Column Descriptions

COMPLAINT RECORD Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G Column H Health Care Complaint Function Date Date IDOI External Disposition Plan ID Origin Code Received Closed Complaint Review

EXPLANATION

1. Column A. Health Care Plan Identification Number – This is the identification number used by the health care plan to identify the complaint internally. The identification number must be unique for each complaint.

2. Column B. Complaint Origin – complaint was filed by:

a) Consumer or enrollee;

b) Provider;

c) Any other individual.

3. Column C. Function Code. Complaints are to be classified by function(s) or the health care plan involved as follows:

a) Denial of care or treatment (dissatisfaction regarding prospective non- authorization of a request for care or treatment recommended by a provider excluding diagnostic procedures and referral requests; partial approvals and care terminations are also considered to be denials);

b) Denial of diagnostic procedure (dissatisfaction regarding prospective non- authorization of a request for a diagnostic procedure recommended by a provider; partial approvals are also considered to be denials);

c) Denial of referral request (dissatisfaction regarding non-authorization of a request for a referral to another provider recommended by a PCP);

d) Sufficient choice and accessibility of health care providers (dissatisfaction by an enrollee or policyholder regarding the extent to which the health care plan has practitioners/providers of the appropriate type and number distributed geographically to meet the needs of the member; in addition, dissatisfaction by an ILLINOIS REGISTER 18303 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

enrollee or policyholder regarding the extent to which the enrollee or policyholder may obtain available services at the time they are needed − such service refers to both telephone access and ease of scheduling an appointment);

e) Underwriting (dissatisfaction by an enrollee or policyholder regarding the health care plan’s process of examining, accepting, or rejecting insurance risks and classifying those selected in order to charge the proper premiums for each);

f) Marketing and sales (dissatisfaction regarding solicitation or the sale of a policy by the managed care organization; solicitation means any method by which information relative to the health care plan is made known to the public for the purpose of informing or influencing potential enrollees to enroll in the health care plan, regardless of the media or technique used);

g) Claims and utilization review (dissatisfaction regarding the concurrent or retrospective evaluation of the coverage, medical necessity, efficiency or appropriateness of health care services or treatment plans; prospective "Denials of care or treatment," "Denials of diagnostic procedures" and "Denials of referral requests" should not be classified in this category, but the appropriate one above);

h) Member services (dissatisfaction by an enrollee or policyholder related to response time regarding provision of information; handling of a complaint, appeal or external review; or any interaction between plan representative(s) and enrollee);

i) Provider relations:;

I) Quality of Care (dissatisfaction regarding any aspect of care provider by an institution or organization or practitioner that provides services to a managed care organization’s members; this category does not include sufficient choice or accessibility of a provider);

II) Provider complaints − Prompt Pay (complaints by providers (prompt pay, etc.), excluding those filed under "Denials of care or treatment," "Denials of diagnostic procedures" and "Denials of referral request" above);

j) Miscellaneous (any "complaint", as defined above, not falling in one of the above categories).

4. Column D. Date Received – date received by the health care plan. ILLINOIS REGISTER 18304 03 DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

5. Column E. Date Closed – date closed by the health care plan.

6. Column F. Illinois Insurance Department of Insurance Complaint File Number – If the complaint was also sent to the health care plan from the Department, the health care plan should provide the IDOI complaint number in this column.

7. Column G. Illinois Department of Insurance Complaint File Closed Date. The Department of Insurance will provide the company with the date the complaint was closed by the Department of Insurance. External Review – indicate by placing an "X" in the column if complaint was processed through external review procedure.

8. Column H. External Review – indicate by placing an "X" in the column if complaint was processed through external review procedure. Disposition – a)Relief Granted - If the complaint was resolved in favor of the complainant; b)Partial Relief Granted - If the complaint was only partially resolved in favor of the complainant; c)Information Furnished - The complaint did not require action only information to be provided to the enrollee; d)No Relief Granted - If the complaint was not resolved in favor of the complainant.

9. Column I. Disposition.

a) Relief Granted − If the complaint was resolved in favor of the complainant;

b) Partial Relief Granted − If the complaint was only partially resolved in favor of the complainant;

c) Information Furnished − The complaint did not require action, only information to be provided to the enrollee;

d) No Relief Granted − If the complaint was not resolved in favor of the complainant.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

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1) Heading of the Part: Sport Fishing Regulations for the Waters of Illinois

2) Code Citation: 17 Ill. Adm. Code 810

3) Section Numbers: Proposed Action: 810.10 Amendment 810.20 Amendment 810.35 Amendment 810.37 Amendment 810.45 Amendment 810.70 Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing and authorized by Sections 1-120, 1-125, 1-150, 5-5, 10-5, 10-10, 10-15, 10-20, 10-25, 10-30, 10-35, 10-45, 10-50, 10-60, 10-75, 10-90, 10- 95, 15-50, 20-5, 20-35 and 25-5 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code [515 ILCS 5/1-120, 1- 125, 1-150, 5-5, 10-5, 10-10, 10-15, 10-20, 10-25, 10-30, 10-35, 10-45, 10-50, 10-60, 10- 75, 10-90, 10-95, 15-50, 20-5, 20-35 and 25-5].

5) A Complete Description of the Subjects and Issues Involved: The prohibited dates for harvesting yellow perch were changed to July 1 through July 31; language was added regarding snagging; definitions for individual site specific fishing regulations were updated; individual site specific fishing regulations by water area were updated and the dates for the 2004 Free Fishing Days were added.

6) Will this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

8) Do these proposed amendments contain incorporations by reference? No

9) Are there any other proposed amendments pending on this Part? No

10) Statement of Statewide Policy Objective: This rulemaking does not affect units of local government.

11) Time, Place and Manner in which interested persons may comment on this proposed rulemaking: Comments on the proposed rulemaking may be submitted in writing for a period of 45 days following publication of this notice to:

Jack Price, Legal Counsel ILLINOIS REGISTER 18306 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Department of Natural Resources One Natural Resources Way Springfield IL 62702-1271 217/782-1809

12) Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:

A) Types of small businesses, small municipalities and not for profit corporations affected: None

B) Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedures required for compliance: None

C) Types of professional skills necessary for compliance: None

13) Regulatory Agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized: July 2003

The full text of the Proposed Amendments begins on the next page: ILLINOIS REGISTER 18307 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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TITLE 17: CONSERVATION CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE

PART 810 SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS

Section 810.10 Sale of Fish and Fishing Seasons 810.20 Snagging 810.30 Pole and Line Fishing Only (Repealed) 810.35 Statewide Sportfishing Regulations – Daily Catch and Size Limits 810.37 Definitions for Site Specific Sportfishing Regulations 810.40 Daily Catch and Size Limits (Repealed) 810.45 Site Specific Water Area Regulations 810.50 Bait Fishing 810.60 Bullfrogs (Repealed) 810.70 Free Fishing Days 810.80 Emergency Protective Regulations 810.90 Fishing Tournament Permit 810.100 Bed Protection

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 1-120, 1-125, 1-150, 5-5, 10-5, 10-10, 10-15, 10-20, 10-25, 10-30, 10-35, 10-45, 10-50, 10-60, 10-75, 10-90, 10-95, 15-50, 20-5, 20-35 and 25-5 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code [515 ILCS 5/1-120, 1-125, 1-150, 5-5, 10-5, 10-10, 10-15, 10-20, 10-25, 10-30, 10-35, 10-45, 10-50, 10-60, 10-75, 10-90, 10-95, 15-50, 20-5, 20-35 and 25-5].

SOURCE: Adopted at 5 Ill. Reg. 751, effective January 8, 1981; codified at 5 Ill. Reg. 10647; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 342, effective December 23, 1981; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 7411, effective June 11, 1982; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 209, effective December 22, 1982; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 1564, effective January 23, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 16769, effective August 30, 1984; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 2916, effective February 26, 1985; emergency amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 3825, effective March 13, 1985, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired August 10, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 6181, effective April 24, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 14291, effective September 5, 1985; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 4835, effective March 6, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 4638, effective March 10, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 5306, effective March 8, 1988; emergency amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 6981, effective April 4, 1988, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired September 1, 1988; emergency amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 10525, effective June 7, 1988, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired November 4, 1988; ILLINOIS REGISTER 18308 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 15982, effective September 27, 1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 8419, effective May 19, 1989; emergency amendment at 13 Ill. Reg. 12643, effective July 14, 1989, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired December 11, 1989; emergency amendment at 13 Ill. Reg. 14085, effective September 4, 1989, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired February 1, 1990; emergency amendment at 13 Ill. Reg. 15118, effective September 11, 1989, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired February 8, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 6164, effective April 17, 1990; emergency amendment at 14 Ill. Reg. 6865, effective April 17, 1990, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired September 19, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 8588, effective May 21, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 16863, effective October 1, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 4699, effective March 18, 1991; emergency amendment at 15 Ill. Reg. 5430, effective March 27, 1991, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired August 24, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 9977, effective June 24, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 13347, effective September 3, 1991; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 5267, effective March 20, 1992; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 6016, effective March 25, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired August 22, 1992; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 12526, effective July 28, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 3853, effective March 15, 1993; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 5915, effective March 25, 1993, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired August 22, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 10806, effective July 1, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 3277, effective February 28, 1994; emergency amendment at 18 Ill. Reg. 5667, effective March 25, 1994, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 12652, effective August 9, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 2396, effective February 17, 1995; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 5262, effective April 1, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 10614, effective July 1, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 4640, effective March 6, 1996; recodified by changing the agency name from Department of Conservation to Department of Natural Resources at 21 Ill. Reg. 9389; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 4709, effective April 1, 1997; emergency amendment at 21 Ill. Reg. 5590, effective April 15, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 12140, effective August 26, 1997; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 4930, effective March 2, 1998; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 3434, effective March 8, 1999; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 7317, effective June 10, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 8406, effective July 7, 1999; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 3736, effective February 25, 2000; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 6296, effective March 26, 2001; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 7947, effective June 16, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 9912, effective August 1, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 11386, effective August 14, 2001; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 12122, effective September 15, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 1210, effective January 16, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 4294, effective March 6, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 3376, effective February 14, 2003; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______.

Section 810.10 Sale of Fish and Fishing Seasons

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a) No fish or parts thereof (including eggs) taken by sport fishing methods (including snagging) may be bought, sold or bartered.

b) Lake Michigan – The sport fishing season for rainbow smelt shall be from March 1 to April 30.

c) It is unlawful to fish within 250 yards of an occupied duck or goose blind on Department-owned or -managed sites during the migratory waterfowl season.

d) Lake Michigan, Calumet River, and the Chicago River including its North Branch, South Branch, and the North Shore Channel – the sport fishing harvest for yellow perch shall not be permitted from July 1 thrugh July 31June 1 through June 30 annually.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 810.20 Snagging

a) Anglers are permitted only one pole and line device to which can be attached no more than two hooks.

b) Species of Fish and Snagging Catch Limit.

1) Only the following species of fish and catch limit may be taken by snagging:

Carp − no catch limit

Buffalo − no catch limit

Freshwater Drum − no catch limit

Salmon (coho and chinook only) − 5 daily, of which not more than 3 may be of the same fish species

Paddlefish − 2 per day

Bowfin − no catch limit

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Carpsuckers − no catch limit

Longnose gar − no catch limit

Shortnose gar − no catch limit

Suckers − no catch limit

2) No sorting of snagged salmon and paddlefish is permitted. Every salmon 10 inches in total length or longer and paddlefish snagged must be taken into immediate possession and included in the daily catch limit. Once the daily limit of salmon or paddlefish has been reached, snagging must cease. c) Waters Open to Snagging and Snagging Season.

1) Snagging for fish is permitted from September 15 through December 15 and from March 15 through May 15 within a 300 yard downstream limit below all locks and dams of the Illinois River and Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri. Snagging is permitted from January 1 through April 15 within a 500 yard downstream limit below locks and dams on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa, except the tailwaters of Lock and Dam 12 and 13 are closed to all fishing from December 1 through March 15.

2) Snagging for fish is permitted year-round within a 100 yard limit upstream or downstream of the dam at Horseshoe Lake in Alexander County.

3) Snagging for chinook and coho salmon only is permitted from the following Lake Michigan shoreline areas from October 1 through December 31; however, no snagging is allowed at any time within 200 feet of a moored watercraft or as posted:

A) Lincoln Park Lagoon from the Fullerton Avenue Bridge to the southern end of the Lagoon.

B) Waukegan Harbor (in North Harbor basin only).

C) Winnetka Power Plant discharge area.

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D) Jackson Harbor (Inner and Outer Harbors).

d) Disposition of Snagged Salmon and Paddlefish. All snagged salmon and paddlefish must be removed from the area from which they are taken and disposed of properly, in accordance with Article 5, Section 5-5 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 810.35 Statewide Sportfishing Regulations – Daily Catch and Size Limits

a) Length is measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail with the fish laid flat on a ruler, with the mouth of the fish closed and the tail lobes pressed together.

b) No fish species may be dressed (fileted or head and tail removed) on any waters to which length or bag limits are applicable. Regardless of where taken, no fish less than the specified minimum length or more than the daily catch shall be possessed while taking from, or on, any waters to which length or bag limits and/or daily catch limits apply. While taking from areas designated as "Catch and Release Only", all catch and release species must be immediately released back into the waters from which taken.

c) Statewide limits by type of fish:

1) CHANNEL CATFISH

There are no daily catch or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.

2) LARGEMOUTH BASS, SMALLMOUTH BASS, SPOTTED BASS

Daily catch limit is 6 bass, either singly or in the aggregate, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations. In streams and rivers (excluding the mainstem of the Mississippi, Ohio and Wabash Rivers) the daily creel can contain no more than 3 smallmouth bass. In streams and tributaries statewide, except for the Mississippi, Ohio, Wabash and Illinois Rivers, all smallmouth bass must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15. There is no statewide size limit.

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3) MUSKELLUNGE, NORTHERN PIKE AND THEIR HYBRIDS

A) All muskellunge and muskellunge hybrids (tiger muskie) taken must be 36 inches in total length or longer, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations.

B) No more than 1 muskellunge or muskellunge hybrid (tiger muskie), either singly or in the aggregate, may be taken per day, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations.

C) All northern pike taken must be 24 inches in total length or longer, except in the Mississippi River and Ohio River where there is no size limit.

D) No more than 3 northern pike may be taken per day, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations.

4) CRAPPIE (WHITE, BLACK OR HYBRID CRAPPIE)

There are no catch or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.

5) BLUEGILL AND REDEAR SUNFISH

There are no catch or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.

6) STRIPED BASS (OCEAN ROCKFISH), WHITE BASS, YELLOW BASS AND HYBRIDS

There are no daily catch limits or minimum size limits for striped bass (ocean rockfish), white bass, yellow bass and their hybrids, which are less than 17 inches in total length, except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations. For these fish 17 inches in total length or longer, the daily limit is 3 fish, either singly or in the aggregate, except in the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri where there is a 30 fish daily creel limit for all striped, white, yellow or hybrid striped bass. In the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa, there is a 25 fish daily creel on striped bass, white bass, yellow bass and their hybrids, either singly or in the aggregate. ILLINOIS REGISTER 18313 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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7) TROUT AND SALMON

Daily catch limit is 5 trout or salmon, either singly or in the aggregate.

8) WALLEYE, SAUGER OR THEIR HYBRID

A) All walleye, sauger, or their hybrid (saugeye) taken must be 14 inches in total length or longer, except in the Mississippi River, Ohio River, Wabash River, or as specified under Site Specific Regulations.

B) Daily catch limit is 6 walleye, sauger or their hybrid, either singly or in the aggregate, except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.

9) INJURIOUS SPECIES

For injurious species, as described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 805, there are no catch or size limits. Possession of live specimens, progeny thereof, viable eggs, or gametes is prohibited.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 810.37 Definitions for Site Specific Sportfishing Regulations

a) Site Specific Regulations are listed by water area affected. The coverage of the regulation is dictated by the extent of the water area listed and not by the county. In some cases, regulations for a given water area or site may extend beyond the counties listed. The counties listed refer to the location of the dam or outfall for impoundments or mouths of small streams. Since large rivers or streams usually flow through many counties, the term "Multiple" is used rather than listing all counties where the large stream or river flows.

b) The subsections listed below are referred to by number in Section 810.45. Each water area listed in Section 810.45 has numbers in parenthesis which explain all of the definitions in this Section which apply to that water area.

1) Anglers must not use more than 2 poles and each pole must not have more than 2 hooks or lures attached while fishing, except that legal size cast ILLINOIS REGISTER 18314 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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nets, (in accordance with subsection 810.50(a)(1)) shad scoops, and minnow seines may be used to obtain shad, minnows, and crayfish to use as bait, provided that they are not sold.

2) All jugs set in a body of water shall be under the immediate supervision of the fisherman. Immediate supervision shall be defined as the fisherman being on the water where the jugs are set and readily available to identify jugs to law enforcement officers.

3) All largemouth and smallmouth bass taken must be less than 12 inches in total length or greater than 15 inches in total length.

4) Except that sport fishermen shall be allowed to use trotlines, jugs, and by hand, except that the use and aid of underwater breathing devices is prohibited. West of Wolf Creek Road, fishing from boats is permitted all year. Trotlines/jugs must be removed from sunrise until sunset from Memorial Day through Labor Day. East of Wolf Creek Road, fishing from boats is permitted from March 15 through September 30. Fishing from the bank is permitted all year only at the Wolf Creek and Route 148 causeways. On the entire lake, jugs and trotlines must be checked daily and must be removed on the last day they are used. It is illegal to use stakes to anchor any trotlines; they must be anchored only with portable weights and must be removed on the last day they are used. The taking of carp and buffalo with bow and arrow is permissible.

5) Except that sport fishermen may take carp, carpsuckers, buffalo, gar, bowfin and suckers by pitchfork, gigs, bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices.

6) Including the Fox River south of the Illinois-Wisconsin line to the Algonquin Dam and the Nippersink Creek upstream to the Wilmot Road BridgeMcHenry Dam.

7) Except that sport fishermen may take carp, buffalo, suckers and gar by bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears during May and June.

8) Daily catch limit includes Striped Bass, White Bass, Yellow Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass either singly or in the aggregate.

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9) Catch and Release Fishing Only means that fish (all or identified species) caught must be immediately released alive and in good condition back into the water from which it came.

10) It shall be illegal to possess trout during the period of October 1 to 5 a.m. on the third Saturday in October (both dates inclusive) which were taken during that period.

11) It shall be illegal to possess trout during the period of March 15 to 5 a.m. on the 1st Saturday in April (both dates inclusive) which were taken during that period.

12) Daily catch limit for largemouth or smallmouth bass, singly or in the aggregate, shall not exceed 6 fish per day, no more than one of which shall be greater than 15 inches in length and none of which shall be greater than 12 inches and less than or equal to 15 inches in length.

13) Except that jug fishing is permitted from the hours of sunset to sunrise, and except that carp and buffalo may be taken by bow and arrow devices from May 1 through September 30. All jugs must have owner's/user's name and complete address affixed.

14) Daily catch limit includes all fish species (either singly or in the aggregate) caught within each of the following fish groupings.

A) Largemouth or Smallmouth Bass

B) Walleye, Sauger, or their hybrid

C) Bluegill, Redear Sunfish or Pumpkinseed

D) Channel or Blue Catfish

15) Daily catch limit includes white, black, or hybrid crappie either singly or in the aggregate.

16) Daily catch limit includes Striped Bass, White Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass either singly or in the aggregate.

17) Daily catch limit shall not exceed 10 fish daily, no more than 3 of which ILLINOIS REGISTER 18316 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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may be 17 inches or longer in length.

18) Except that sport fishermen shall be allowed to use trotlines, jugs and bank poles; and carp, carpsuckers and buffalo may be taken by bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears in the portions of the lake that lie north of the Davenport Bridge and northeast of the Parnell Bridge.

19) No fishing within 250 yards of an occupied waterfowl blind (within the hunting area) on all Department-owned or -managed sites.

20) Carlyle Lake (including its tributary streams and those portions of the Kaskaskia River and Hurricane Creek up to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Carlyle Lake Project boundaries), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bond, Clinton, and Fayette Counties.

21) Lake Shelbyville (including its tributary streams and those portions of the West Okaw and Kaskaskia Rivers up to Lake Shelbyville Project boundaries – including parts of the Lake Shelbyville Fish and Wildlife Management Area), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Shelby and Moultrie Counties. Does not include the tailwater.

22) Rend Lake (including its tributary streams and those portions of the Big Muddy and Casey Fork Rivers up to the Rend Lake Project boundaries), Rend Lake Project Ponds, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Franklin and Jefferson Counties.

23) Daily catch limit for black, white or hybrid crappies, singly or in the aggregate, shall not exceed 20 fish daily, no more than 10 of which can be below 10" in total length and nonot more than 10 of which can be 10" or longer in total length.

24) 15" minimum length limit for walleye with no possession of walleye greater than or equal to 20" and less than or equal to 27" in total length − protected slot limit.10 Fish Daily Creel Limit of which no more than 6 may be walleye.

25) Daily catch limit for largemouth or smallmouth bass, singly or in the aggregate, shall not exceed 3 fish per day, no more than one of which may be equal to or greater than 15 inches in total length and no more than 2 of which may be less than 15 inches in total length. ILLINOIS REGISTER 18317 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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26) Lake Vermilion – Trotline and jug fishing allowed north of Boiling Springs Road.

27) Except that bank fishing is prohibited. Boat fishing is permitted May 1 through August 31 during the hours of 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. See site for additional regulations and exact opening and closing dates.

28) Except that trotlines may be set within 300 feet from shore.

29) Except that carp, buffalo, suckers and carpsuckers may be taken by means of pitchfork and gigs (no bow and arrow devices).

30) Fishing is permitted from March 15 through September 30, both dates inclusive, from sunrise to sunset. Fishing during all other times of the year is illegal and not permitted.

31) Daily catch limit for largemouth or smallmouth bass, singly or in the aggregate, shall not exceed 3 fish daily, no more than one of which may be equal to or greater than 15 inches in total length and no more than 2 of which may be less than 12 inches in total length.

32) Daily catch limit includes Striped Bass, White Bass, Yellow Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass, either singly or in the aggregate, no more than 4 of which may be 15 inches or longer in length.

33) It shall be unlawful to enter upon a designated waterfowl hunting area during the 7 days prior to the regular duck season, or to fish on such areas during the regular duck season except in areas posted as open to fishing. It shall be unlawful to enter upon areas designated as waterfowl rest areas or refuges from 2 weeks prior to the start of the regular duck season through the end of duck and Canada goose season.

34) Except that sport fishermen may take carp, buffalo, suckers and gar by bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs, or spears from May 1 through August 31.

35) Daily catch limit for Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye, singly or in the aggregate, shall not exceed 3 fish daily, no more than one of which may be greater than 24 inches in total length and no more than 2 of which may be ILLINOIS REGISTER 18318 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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less than 18 inches in total length and greater than or equal to 14 inches in total length.

36) Except that sportfishermen may not use a minnow seine, cast net, or shad scoop for bait collecting in Cook County Forest Preserve District Waters (except in the Des Plaines River).

37) All smallmouth bass taken must be less than 12 inches in total length or greater than 18 inches in total length. Only 1 bass greater than 18 inches and 2 bass less than 12 inches may be taken in the creel daily.

38) All largemouth and smallmouth bass taken must be less than 14 inches in total length or greater than 18 inches in total length. Only 1 bass greater than 18 inches and 5 bass less than 14 inches may be taken in the creel daily.

39) Powerton Lake shall be closed to boat traffic, except for legal waterfowl hunters, from one week prior to regular waterfowl season to February 15, and closed to all unauthorized entry during the regular goose and duck season.

40) The 48 inch total length limit on pure muskellunge applies to that body of water listed as well as any tailwaters as defined below:

Evergreen Lake (McLean County) – including the portion of Six Mile Creek below the Evergreen Lake Dam downstream to its confluence with the Mackinaw River.

Forbes State Lake (Marion County) − no tailwaters

Fox Chain O' Lakes (Lake/McHenry Counties) – including those portions of the Fox River south of the Wisconsin-Illinois boundary to the Algonquin Dam and the Nippersink Creek upstream to the Wilmot Road Bridgebelow the McHenry Dam downstream to the Route 176 Bridge and upstream to the Wisconsin-Illinois State line.

Kinkaid Lake (Jackson County) – including the portion of Kinkaid Creek below the Kinkaid Lake Dam downstream to the Route 149 Bridge.

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tailwaters.

Lake Shelbyville (Moultrie/Shelby Counties) – including the portion of the Kaskaskia River below the Lake Shelbyville Dam downstream to the State Route 128 Road Bridge near Cowden.

Otter Lake (Macoupin County) – including the portion of Otter Creek below Otter Lake Dam downstream to its confluence with East Otter Creek.

Pierce Lake (Winnebago County) – including the portion of Willow Creek below the Pierce Lake Dam downstream to Forest Hills Road.

Shabbona Lake (DeKalb County) – including that portion of Indian Creek below the Shabbona Lake Dam downstream to Shabbona Grove Road.

Spring Lakes (North and South) (Tazewell County) – no tailwaters.

41) It shall be unlawful to enter upon areas designated as waterfowl hunting areas during the 10 days prior to the start of the regular duck season, or to fish on such areas during the regular duck season except in areas posted as open to fishing. It shall be unlawful to enter upon areas designated as waterfowl rest areas or refuges from 10 days prior to the start of the regular duck season through the end of duck and Canada goose season.

42) During duck season, walk-in only access for fishing from the bank is permitted after 1:00 p.m.

43) When using live bait, all live bait in excess of 8" in total length shall be rigged with a quick set rig. The hook shall be immediately set upon the strike. A quick set rig is defined as follows: a live bait rig with up to 2 treble hooks attached anywhere on the live bait; single hooks are prohibited. This rule does not apply to trotlines, jug lines, etc., if allowed on the lake.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

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Section 810.45 Site Specific Water Area Regulations Fishing regulations, including species of fish, fishing methods and daily catch limits are listed for each water area. The numbers in parenthesis refer to the corresponding numbered definitions in Section 810.37 of this Part. If a water area is not listed or if a specific species is not listed, then state-wide restrictions apply. Check the bulletin boards at the specific site for any emergency changes to regulations. Anderson Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (33) Fulton County

Andover Lake, City of Andover Henry County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Anna City Lake, City of Anna Union County All fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Apple River and tributaries, State of Illinois Jo Daviess County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Argyle Lake, Argyle Lake State Park McDonough County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Hybrid Walleye - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish >more than 15" and/or 5

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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Arrowhead Heights Lake, Village of Camp Point Adams County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Arrowhead Lake, City of Johnston City Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Ashland City Old Reservoir #4611, City of Ashland Morgan County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Ashland City Reservoir, City of Ashland Cass County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Auburn Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Axehead Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

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All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Baldwin Lake, Baldwin Lake Conservation Area Randolph County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Banana Lake, Lake County Forest Preserve District Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Banner Marsh Lake & Ponds, Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area (33) Peoria/Fulton Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (34) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) Pure Muskellunge - 42" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

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Baumann Park Lake, City of Cherry Valley Winnebago County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Beall Woods Lake, Beall Woods Conservation Area Wabash County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11) Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Beaver Dam Lake, Beaver Dam State Park Macoupin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Beck Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit

Belk Park Pond, City of Wood River Madison County Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

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Belleau Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (36) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Belvidere Ponds, City of Belvidere Boone County Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Bevier Lagoon, Waukegan Park District Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Bird Park Quarry, City of Kankakee Kankakee County Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Borah Lake, City of Olney Richland County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Boston Pond, Stephen A. Forbes State Park Marion County Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Bowen Lake, City of Washington Tazewell County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12"-15" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18325 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Braidwood Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (41) Will County Recreational Use Restrictions - Braidwood Lake is closed to all fishing and boat traffic, except for legal waterfowl hunters, from 10 days prior to duck season through the day before duck season and is closed to all fishing during waterfowl season commencing with regular duck season through the close of the Canada goose and regular duck season All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16) White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Breeze JC's Park Pond, City of Breeze Clinton County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Buckner City Reservoir, City of Buckner Franklin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Bullfrog Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18326 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Bunker Hill Lake, City of Bunker Hill Macoupin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Burrells Wood Park Pond White County Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Busse Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit

Cache River State Natural Area (19) Pulaski/Johnson Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) All Fish - No Seines

Calhoun Point Wildlife Management Area (33) Calhoun County

Calumet River Cook County Yellow Perch - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit Yellow Perch - Closed During July

Campbell Pond Wildlife Management Area (19) Jackson County

Campus Lake – Southern Illinois University, State of Illinois Jackson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

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Campus Pond – Eastern Illinois University, State of Illinois Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Canton Lake, City of Canton Fulton County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel or Blue Catfish (14) - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Carbondale City Reservoir, City of Carbondale Jackson County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Carlinville Lake #1, City of Carlinville Macoupin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Carlinville Lake #2, City of Carlinville Macoupin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Carlton Silt Basin, State of Illinois Whiteside County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)

Carlyle Lake, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (20) (33) Clinton/Bond/Fayette Counties ILLINOIS REGISTER 18328 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit

Carthage Lake, City of Carthage Hancock County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Casey Park Pond, City of Casey Clark County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit of which only 5 fish over 8" are allowed Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Cedar Lake, U.S. Forest Service and City of Carbondale Jackson County (19) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 5 Fish Under 14" and 1 Fish over 18" Daily Creel Limit (38) Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16)

Centralia Foundation Park Catfish Pond, Centralia Park Foundation Marion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Centralia Lake, City of Centralia Marion County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Cermack Quarry, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18329 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Champaign Park District Lakes (Kaufman Lake, Heritage Lake, and Mattis Lake), Champaign Park District Champaign County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Charleston Lower Channel Lake, City of Charleston Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Charleston Side Channel Lake, City of Charleston Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Bass(16) White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit for Fish Under 10"; 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit for Fish 10" and Longer (23)

Charlie Brown Lake & Pond, City of Flora Clay County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Charter Oak North – Peoria Park District Lake, Peoria Park District Peoria County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18330 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Charter Oak South – Peoria Park District Pond, Peoria Park District Peoria County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Chauncey Marsh (19) Lawrence County

Chautauqua Lake North Pool, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mason County Recreational Use Restrictions - Lake Chautaugua North Pool will be closed to boat fishing from October 15 through January 14 - Bank fishing will be allowed in selected areas only - Ice fishing will be allowed following the January 15 reopening All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit (except, when the Illinois River overflows the levee system of the North Pool, there is no minimum length limit) Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit (except, when the Illinois River overflows the levee system of the North Pool, there is no daily creel limit) Largemouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit (12" minimum length limit when the Illinois River overflows the levee system of the North Pool)

Chenoa City Lake, City of Chenoa McLean County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Chicago River (including its North Branch, South Branch, and the North Shore Channel) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18331 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Cook County Yellow Perch - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit Yellow Perch - Closed During July

Citizen's Lake, City of Monmouth Warren County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit 1 Fish Over 15" and 5 Fish under 12" Daily Creel Limit (12) Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Clear Lake, Kickapoo State Park Vermillion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Clinton Lake, Clinton Lake State Recreation Area (19) DeWitt County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (18) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 16" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or Longer Daily (17) (16) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Coffeen Lake, Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Montgomery County Channel Catfish - All jugs must be attended at all times while fishing (2) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18332 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16)

Coles County Airport Lake, Coles County Airport Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Coleta Trout Pond, State of Illinois Whiteside County Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Columbus Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Commissioners Park Pond, Alsip Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Cook Co. F.P.D. Lakes, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit

Coulterville City Lake, City of Coulterville Randolph County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Ann Manns Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (19) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18333 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Crab Orchard Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (19) Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (4) Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or Longer Daily (17) (16) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 16" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Devil's Kitchen Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (19) Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Little Grassy Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (19) Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3)

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Refuge Ponds (except Visitor Pond), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Visitor Pond, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Williamson County All Fish (30) - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 21" Minimum Length Limit

Crawford Co. Cons. Area – Picnic Pond, Crawford County Conservation Area Crawford County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

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Crawford Co. Cons. Area Ponds, Crawford County Conservation Area Crawford County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Crull Impoundment Wildlife Management Area (33) Jersey County

Crystal Lake, Urbana Park District Champaign County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge − All Ponds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Johnson/Pulaski/Union Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge − Cache River from Rt. 37 to Rt. 51 in Ullin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Johnson/Pulaski Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) All Fish - No Seines

Dawson Lake & Park Ponds, Moraine View State Park McLean County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Decatur Park Dist. Ponds, City of Decatur Macon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit (except for Fairview Park – Dreamland Pond, ILLINOIS REGISTER 18335 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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which has a 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit)

Deep Pit Lake, Boone County Conservation District Boone County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Defiance Lake, Moraine Hills State Park McHenry County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Des Plaines River Basin (Hoffman Dam to 47th Street Bridge, including tributaries) Cook County Channel Catfish - 15" Minimum Length Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - Catch and Release Only – No Harvest Permitted (9) Northern Pike - 30" Minimum Length Limit Northern Pike - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Des Plaines River Conservation Area (19) Will County

Diamond Lake, City of Mundelein Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Dog Island Wildlife Management Area (19) Pope County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18336 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Dolan Lake, Hamilton County Conservation Area Hamilton County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Donnelley State Wildlife Area (33) Bureau County

Double "T" State Fish and Wildlife Area, State of Illinois Fulton County Recreational Use Restrictions - Waterfowl Refuge or Hunting Area (all use other than waterfowl hunting is prohibited from October 1 through the end of the central zone Canada goose season) - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel or Blue Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 21" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure Muskellunge - 42" Minimum Length Limit

Douglas Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

DuPage County Forest Preserve District Lakes and Ponds, DuPage County Forest Preserve District DuPage County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18337 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit

DuPage River – West Branch (between the dams located in the McDowell Grove Forest Preserve and the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve) DuPage County Large or Smallmouth Bass - Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)

East Fork Lake, City of Olney Richland County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Eldon Hazlet State Park (19) (See Also Carlyle Lake) Clinton County

Elkville City Reservoir, City of Elkville Jackson County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Elliott Lake, Wheaton Park District DuPage County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Evergreen Lake, City of Bloomington McLean County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Fairgrounds Pond – Fort Massac State Park, State of Illinois ILLINOIS REGISTER 18338 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Massac County Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Fairview Park – Dreamland Pond, City of Decatur Macon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Fairies Park Pond, Decatur Park District Macon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Ferne Clyffe Lake, Ferne Clyffe State Park Johnson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Flatfoot Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Foli Park Pond, Village of Plano Kendall County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Forbes State Lake, Stephen A. Forbes State Park (19) Marion County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18339 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length (40) Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Forbes State Park Ponds, Stephen A. Forbes State Park (19) Marion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Forest Park Lagoon, City of Shelbyville Shelby County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Fort de Chartres Historic Site (19) Randolph County

Four Lakes, Winnebego County Forest Preserve Winnebago County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Fox Chain O’Lakes (including the Fox River south of the Wisconsin-Illinois boundary to the Algonquin Dam and the Nippersink Creek upstream to the Wilmot Road BridgeMcHenry Dam) (6) (Applies to Grass Lake and Nippersink Lake State Managed Blind Areas Only (19)), State of Illinois Lake and McHenry Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) Large or SmallmouthLargemouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit (6) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit of which no more than 3 can be Smallmouth Bass Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18340 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Smallmouth Bass - All fish must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15 Smallmouth Bass - 1 Fish 12" or over and 2 Fish under 12" Daily Creel Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 14" Minimum Length Limit with an 18- 24" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) (6) Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 2 Fish ≥ 14" and <18" &/or 1 Fish >24" Daily Creel Limit (35)

Fox Ridge State Park (see also Wilderness Pond and Ridge Lake) (19) Coles County

Fox River, AlgonquinMcHenry Dam to confluence with the Illinois River, including tributaries, State of Illinois Multiple Counties Smallmouth Bass - 1 Fish 12" or over and 2 Fish under 12” Daily Creel Limit

Frank Holten Lakes, Frank Holten State Park St. Clair County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Franklin Creek (within the boundaries of Franklin Creek State Natural Area) Lee County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Franklin Creek Mill Pond − Franklin Creek State Park, State of Illinois Lee County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Fuller Lake (19) Calhoun County

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Fulton County Camping and Recreation Area Waters, Fulton County Board Fulton County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12"-15" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Blue gill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Gages Lake, Wildwood Park District Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 16" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Garfield Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Gebhard Woods Ponds, Gebhard Woods State Park Grundy County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Germantown Lake, City of Germantown Clinton County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Giant City Park Ponds, Giant City State Park Jackson and Union Counties Largemouth and Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18342 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Gillespie New City Lake, City of Gillespie Macoupin County Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Gillespie Old City Lake, City of Gillespie Macoupin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Glades -12 Mile Island Wildlife Management Area (33) Jersey County

Gladstone Lake, Henderson County Conservation Area Henderson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel or Blue Catfish (14) - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Glen Oak Park Lagoon, Peoria Park District Peoria County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Glen Shoals Lake, City of Hillsboro Montgomery County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16)

Godar-Diamond/Hurricane Island Wildlife Management Area (33) Calhoun County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18343 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Gompers Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Gordon F. More Park Lake, City of Alton Madison County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Governor Bond Lake, City of Greenville Bond County Channel Catfish - All jugs must be attended at all times while fishing (2) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Grayslake Park District (Grayslake and Park Ponds) Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Greenfield City Lake, City of Greenfield Greene County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12”-15" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 5 Fish Under 12” and 1 Fish Over 15” Daily Creel Limit

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Greenville Old City Lake, Kingsbury Park District Bond County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Harrisburg New City Reservoir, City of Harrisburg Saline County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16)

Heidecke Lake, Heidecke Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Grundy County (41) Recreational Use Restrictions - Heidecke Lake shall be closed to all fishing and boat traffic except for legal waterfowl hunters from 10 days prior to duck season through the day before duck season and is closed to all fishing during waterfowl season commencing with regular duck season through the close of the Canada goose and regular duck season - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or Longer Daily (17) Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 1622" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Helmbold Slough (19) Calhoun County

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Hennepin Canal – Mainline & Feeder, Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park Multiple Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (13) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Hennepin-Hopper Lakes, The Wetlands Initiative Putnam County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Black, White or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit Black, White or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure Muskellunge - 42" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Herrin Lake #1, City of Herrin Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Herrin Lake #2, City of Herrin Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Hidden Springs State Forest Ponds, Hidden Springs State Forest Shelby County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18346 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Highland Old City Lake, City of Highland Madison County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Hillsboro Old City Lake, City of Hillsboro Montgomery County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit

Homer Guthrie Pond – Eldon Hazlet State Park, State of Illinois Clinton County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 1015 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 1814" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Homer Lake, Champaign County Forest Preserve District Champaign County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Hormel Pond, Donnelly State Fish and Wildlife Area Bureau County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Horseshoe Lake-Alexander Co., Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area Alexander County Recreational Use Restrictions - Only trolling motors in refuge from ILLINOIS REGISTER 18347 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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October 5-March 1 All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Horseshoe Lake-Madison County, Horseshoe Lake State Park (33) Madison County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (28) (34) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Horton Lake, Nauvoo State Park Hancock County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Humbolt Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Hurricane Pond, Fox Ridge State Park Coles County Recreational Use Restrictions - Waterfowl Refuge and Hunting Area (19) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 5 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Illinois & Michigan Canal, State of Illinois Grundy/LaSalle/ Will Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

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Illinois Beach State Park Ponds, Illinois Beach State Park Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Building Pond at State Fairgrounds, State of Illinois Sangamon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) All Fish - Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)

Illinois Department of Transportation Lake, State of Illinois Sangamon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Illinois River – Pool 26 (19) Calhoun County

Illinois River − Starved Rock and Marseilles Pools LaSalle and Grundy Counties Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Illinois River – State of Illinois Multiple Counties Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12" Minimum Length Limit

Indian Boundary South Pond, Frankfort Square Park District Will County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Iroquois & Kankakee Rivers and their Tributaries, State of Illinois Multiple Counties Walleye, Sauger and Hybrid Walleye - 16" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18349 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Walleye, Sauger and Hybrid Walleye - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Jackson Park (Columbia Basin) Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife Area, All Lakes and Ponds, Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife Area Cass County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit

Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife Area, Gurney Road Pond, Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife Area Cass County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Johnson Sauk Trail Lake & Pond, Johnson Sauk Trail State Park Henry County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Johnston City Lake, City of Johnston City ILLINOIS REGISTER 18350 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Williamson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Jones Lake Trout Pond, Saline County Conservation Area Saline County Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Jones Park Lake, City of East St. Louis St. Clair County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Jones State Lake, Saline County Conservation Area Saline County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) (38) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 5 Fish under 14" and 1 Fish over 18" Daily Creel Limit

Jubilee College State Park Ponds, Jubilee College State Park Peoria County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Kankakee-Iroquois Rivers and their Tributaries, State of Illinois Multiple Counties Walleye, Sauger, and Hybrid Walleye - 16" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, and Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Kankakee River, from the Kankakee Dam to the mouth of the Kankakee River, including tributaries, State of Illinois ILLINOIS REGISTER 18351 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Multiple Counties Smallmouth Bass - 12"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) Smallmouth Bass - 1 Fish over 18" and 2 Fish under 12" Daily Creel Limit (37)

Kankakee River State Park (19) Kankakee/Will Counties

Kaskaskia River Fish and Wildlife Area (19) St.Clair/Randolph/Monroe Counties

Kaskaskia River Fish and Wildlife Area – Doza Creek Wildlife Management Area (33) St.Clair County

Kendall Co. Lake #1, Kendall County Forest Preserve District Kendall County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Kent Creek Winnebago County Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Kickapoo State Park Lakes & Pond, Kickapoo State Park Vermilion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Kincaid City Reservoir, City of Kincaid Christian County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Kincaid Lake, Kincaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (19) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18352 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Jackson County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 16" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Kinmundy Reservoir, City of Kinmundy Marion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Kishwaukee River and South Branch of Kishwaukee River and Tributaries, State of Illinois Multiple Counties Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Lake Atwood, McHenry County Conservation District McHenry County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Lake Bloomington, City of Bloomington McLean County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16) White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Carlton, Morrison-Rockwood State Park Whiteside County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged ILLINOIS REGISTER 18353 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 36" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Co. Forest Preserve District Lakes (except Independence Grove Lake), Lake County Forest Preserve District Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 16" Minimum Length Limit

Lake Decatur, City of Decatur Macon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(29) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Lake Depue Fish and Wildlife Area (33) Bureau County

Lake Eureka, City of Eureka Woodford County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake George, Loud Thunder Forest Preserve Rock Island County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18354 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 36" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Jacksonville, City of Jacksonville Morgan County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit (16) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Lake Kakusha, City of Mendota LaSalle County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Le-Aqua-Na, Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park Stephenson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Mendota, City of Mendota LaSalle County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18355 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish > or = 15" &/or 2 <12" Daily (31)

Lake Michigan (Illinois Portion), State of Illinois Lake/Cook Counties Trout and Salmon - 10" Minimum Length Limit Trout and Salmon - No more than 5 fish of any one species daily, except for Lake Trout Lake Trout - 2 Fish Daily Creel Limit Yellow Perch - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit Yellow Perch - Taking of yellow perch from charter boats is prohibited Yellow Perch - Closed During July Large or Smallmouth Bass - 21" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel LimitCatch and Release Fishing Only (no possession) (9)

Lake Milliken, Des Plaines Conservation Area Will County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Lake Mingo & Kennekuk Cove Park Ponds, Vermilion County Conservation Area Vermilion County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40)

Lake Murphysboro, Lake Murphysboro State Park Jackson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

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Lake Nellie, City of St. Elmo Fayette County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Lake of the Woods & Elk's Pond, Champaign County Forest Preserve District Champaign County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Lake Owen, Hazel Crest Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Paradise, City of Mattoon Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Lake Paradise Shadow Ponds, City of Mattoon Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Sara, City of Effingham Effingham County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

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Lake Shelbyville (21), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Moultrie/Shelby Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - During the regular waterfowl season, no bank or boat fishing shall be permitted on the Kaskaskia River from the Strickland Boat Access north to the Illinois Central Railroad Bridge from one-half hour before sunrise to 1 p.m. - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (4) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit

Lake Shelbyville – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Ponds and Wood Lake, and Lake Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Management Area Ponds (33) Moultrie/Shelby Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Shermerville, Northbrook Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Sinnissippi (19) Whiteside County

Lake Springfield, City of Springfield Sangamon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Lake Storey, City of Galesburg ILLINOIS REGISTER 18358 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Knox County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill and Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel or Blue Catfish (14) - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3) Pure Muskellunge - 42" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Strini, Village of Romeoville Will County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Sule, Flagg-Rochelle Park District Ogle County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 5 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure Muskellunge - 36" Minimum Length Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Taylorville, City of Taylorville Christian County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Vandalia, City of Vandalia Fayette County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18359 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Lake Vermilion, Vermilion County Conservation District Vermilion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (26) (except that sport fisherman may take carp, carpsuckers, buffalo, gar, bowfin, and suckers by pitchfork, gigs, bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices north of Boiling Springs Road, but not within 300 feet around the wetland boardwalk Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Victoria, City of South Beloit Winnebago County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lake Williamsville, City of Williamsville Sangamon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

LaSalle Lake, LaSalle Power Station LaSalle County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or Longer Daily (17) (16)

Levings Lake, Rockford Park District Winnebago County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18360 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lincoln Log Cabin Pond, Lincoln Log Cabin Historical Site Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lincoln Park North Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lincoln Park South Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lincoln Trail Lake, Lincoln Trail State Park Clark County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14-18" Slot Length Limit (14" to 18" protected) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 4 Creel/1 Fish >18" Daily (daily Catch Limit for large or smallmouth bass, singly or in the aggregate, shall not exceed 4 fish per day, no more than one of which shall be greater than 18" in length)

Litchfield City Lake, City of Litchfield Montgomery County Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit – 1 Fish 15" or Over and 2 Fish Under 15" Total Length (25) White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Little Black Slough, Little Black Slough State Natural Area ILLINOIS REGISTER 18361 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Johnson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) All Fish - No Seines

Loami Reservoir, City of Loami Sangamon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Lou Yeager Lake, City of Litchfield Montgomery County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Lower Cache River, Lower Cache River State Natural Area Pulaski/Johnson Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(5) All Fish - No Seines

Lyerla Lake, Union County Conservation Area Union County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Mackinaw Ponds 1, 2, and 3, Mackinaw State Fish and Wildlife Area Tazewell County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Macon County Conservation District Ponds (see also Rock Springs Pond and Rock Springs Bike Trail Pond), Macon County Conservation District Macon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Maple Lake, Cook County Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18362 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Marissa City Lake, City of Marissa St. Clair County Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Marquette Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Marshall County Conservation Area (Fishing Ditch), Marshall County Conservation Area (33) Marshall County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Marshall County Conservation Area – Sparland Unit (19) Marshall County

Mascoutah Reservoir, City of Mascoutah St. Clair County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Matthiessen Lake, Matthiessen State Park LaSalle County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(5) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Mattoon Lake, City of Mattoon Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Mautino Fish and Wildlife Area, Mautino Fish and Wildlife Area Bureau County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (34) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18363 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Mauvaise Terre/Morgan Lake, City of Jacksonville Morgan County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Mazonia Lakes & Ponds (excluding Ponderosa Lake), Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area (33) Grundy/Kankakee/Will Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

McCullom Lake, City of McHenry McHenry County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

McKinley Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

McLeansboro City Lakes, City of McLeansboro Hamilton County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Meredosia Lake – Cass County Portion Only (meandered waters only) (33) Cass County

Meredosia Lake, Cass County Portion Cass County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18364 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Recreational Use Restrictions - Meandered waters only; All boat traffic is prohibited from operating on meandered waters (except non-motorized boats may be used to assist in the retrieval of waterfowl shot from private land) from the period from one week before waterfowl season opens until the season closes; hunting and/or any other activity is prohibited during the period from one week before waterfowl season opens until the season closes

Mermet State Lake, Mermet Lake Conservation Area (33) Massac County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Middle Fork Forest Preserve Pond, Champaign County Forest Preserve Champaign County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Middle Fork of the Vermilion River, Kickapoo State Park and Middle Fork Fishing Wildlife Area Vermilion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Mill Creek Lake, Clark County Park District Clark County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18365 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Pure Muskellunge - 42" Minimum Length Limit

Mill Pond, Pearl City Park District Stephenson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Mill Race Ponds, Belvidere Park District Boone County Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Miller Park Lake, City of Bloomington McLean County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Mineral Springs Park Lagoon, City of Pekin Tazewell County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Mississippi River Pools 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 (19) Multiple Counties

Mississippi River (between IL & IA), State of Illinois Multiple Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - Any tagged sport fishing device may not be left unattended for more than 24 hours or must be completely removed - Tailwaters of Lock and Dam 12 (down to Mill Creek, an Iowa tributary located at River Mile 556.0) and tailwaters of Lock and Dam 13 (down to the downstream end of Stamp Island, River Mile 521.5) closed to all fishing from December 1 through ILLINOIS REGISTER 18366 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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March 15) All Fish - Anglers must not use more than 2 poles and each pole must not have more than 2 hooks or lures while trolling Bluegill or Pumpkinseed Sunfish - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit singly or in aggregate Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 5 Fish Daily Creel Limit Northern Pike - 5 Fish Daily Creel Limit Paddlefish - Snagging for paddlefish is permitted from January 1 through April 15 within a 500 yard downstream limit below locks and dams on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa except the tailwaters of Lock and Dam 12 and 13 are closed to all fishing from December 1 through March 15; daily catch limit is 2 fish Rock Bass - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, Yellow or Hybrid Striped - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit singly or in Bass aggregate – statewide regulation limiting daily creel to 3 fish 17" or longer is not in effect on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa Walleye and Sauger (14) - 610 Fish Daily Creel Limit with no more than 1 walleye greater than 27" in total length(24) Walleye - 15" Minimum Length Limit with a 20- 27" Protected Slot Length Limit (24) White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit singly or in aggregate Yellow Perch - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Mississippi River (between IL & MO), State of Illinois Multiple Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - Boating prohibited on refuge area (Ellis Bay) immediately upstream of Melvin Price Lock and Dam 26 overflow dike from October 15-April 15; ILLINOIS REGISTER 18367 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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- Any tagged sport fishing device may not be left unattended for more than 24 hours or must be completely removed

All Nongame Species Combined - 100 Total Fish Daily Creel Limit (Excludes endangered and threatened species and the following game species: Crappie, Channel/Blue/ Flathead Catfish, Rock Bass, Warmouth, White/Yellow/Striped/ Hybrid Striped Bass, Trout, Largemouth/Smallmouth/Spotted Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Chain/Grass Pickeral, Walleye, Sauger, Paddlefish) Channel or Blue Catfish (14) - 20 Fish Daily Creel Limit Flathead Catfish - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass - 12" Minimum Length Limit or Northern Pike - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Paddlefish - Snagging for paddlefish is permitted from September 15 though December 15 and March 15 through May 15 within a 300 yard downstream limit below locks and dams on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri; daily catch limit is 2 fish Striped, White, Yellow or Hybrid Striped - 30 Fish Daily Creel Limit singly or in Bass aggregate – statewide regulation limiting daily creel to 3 fish 17" or longer is not in effect on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri Walleye and Sauger (14) - 8 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 30 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Monee Reservoir, Will County Forest Preserve District Will County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18368 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Montrose Lake, City of Montrose Cumberland County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Mt. Olive City Lakes (Old and New), City of Mt. Olive Macoupin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Mt. Olive (Old) Lake, City of Mt. Olive Macoupin County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Mt. Pulaski Park District Lake, Mt. Pulaski Park District Logan County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Mt. Sterling Lake, City of Mt. Sterling Brown County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3)

Mt. Vernon City Park Lake, City of Mt. Vernon Jefferson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Mt. Vernon Game Farm Pond, Mt. Vernon Game Farm Jefferson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18369 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Mundelein Park District Ponds , City of Mundelein Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Nashville City Lake, City of Nashville Washington County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit

Newton Lake, Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (41) Jasper County Recreational Use Restrictions - The cold water arm of Newton Lake shall be closed to all fishing and boat traffic except for legal waterfowl hunters during waterfowl season commencing with regular duck season through the close of the Canada goose and regular duck season All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit

Norris City Reservoir, City of Norris City White County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

North Marcum Campground Pond, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Franklin County Recreational Use Restrictions - Fishing permitted only by persons under ILLINOIS REGISTER 18370 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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16 years of age All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Oakford Conservation Area (Menard County) (19) Menard County

Oakland City Lake, City Lake, City of Oakland Coles County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Oblong Lake, City of Oblong Crawford County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Ohio River (between Illinois & Kentucky), State of Illinois Multiple Counties (19) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12" Minimum Length Limit Northern Pike - No Length or Creel Limit Muskie or Tiger Muskie - 2 Fish Daily Creel Limit Muskie or Tiger Muskie - 30" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye(14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 30 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, Yellow or Hybrid Striped - 30 Creel/4 Fish 15" or Longer Daily (32) Bass

Ohio River – Smithland Pool Tributary Streams (in Pope/Hardin/Gallatin Counties, excluding Wabash River and Saline River Above Route 1 Bridge) (19) Multiple Counties Large and Smallmouth Bass - 12" Minimum Length Limit

Old Kinmundy Reservoir, City of Kinmundy Marion County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18371 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Olson Lake, Rock Cut State Park Winnebago County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Omaha City Reservoir, City of Omaha Gallatin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Otter Lake, Otter Lake Water Commission Macoupin County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or Longer Daily (17) Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40)

Palmyra – Modesto Water Commission Lake, Palmyra/Modesto Water Commission Macoupin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Pana Lake, City of Pana Shelby and Christian Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18372 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Paris East & West Lakes , City of Paris Edgar County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Peabody River King, Pit #3 Lakes and Ponds, River King State Conservation Area (see also Willow Lake for additional regulations) St Clair County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (34) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Pecatonica River and Tributaries, State of Illinois Winnebago/Stephenson Counties Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Pekin Lake Tazewell County

Perry Farm Pond, Bourbonnais Park District Kankakee County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Piasa (19) Madison/Jersey Counties

Pierce Lake, Rock Cut State Park Winnebago County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18373 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (7) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Pike County Conservation Area (19) Pike County

Pickneyville Lake, City of Pickneyville Perry County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Pine Creek Ogle County Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Pine Creek (within the boundaries of White Pines Forest State Park) Ogle County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Pine Lake, Village of University Park Will County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Piscasaw Creek McHenry County Trout - 9" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Pittsfield City Lake, City of Pittsfield Pike County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (7) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18374 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Pocahontas Park Ponds, City of Pocahontas Bond County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Ponderosa Lake, Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area (33) Grundy County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Powerton Lake, Powerton Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (39) Tazewell County Recreational Use Restrictions - Powerton Lake shall be closed to boat traffic except for legal waterfowl hunters from one week prior to regular waterfowl season to February 15, and closed to all unauthorized entry during regular Canada goose and duck season All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel or Blue Catfish (14) - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or Longer Daily (17) Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit

Prospect Pond, City of Moline Rock Island County Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Pyramid State Park – Captain, Denmark and Galum Areas – All Lakes and Ponds, Pyramid State Park ILLINOIS REGISTER 18375 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Perry County Recreational Use Restrictions - Waterfowl Refuge or Hunting Area (all use other than waterfowl hunting prohibited from October 2915 through March 1) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Pyramid State Park Lakes & Ponds (excluding Captain, Denmark and Galum Areas), Pyramid State Park Perry County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Ramsey Lake, Ramsey Lake State Park Fayette County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Ramsey Lake State Park Ponds, Ramsey Lake State Park Fayette County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Randolph County Lake, Randolph County Conservation Area Randolph County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18376 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Red Hills Lake, Red Hills State Park Lawrence County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Red’s Landing Wildlife Management Area (19) Calhoun County (Walk-in area closed to trespassing 7 days prior to duck season)

Redwing Slough / Deer Lake (33) Lake County

Rend Lake, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (22) (33) Franklin and Jefferson Counties Channel Catfish - All jugs must be attended at all times while fishing (2) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, Yellow, or Hybrid Striped - 20 Creel/3 Fish 17" or Longer Daily Bass (8) White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Creel/5 Fish 10" or Longer Daily

Rend Lake Project Ponds – Jackie Branch Pond, Ina N. Borrow Pit, Green Heron Pond, North Marcum Campground Pond, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Franklin and Jefferson Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - See kids only fishing regulations for North Marcum Campground Pond All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Rice Lake Fish and Wildlife Area (33) Fulton County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18377 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Ridge Lake, Fox Ridge State Park Coles County Recreational Use Restrictions - Waterfowl Refuge or Hunting Area (19) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Riis Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Riprap Landing (19) Calhoun County

River Bend Forest Preserve Lakes (Sunset Lake and Shadow Lake), Champaign County Forest Preserve District Champaign County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Riverside Park Lagoon, Moline Park District Rock Island County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Rock Creek, State of Illinois Kankakee County Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Rock River, Wisconsin State Line downstream to confluence of the Mississippi River, including tributaries, State of Illinois Multiple Counties Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

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Rock Springs Bike Trail Pond, Macon County Conservation District Macon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Rock Springs Pond, Macon County Conservation District Macon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Roodhouse Park Lake, City of Roodhouse Green County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Route 154 Day Use Pond, State of Illinois Randolph County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Sag Quarry East, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County Rainbow Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Sahara Woods Fish and Wildlife Area, State of Illinois Saline County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit

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St. Elmo South Lake, City of St. Elmo Fayette County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Salem Reservoir, City of Salem Marion County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Sam Dale Lake, Sam Dale Conservation Area Wayne County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Sam Dale Trout Pond, Sam Dale Conservation Area Wayne County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Sam Parr Lake, Sam Parr State Park Jasper County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Sand Lake, Illinois Beach State Park Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18380 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Sanganois Conservation Area (33) (42) Mason/Cass/Schuyler/Menard Counties

Sangchris Lake, Sangchris Lake State Park Christian/Sangamon Counties Recreational Use Restrictions - Posted waterfowl refuge closed to all boat traffic during waterfowl season. Bank fishing along the dam shall be permitted. Fishing shall be prohibited in the east and west arms of the lake during the period from 10 days prior to the duck season through the end of the duck season. Fishing shall be prohibited in the west arm of the lake and the east arm of the lake south of the power lines during that portion of the Canada goose season that follows the duck season All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (34) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 10" Minimum Length Limit

Sangchris Lake Park Ponds, Sangchris Lake State Park Sangamon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Schiller Pond, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Schuy-Rush Lake, City of Rushville Schuyler County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18381 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Senior Citizen’s Pond, Kankakee River State Park Kankakee County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Sesser City Lake, City of Sesser Franklin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Shabbona Lake, Shabbona Lake State Park DeKalb County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (7) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40) Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Shawnee National Forest Lakes and Ponds less than 10 acres, U.S. Forest Service Multiple Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Bay Creek Lake #5 and #8 (Sugar Creek Lake), U.S. Forest Service Pope County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

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Shawnee National Forest – Dutchman Lake, U.S. Forest Service Johnson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Lake Glendale, U.S. Forest Service Pope County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Little Cache #1, U.S. Forest Service Johnson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Little Cedar Lake, U.S. Forest Service Jackson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – One Horse Gap Lake, U.S. Forest Service Pope County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Pounds Hollow Lake, U.S. Forest Service Gallatin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Tecumseh Lake, U.S. Forest Service Hardin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18383 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Turkey Bayou, U.S. Forest Service Jackson County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Shawnee National Forest – Whoopie Cat Lake, U.S. Forest Service Hardin Counties All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Largemouth, Smallmouth or Spotted Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Sherman Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Siloam Springs Lake, Siloam Springs State Park Adams County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (7) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3) Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Siloam Springs State Park Buckhorn Unit Waters, Siloam Springs State Park Brown County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large and Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large and Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Silver Lake, Dupage County Forest Preserve District Dupage County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18384 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Larger or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11) White, Black or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Silver Springs S.P. (Big Lake) & Ponds, Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area Kendall County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15"14" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Skokie Lagoons, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit

Small Pit Pond, Boone County Conservation District Boone County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area – McMaster Lake & Other Site Waters, State of Illinois Knox County Recreational Use Restrictions - Waterfowl Refuge or Hunting Area (all use other than waterfowl hunting prohibited from October 1 through the end of the Canada goose season) - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18385 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure Muskellunge - 42" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 5 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Sparta City Lakes, City of Sparta Randolph County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Sparta “T” Lake, City of Sparta Randolph County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Spencer Lake, Boone County Conservation District Boone County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Spring Lake, City of Macomb McDonough County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18386 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Spring Lakes (North & South), Spring Lake Conservation Area (33) Tazewell County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (7) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48" Minimum Length Limit (40) White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit

Spring Pond, Flagg-Rochelle Park District Ogle County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Starved Rock State Park (19) LaSalle County

Staunton City Lake, City of Staunton Macoupin County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Steven A. Forbes State Park (19) (see also Forbes State Lake and Forbes State Park Ponds) Marion County

Sterling Lake, Lake County Forest Preserve District Lake County Recreational Use Restrictions - All live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit ILLINOIS REGISTER 18387 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Pure Muskellunge - 48” Minimum Length Limit

Storm Lake, DeKalb Park District DeKalb County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Stump Lake Wildlife Management Area (33) Jersey County

Sunset Lake, Champaign County Forest Preserve District Champaign County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8 Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Tampier Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (36) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye - 18" Minimum Length Limit

Taylorville Park District Pond, Taylorville Park District Christian County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Ten Mile Creek Lakes, Ten Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area Hamilton/Jefferson Counties (19) (Areas designated as refuge are closed to all access during the Canada goose season) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18388 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Tilton City Lake, City of Tilton Vermilion County Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Toledo Reservoir, City of Toledo Cumberland County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Turkey Bluff Ponds, State of Illinois Randolph County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large and Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large and Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Turner Lake, Chain O’Lakes State Park Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Tuscola City Lake, City of Tuscola Douglas County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Union County Conservation Area Union County (All fishing and boat traffic prohibited October 15-March 1)

Valley Lake, Wildwood Park District Lake County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18389 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Valmeyer Lake, City of Valmeyer Monroe County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Vanhorn Woods Pond, Plainfield Park District Will County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Vernor Lake, City of Olney Richland County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Villa Grove East Lake, City of Villa Grove Douglas County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Villa Grove West Lake, City of Villa Grove Douglas County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Virginia City Reservoir, City of Virginia Cass County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18390 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Waddams Creek Stephenson County Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Walnut Point Lake, Walnut Point State Fish and Wildlife Area Douglas County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-15" Slot Length Limit (3)

Walton Park Lake, City of Litchfield Montgomery County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - 8" Minimum Length Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Wampum Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (36) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish - Catch and Release Only (9) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Washington County Lake, Washington County Conservation Area Washington County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass - 17" Minimum Length Limit Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Washington Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District Cook County ILLINOIS REGISTER 18391 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 46 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Washington Park Pond, Springfield Park District Sangamon County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10) Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Waverly Lake, City of Waverly Morgan County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit

Weinberg-King Pond, Weinberg-King State Park Schuyler County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Weldon Springs Lake, Weldon Springs State Park DeWitt County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

West Frankfort New City Lake, City of West Frankfort Franklin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit

West Frankfort Old City Lake, City of West Frankfort Franklin County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

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West Salem Reservoir, City of West Salem Edwards County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

White Hall City Lake, City of White Hall Greene County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit

White Oaks Lake, City of Bloomington McLean County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Wilderness Pond, Fox Ridge State Park Coles County Recreational Use Restrictions - Waterfowl Refuge or Hunting Area (19) All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 5 Fish Daily Creel Limit Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 18" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Wildlife Prairie State Park, State of Illinois Peoria County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 12-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession allowed within the protected slot length limit) Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit White, Black or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit Pure or Hybrid Muskellunge - 42" Minimum Length Limit

William W. Powers Conservation Area (33) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18393 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Cook County

Willow Lake, Peabody River King State Conservation Area St. Clair County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15) - 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie - 9" Minimum Length Limit Trout - Fall Closed Season (10)

Wolf Lake, William W. Powers Conservation Area (33) Cook County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 14" Minimum Length Limit

Woodford Co. Cons. Area (Fishing Ditch), Woodford County Conservation Area (33) Woodford County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)

Woodlawn Pond, Frankfort Square Park District Will County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit

Wyman Lake, City of Sullivan Moultrie County All Fish - 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) Channel Catfish - 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass - 15" Minimum Length Limit Large or Smallmouth Bass (14) - 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit Trout - Spring Closed Season (11)

Yellow Creek Stephenson County Trout - Spring Closed Season (11) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18394 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 810.70 Free Fishing Days

During the period of June 11, 12, 13, 14, 20046, 7, 8, 9, 2003, it shall be legal for any person to fish in waters wholly or in part within the jurisdiction of the State, including the Illinois portion of Lake Michigan, without possessing a sport fishing license, salmon stamp or inland trout stamp.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18395 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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1) Heading of the Part: Commercial Fishing in Lake Michigan

2) Code Citation: 17 Ill. Adm. Code 850

3) Section Numbers: Proposed Action: 850.25 Amendment 850.30 Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing and authorized by Sections 1-10, 1-80, 1-120, 1-125, 1-135, 1-150, 20-35, 20-45, 20-105 and 25-5 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code [515 ILCS 5/1-10, 1-80, 1-120, 1-125, 1-135, 1-150, 20-35, 20-45, 20-105 and 25-5].

5) A Complete Description of the Subjects and Issues Involved: Amendments to Sections 850.25 and 850.30 are being made to change the closed season on yellow perch from June until July.

6) Will these amendments contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Do these amendments contain an automatic repeal date? No

8) Do these proposed amendments contain incorporations by reference? No

9) Are there any other proposed amendments pending on this Part? No

10) Statement of Statewide Policy Objective: This rulemaking does not affect units of local government.

11) Time, Place and Manner in which interested persons may comment on this proposed rulemaking: Comments on the proposed rulemaking may be submitted in writing for a period of 45 days following publication of this notice to:

Jack Price, Legal Counsel Department of Natural Resources One Natural Resources Way Springfield IL 62702-1271 217/782-1809

12) Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:

A) Types of small businesses, small municipalities and not for profit corporations ILLINOIS REGISTER 18396 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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affected: Commercial fishermen licensed to take fish in Lake Michigan

B) Reporting, bookkeeping or other procedures required for compliance: Keep accurate daily records of catch, submit catch reports monthly to the Department by the 15day of the following month and submit a yearly operational plan.

C) Types of professional skills necessary for compliance: Illinois resident, corporation incorporated in Illinois, ownership or control of approved vessel, possess licensed gill netting, Captain must be an Illinois resident.

13) Regulatory Agenda on which this rulemaking was summarized: July 2003

The full text of the Proposed Amendments begins on the next page: ILLINOIS REGISTER 18397 03 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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TITLE 17: CONSERVATION CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE

PART 850 COMMERCIAL FISHING IN LAKE MICHIGAN

Section 850.5 Introduction 850.10 Possession and Identification of Gear 850.20 Quota 850.25 Seasons 850.30 Restricted Commercial Fishing Areas 850.40 Limited Entry 850.50 License Eligibility and License Provisions 850.60 Application for License 850.80 Suspension or Revocation

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 1-10, 1-80, 1-120, 1-125, 1-135, 1- 150, 20-35, 20-45, 20-105 and 25-5 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code [515 ILCS 5/1-10, 1-80, 1-120, 1-125, 1-135, 1-150, 20-35, 20-45, 20-105 and 25-5].

SOURCE: Adopted at 3 Ill. Reg. 44, p. 46, effective November 1, 1979; codified at 6 Ill. Reg. 877; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 3846, effective March 31, 1982; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 2711, effective March 2, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 7220, effective May 15, 1984; emergency amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 4854, effective April 2, 1985, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 6179, effective April 23, 1985; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 9789, effective May 21, 1986; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 7996, effective April 25, 1988; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 11029, effective June 30, 1992; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 12626, effective July 24, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 18967, effective December 1, 1992; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 17263, effective September 23, 1993, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired February 20, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 5834, effective April 5, 1994; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 5257, effective April 1, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 10568, effective July 1, 1995; recodified by changing the agency name from Department of Conservation to Department of Natural Resources at 20 Ill. Reg. 9389; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 5553, effective April 19, 1997; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 8895, effective June 19, 2000; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______.

Section 850.25 Seasons

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The commercial harvest of yellow perch is prohibited from JulyJune 1 through July 31June 30, inclusive, annually. All yellow perch incidentally caught in gill nets during this time must be removed immediately from the gill nets as they are brought on board the vessel and returned to the water at once in the same condition as taken.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______)

Section 850.30 Restricted Commercial Fishing Areas

a) During the monthmonths of July and August, commercial gill net fishing may be undertaken anywhere in the Illinois portion of Lake Michigan outside of the 1,000 yard distance from any pier, breakwater, or similar structure, or the low water mark on the shore. From the months of September through JuneMay, inclusive, commercial fishermen must fish in water depths of at least 5 fathoms (30 feet) or deeper to minimize incidental catch of salmon and trout.

b) The following described area in Lake Michigan is established as fish refuge and it shall be unlawful for any person to place any commercial fishing device in it: all waters on or adjacent to any area commonly referred to as Julian's Reef, located in a general area bounded by 42 16'00" north latitude on the north, 87 29'00" west longitude on the east, 42 11'00" north latitude on the south and 87 35'00" west longitude on the west, on U.S. lake survey navigational chart #75, edition of April 1972 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

c) During the months of August and September, all gill nets set in the Illinois portion of Lake Michigan in waters up to 20 fathoms (120 feet) in depth shall not be set prior to sunrise and must be removed from the water prior to sunset on the same day.

d) During the month of JulyJune, all gill nets must be placed in waters greater than 20 fathoms (120 feet) in depth to minimize the incidental catch of yellow perch.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. ______, effective ______) ILLINOIS REGISTER 18399 03 STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

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1) Heading of the Part: Public Information, Rulemaking and Organization

2) Code Citation: 2 Ill. Adm. Code 5350

3) Section Numbers: Adopted Action: 5350.10 Amendment 5350.20 Amendment 5350.30 Amendment 5350.100 Amendment 5350.200 Amendment 5350.210 Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100/5-15] and the State Universities Civil Service Act [110 ILCS 70/36d (11)]

5) Effective Date of Amendments: November 21, 2003

6) Do these amendments contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Do these amendments contain incorporations by reference? No

8) A copy of the adopted amendments, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the agency’s principal office and is available for public inspection.

9) Notice of Proposal Published in Illinois Register: Not Applicable

10) Has JCAR issued a Statement of Objections to these amendments? Not Applicable

11) Difference between proposal and final version: Not Applicable

12) Have all the changes agreed upon by the agency and JCAR been made as indicated in the agreement letter issued by JCAR? Not Applicable.

13) Will these amendments replace any emergency amendment currently in effect? No

14) Are there any amendments pending on this Part? No

15) Summary and Purpose of Amendments: The purpose of these amendments is to correct contact information and describe how the public obtains information from the agency, ILLINOIS REGISTER 18400 03 STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

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agency rulemaking procedure, composition of the University Civil Service Merit Board, and the organization of the agency and the University Civil Service Merit Board.

16) Information and questions regarding these adopted amendments shall be directed to:

Mary C. Follmer Assistant Legal Counsel State Universities Civil Service System 1717 Philo Road, Suite 24, Urbana, IL 61802 217/278-3150

The full text of the Adopted Amendments begins on the next page: ILLINOIS REGISTER 18401 03 STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

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TITLE 2: GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION SUBTITLE F: EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES CHAPTER XV: STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

PART 5350 PUBLIC INFORMATION, RULEMAKING AND ORGANIZATION

SUBPART A: PUBLIC INFORMATION

Section 5350.10 Applicability 5350.20 Public Information 5350.30 Board Meetings

SUBPART B: RULEMAKING

Section 5350.100 Rulemaking Procedure

SUBPART C: ORGANIZATION

Section 5350.200 Board Membership 5350.210 Staff

5350.APPENDIX A Organization Chart

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Section 5-15 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100/5-15] and authorized by Section 36d of the State Universities Civil Service Act [110 ILCS 70/36d].

SOURCE: Adopted and codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 3344, effective March 1, 1984; old rules rescinded by operation of Law October 1, 1984; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18399, effective November 21, 2003.

SUBPART A: PUBLIC INFORMATION

Section 5350.10 Applicability

This Subpart applies to any interested persons seeking or submitting information regarding rules, ILLINOIS REGISTER 18402 03 STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

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(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18399, effective November 21, 2003)

Section 5350.20 Public Information

a) Members of the public may submit a request for information concerning the rules, subjects, or programs, or activities of the State Universities Civil Service System. Such requests must be in writing and must contain the following information:

1) the names and addresses of persons or groups submitting request;

2) the specific rule, subject, or program, or activity of the State Universities Civil Service System that is the subject matter of the request; and

3) the specific reasons, facts, or other documentation supporting for the request. 4)the specific revision, repealer, or addition of a Rule or program.

b) Requests may be addressed to:

Executive Director State Universities Civil Service System 1717 Philo Road, Suite 2450 Gerty Drive UrbanaChampaign, Illinois 61802-609961820.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18399, effective November 21, 2003)

Section 5350.30 Board Meetings

All meetings of the University Civil Service Merit Board are open to the public. Public notice of meetings of the University Civil Service Merit Board shall be posted 48 hoursat least 10 calendar days prior to all meetings. Posting shall be made in the principal office of the University Civil Service Merit Board.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18399, effective November 21, 2003)

SUBPART B: RULEMAKING

Section 5350.100 Rulemaking Procedure

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a) New rules, amendments or repealers will be initiated at the direction of the Merit Board or its Executive Director, Designated Employer Representatives, Administrative Advisory Committee or the State Universities Civil Service Advisory Committee. Proposed new rules, amendments or repealers may be presented to the various agency Advisory Committees for comments or recommendations.

b) Following discussion and input from the various agency Advisory Committees, the proposed rules, amendments or repealers will be published in the Illinois Register. During the first 45-day notice period, interested persons or other agencies may provide comments.

c) After the first 45-day notice period, the new rules, amendments or repealers will be presented to the Merit Board for approval.

d) After Merit Board approval, new rules, amendments or repealers will be submitted to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR).

e) Review of proposed rules, amendments or repealers by JCAR will take place during the second notice period. JCAR will review any comments on the rules which were submitted to the issuing agency by interested individuals or other agencies.

f) Individuals or organizations proposing the creation, amendment or repeal of a rule may do so by writing to the Merit Board Chair or Executive Director of the State Universities Civil Service System, 1717 Philo Road, Suite 24, Urbana, Illinois 61802-6099. The written statement should include specific language, and in the case of existing rules, cite the specific rule(s) to be amended or repealed. Justification for the proposal shall also be included.The State Universities Civil Service System will follow the rulemaking procedure established by the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act in the adoption and filing of its Rules with the Secretary of State.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18399, effective November 21, 2003)

SUBPART C: ORGANIZATION

Section 5350.200 Board Membership

a) The University Civil Service Merit Board was created pursuant to Section 36b of ILLINOIS REGISTER 18404 03 STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

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the State Universities Civil Service Act"An Act to create the State Universities Civil Service System" (the Act) [10 ILCS 70/36b] (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 24½, par. 38b1(1)).

b) The University Civil Service Merit Board shall be composed of six members, three of whom shall be members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, one shall be a member of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, one shall be a member of the Board of Regents of the Regency Universities System, and one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Governors State University, one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, and one shall be a member of the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University. The members of the Merit Board shall be elected by the respective Boards on which they shall serve at the pleasure of the electing Boards.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18399, effective November 21, 2003)

Section 5350.210 Staff

The Merit Board appoints an Executivea Director and such assistants and other clerical and technical help as may be necessary to efficiently administer Sections 36b through to 36q inclusive of the Act [110 ILCS 70/36b through 36q].

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1) Heading of the Part: Customer Credits

2) Code Citation: 83 Ill. Adm. Code 732

3) Section Number: Adopted Action: 732.10 Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing and authorized by Section 13-712 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/13-712].

5) Effective Date of amendments: December 1, 2003

6) Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Does this amendment contain incorporations by reference? No

8) A copy of the adopted amendment, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the Commission's Springfield office and is available for public inspection.

9) Notice of Proposal Published in Illinois Register: 7/7/03, at 27 Ill. Reg. 9685

10) Has JCAR issued a Statement of Objection to this amendment? No

11) Differences between proposal and final version: None

12) Have all the changes agreed upon by the agency and JCAR been made as indicated in the agreement letter issued by JCAR? Yes

13) Will this amendment replace any emergency amendments currently in effect? No

14) Are there any amendments pending on this Part? No

15) Summary and Purpose of amendment: This rulemaking was initiated to determine whether strikes and work stoppages should be considered an emergency situation and, if so, the appropriate length of time during which telecommunications carriers should be exempt from paying customer credits during a strike or work stoppage. This Part shall be construed as being content neutral as to whether a strike or other work stoppage is an "emergency situation".

16) Information and questions regarding this adopted amendment shall be directed to:

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Conrad S. Rubinkowski Office of General Counsel Illinois Commerce Commission 527 East Capitol Avenue Springfield, IL 62701 (217)785-3922

The full text of the adopted amendment begins on the next page:

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TITLE 83: PUBLIC UTILITIES CHAPTER I: ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION SUBCHAPTER f: TELEPHONE UTILITIES

PART 732 CUSTOMER CREDITS

Section 732.10 Definitions 732.20 Local Exchange Service Obligations 732.30 Customer Credits 732.35 ILEC-CLEC Reimbursement Mechanism 732.40 Filing of Tariffs 732.50 Customer Education 732.60 Reporting

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Section 13-712 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/13-712].

SOURCE: Emergency rule adopted at 25 Ill. Reg. 10219, effective August 1, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; adopted at 26 Ill. Reg. 334, effective December 28, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 10465, effective July 1, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18405, effective December 1, 2003.

Section 732.10 Definitions

When used in this Part, the listed terms will have the definitions given in this Section.

"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5].

"Alternative telephone service" means, except where technically impracticable, a wireless telephone capable of making local calls, and may also include, but is not limited to, call forwarding, voice mail, or paging services. [220 ILCS 5/13- 712(b)(1)]

"Appointment" means an arrangement made by a telecommunications carrier to meet a customer within an agreed 4 hour window, or, until June 30, 2003, between 8 A.M. and 4 P.M. on a particular day if the carrier uses the resold services, network or network elements of another carrier to provide service to the customer, at the customer's premises to perform work on the network.

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"Basic local exchange service" means residential and business lines used for local exchange telecommunications service as defined in Section 13-204 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/13-204], excluding: services that employ advanced telecommunications capability as defined in section 706(c)(1) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996; vertical services; company official lines; and records work only. [220 ILCS 5/13-712(b)(2)]

"Basic local exchange service installation" means the installation of basic local exchange service whereby the physical connecting and diagnostic testing of a local loop results in the provisioning of dial tone to the requesting customer's network interface device. It includes move orders and orders for additional lines.

"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.

"Customer" means any person, building owner, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative, organization, governmental agency, etc., provided with local exchange carrier telecommunications services as defined in Section 13-204 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/13-204]. "Customer" may also be referred to as "end user".

"Emergency situation" means a single event that causes an interruption of service or installations affecting end users of a local exchange carrier. The emergency situation shall begin with the first end user whose service is interrupted by the single event and shall end with the restoration or installation of the service of all affected end users. The term "single event" shall include:

a declaration made by the applicable State or federal governmental agency that the area served by the local exchange carrier is either a State or federal disaster area; or

an act of third parties, including acts of terrorism, vandalism, riot, civil unrest, or war, or acts of parties that are not agents, employees or contractors of the local exchange carrier, or the first 90 calendar days of a strike or other work stoppage; or

a severe storm, tornado, earthquake, flood or fire, including any severe storm, tornado, earthquake, flood or fire that prevents the local exchange carrier from restoring service due to impassable roads, downed power lines, or the closing off of affected areas by public safety officials.

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The term "emergency situation" shall not include:

a single event caused by high temperature conditions alone; or

a single event caused, or exacerbated in scope and duration, by acts or omissions of the local exchange carrier, its agents, employees or contractors or by the condition of facilities, equipment, or premises owned or operated by the local exchange carrier; or

any service interruption that occurs during a single event listed above, but are not caused by those single events; or

a single event that the local exchange carrier could have reasonably foreseen and taken precaution to prevent; provided, however, that in no event shall a local exchange carrier be required to undertake precautions that are technically infeasible or economically prohibitive.

This Part shall be construed as being content neutral as to whether a strike or other work stoppage is an "emergency situation". In the event of a strike or other work stoppage, the local exchange carrier's obligation to pay customer credits shall, in the absence of a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction, be determined by the Commission on a case-by-case basis based upon the individual factual circumstances of each strike or other work stoppage. In making such a determination, and notwithstanding the definition of "emergency situation" above, the Commission shall not presume that a strike or other work stoppage is an act of an employee or of the local exchange carrier.

"Link Up" means the Link Up Assistance program defined and established at 47 CFR 54.411 et seq., as amended. [220 ILCS 5/13-712(b)(3)]

"Monthly recurring charge" means monthly access/usage rate, end user common line charge, and tariffed vertical services.

"Out of service" means that, after reporting an out of service condition to the local exchange carrier, the customer still has no dial tone, cannot be called, or cannot call out. This defined term excludes call blocking or any other intentional alteration to an end user's calling or call receiving ability.

"Repair" means the restoration of out of service conditions as well as correction

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of service-affecting conditions.

"Telecommunications carrier" or "carrier" means a telecommunications carrier as that term is defined in Section 13-202 of the Act [220 ILCS 5/13-202] that is providing local exchange telecommunications service as defined in Section 13- 204 of the Act.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18405, effective December 1, 2003)

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1) Heading of the Part: Child Care

2) Code Citation: 89 Ill. Adm. Code 50

3) Section Number: Adopted Action: 50.240 Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing Articles I through IX and authorized by Section 12- 13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/Arts. I through IX and 12-13].

5) Effective Date of Amendment: November 24, 2003

6) Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Does this amendment contain incorporations by reference? No

8) A copy of the adopted amendment, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the agency’s principal office and is available for public inspection.

9) Notice of Proposal published in Illinois Register: July 11, 2003 (27 Ill. Reg. 10176)

10) Has JCAR issued a Statement of Objection to this Amendment? No

11) Differences between proposal and final version: No substantive changes were made in the text of the proposed amendment.

12) Have all the changes agreed upon by the agency and JCAR been made as indicated in the agreements issued by JCAR? Yes

13) Will this amendment replace any emergency amendment currently in effect? No

14) Are there any amendments pending on this Part: Yes

Section Numbers Proposed Action Illinois Register Citation 50.210 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 13919; 8/22/03 50.230 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 13919; 8/22/03 50.235 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 13919; 8/22/03 50.240 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 13919; 8/22/03 50.310 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 13919; 8/22/03 50.320 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 13919; 8/22/03

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15) Summary and Purpose of Amendment: This rulemaking implements sanctions against child care providers who owe the Department a refund of an overpayment and who have ignored repayment requests. A recommendation to establish provider sanctions was submitted by the Program Integrity and Quality Assurance Subcommittee of the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. The Family Outcomes Subcommittee of the Child Care Advisory Council approved the recommendation. Child Care provider sanctions are being implemented because child care providers have been ignoring repayment requests.

16) Information and questions regarding this adopted amendment shall be directed to:

Tracie Drew, Bureau Chief Bureau of Administrative Rules and Procedures Department of Human Services 100 South Grand Avenue East 3rd Floor, Harris Bldg. Springfield, Illinois 62762 (217) 785-9772

The full text of the adopted amendment begins on the next page:

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TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SUBCHAPTER a: GENERAL PROGRAM PROVISIONS

PART 50 CHILD CARE

SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 50.101 Incorporation by Reference 50.110 Participant Rights and Responsibilities 50.120 Notification of Available Services 50.130 Child Care Overpayments and Recoveries

SUBPART B: APPLICABILITY

Section 50.210 Child Care 50.220 Method of Providing Child Care 50.230 Child Care Eligibility 50.235 Income Eligibility Criteria 50.240 Qualified Provider 50.250 Additional Service to Secure or Maintain Child Care

SUBPART C: PAYMENT FEES

Section 50.310 Fees for Child Care Services 50.320 Maximum Annual Income and Parent Fee by Family Size, Income Level and Number of Children Receiving Care

SUBPART D: CHILD CARE ABUSE AND NEGLECT

Section 50.410 Provider Eligibility 50.420 Payment for Child Care Services

SUBPART E: GREAT START PROGRAM

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Section 50.510 Great START Program 50.520 Method of Providing the Wage Supplement 50.530 Eligibility 50.540 Employer Responsibility 50.550 Notification of Eligibility 50.560 Phase-in of Wage Supplement Scale 50.570 Wage Supplement Scale 50.580 Evaluation

SUBPART F: CHILD CARE COLLABORATION PROGRAM

Section 50.610 Child Care Collaboration Program 50.620 Approvable Models of Collaboration 50.630 Requirements for Approval in the Child Care Collaboration Program 50.640 Notification of Eligibility 50.650 Rules and Reporting for the Child Care Collaboration Program

AUTHORITY: Implementing Articles I through IX and authorized by Section 12-13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/Arts. I through IX and 12-13].

SOURCE: Emergency rules adopted at 21 Ill. Reg. 9502, effective July 1, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; adopted at 21 Ill. Reg. 14961, effective November 10, 1997; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 12816, effective July 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 21037, effective November 27, 1998; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 10875, effective August 20, 1999, for maximum of 150 days; amended at 24 Ill. Reg 1058, effective January 10, 2000; emergency amendment at 24 Ill. Reg. 6604, effective April 5, 2000, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 13987, effective September 1, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 15423, effective October 10, 2000; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 2735, effective February 5, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 8176, effective June 23, 2001; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 8443, effective July 1, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 14854, effective October 31, 2001; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 16116, effective December 1, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 7113, effective April 25, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 12090, effective July 14, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18411, effective November 24, 2003.

SUBPART B: APPLICABILITY

Section 50.240 Qualified Provider

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a) Payment will be made for child care that otherwise meets the requirements of this Section; meets applicable standards of State and local law and regulation, including but not limited to licensure requirements promulgated by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) at 89 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter I, Subchapter e: Requirements for Licensure, and Fire Prevention and Safety requirements promulgated by the Office of the State Fire Marshal at 41 Ill. Adm. Code 100; and is provided in any of the following:

1) Licensed Day Care Center;

2) Day Care Center Exempt from Licensing;

3) Licensed Day Care Home;

4) Licensed Group Day Care Home;

5) Day Care Home Exempt from Licensing (No more than three children may be cared for, including the provider's own children, unless all children are from the same household);

6) Relative Exempt from Licensing (Care provided in the home of a relative. No more than three children may be cared for, including the provider's own children, unless all children are from the same household);

7) Non-relative Exempt from Licensing (Care provided in the home of the child. No more than three children may be cared for, including the provider's own children, unless all children are from the same household); and

8) Relative Exempt from Licensing (Care provided in the home of the child. No more than three children may be cared for, including the provider's own children, unless all children are from the same household).

b) Payments will not be made to a provider who is the child's mother or father, or to a stepparent who is currently married to the child's parent and is living in the same household as the child, or to any provider who is included in the same public assistance grant as the child (for those families receiving such assistance).

c) Payments will not be made to a provider (even if operating within a setting

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exempt from licensing) who has been convicted of crimes enumerated in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 385, Background Checks. d) Payments will not be made to a provider who, after receiving written notification of an outstanding overpayment, fails to establish a repayment plan or is in default of a repayment plan.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18411, effective November 24, 2003)

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1) Heading of the Part: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

2) Code Citation: 89 Ill. Adm. Code 112

3) Section Numbers: Adopted Action: 112.110 Amendment 112.115 Repeal

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing Article IV and authorized by Section 12-13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/Art. IV and 12-13].

5) Effective Date of Amendments: November 20, 2003

6) Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Do these amendments contain incorporations by reference? No

8) A copy of the adopted amendments, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the agency’s principal office and is available for public inspection.

9) Notice of Proposal Published in Illinois Register: June 20, 2003 (27 Ill. Reg. 9360)

10) Has JCAR issued a Statement of Objection to these amendments? No

11) Differences between proposal and final version: No substantive changes were made in the text of the proposed amendments.

12) Have all the changes agreed upon by the agency and JCAR been made as indicated in the agreements issued by JCAR? Yes

13) Will these amendments replace any emergency amendments currently in effect? No

14) Are there any amendments pending on this Part: Yes

Section Numbers Proposed Action Illinois Register Citation 112.67 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 15226; October 3, 2003 112.74 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 15226; October 3, 2003 112.79 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 15226; October 3, 2003 112.80 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 15226; October 3, 2003 112.127 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 15226; October 3, 2003

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112.251 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 15226; October 3, 2003 112.302 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 11353; July 25, 2003

15) Summary and Purpose of amendments: These amendments exempt educational benefits for the TANF Program. The Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002 allows for certain types of income that are excluded for TANF and Medicaid to also be excluded for the Food Stamp Program. As a result, the Department is exempting all educational benefits for the TANF Program and the Food Stamp Program to agree with Medicaid policy.

16) Information and questions regarding these adopted amendments shall be directed to:

Tracie Drew, Bureau Chief Bureau of Administrative Rules and Procedures Department of Human Services 100 South Grand Avenue East 3rd Floor, Harris Bldg. Springfield, Illinois 62762 Telephone number: (217) 785-9772

The full text of adopted amendments begins on the next page:

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TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SUBCHAPTER b: ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

PART 112 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 112.1 Description of the Assistance Program and Time Limit 112.2 Time Limit on Receipt of Benefits for Clients Enrolled in Post-Secondary Education 112.3 Receipt of Cash Benefits Beyond the 60 Month Lifetime Limit 112.5 Incorporation by Reference 112.6 The Family Violence Option

SUBPART B: NON-FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

Section 112.8 Caretaker Relative 112.9 Client Cooperation 112.10 Citizenship 112.20 Residence 112.30 Age 112.40 Relationship 112.50 Living Arrangement 112.52 Social Security Numbers 112.54 Assignment of Medical Support Rights 112.60 Basis of Eligibility 112.61 Death of a Parent (Repealed) 112.62 Incapacity of a Parent (Repealed) 112.63 Continued Absence of a Parent (Repealed) 112.64 Unemployment of the Parent (Repealed) 112.65 Responsibility and Services Plan 112.66 Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment 112.67 Restriction in Payment to Households Headed by a Minor Parent 112.68 School Attendance Initiative 112.69 Felons and Violators of Parole or Probation

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SUBPART C: TANF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS

Section 112.70 Employment and Work Activity Requirements 112.71 Individuals Exempt from TANF Employment and Work Activity Requirements 112.72 Participation/Cooperation Requirements 112.73 Adolescent Parent Program (Repealed) 112.74 Responsibility and Services Plan 112.75 Teen Parent Personal Responsibility Plan (Repealed) 112.76 TANF Orientation 112.77 Reconciliation and Fair Hearings 112.78 TANF Employment and Work Activities 112.79 Sanctions 112.80 Good Cause for Failure to Comply with TANF Participation Requirements 112.81 Responsible Relative Eligibility for JOBS (Repealed) 112.82 Supportive Services 112.83 Teen Parent Services 112.84 Employment Retention and Advancement Project 112.85 Four Year College/Vocational Training Demonstration Project (Repealed)

SUBPART E: PROJECT ADVANCE

Section 112.86 Project Advance (Repealed) 112.87 Project Advance Experimental and Control Groups (Repealed) 112.88 Project Advance Participation Requirements of Experimental Group Members and Adjudicated Fathers (Repealed) 112.89 Project Advance Cooperation Requirements of Experimental Group Members and Adjudicated Fathers (Repealed) 112.90 Project Advance Sanctions (Repealed) 112.91 Good Cause for Failure to Comply with Project Advance (Repealed) 112.93 Individuals Exempt From Project Advance (Repealed) 112.95 Project Advance Supportive Services (Repealed)

SUBPART F: EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Section 112.98 Exchange Program (Repealed)

SUBPART G: FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

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Section 112.100 Unearned Income 112.101 Unearned Income of Stepparent or Parent 112.105 Budgeting Unearned Income 112.106 Budgeting Unearned Income of Applicants 112.107 Initial Receipt of Unearned Income 112.108 Termination of Unearned Income 112.110 Exempt Unearned Income 112.115 Education Benefits (Repealed) 112.120 Incentive Allowances 112.125 Unearned Income In-Kind 112.126 Earmarked Income 112.127 Lump-Sum Payments 112.128 Protected Income (Repealed) 112.130 Earned Income 112.131 Earned Income Tax Credit 112.132 Budgeting Earned Income 112.133 Budgeting Earned Income of Employed Applicants 112.134 Initial Employment 112.135 Budgeting Earned Income For Contractual Employees 112.136 Budgeting Earned Income For Non-contractual School Employees 112.137 Termination of Employment 112.138 Transitional Payments (Repealed) 112.140 Exempt Earned Income 112.141 Earned Income Exemption 112.142 Exclusion from Earned Income Exemption 112.143 Recognized Employment Expenses 112.144 Income from Work-Study and Training Programs 112.145 Earned Income From Self-Employment 112.146 Earned Income From Roomer and Boarder 112.147 Income From Rental Property 112.148 Payments from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services 112.149 Earned Income In-Kind 112.150 Assets 112.151 Exempt Assets 112.152 Asset Disregards 112.153 Deferral of Consideration of Assets 112.154 Property Transfers (Repealed) 112.155 Income Limit

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SUBPART H: PAYMENT AMOUNTS

Section 112.250 Grant Levels 112.251 Payment Levels 112.252 Payment Levels in Group I Counties 112.253 Payment Levels in Group II Counties 112.254 Payment Levels in Group III Counties 112.255 Limitation on Amount of TANF Assistance to Recipients from Other States (Repealed)

SUBPART I: OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 112.300 Persons Who May Be Included in the Assistance Unit 112.301 Presumptive Eligibility 112.302 Reporting Requirements for Clients with Earnings 112.303 Budgeting 112.304 Budgeting Schedule 112.305 Strikers 112.306 Foster Care Program 112.307 Responsibility of Sponsors of Non-Citizens Entering the Country Prior to 8/22/96 112.308 Responsibility of Sponsors of Non-Citizens Entering the Country On or After 8/22/96 112.309 Institutional Status 112.310 Child Care for Representative Payees 112.315 Young Parents Program (Renumbered) 112.320 Redetermination of Eligibility 112.330 Extension of Medical Assistance Due to Increased Income from Employment 112.331 Four Month Extension of Medical Assistance Due to Child Support Collections 112.332 Extension of Medical Assistance Due to Loss of Earned Income Disregard (Repealed) 112.340 New Start Payments to Individuals Released from Department of Corrections Facilities (Repealed)

SUBPART J: CHILD CARE

Section 112.350 Child Care (Repealed)

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112.352 Child Care Eligibility (Repealed) 112.354 Qualified Provider (Repealed) 112.356 Notification of Available Services (Repealed) 112.358 Participant Rights and Responsibilities (Repealed) 112.362 Additional Service to Secure or Maintain Child Care Arrangements (Repealed) 112.364 Rates of Payment for Child Care (Repealed) 112.366 Method of Providing Child Care (Repealed) 112.370 Non-JOBS Education and Training Program (Repealed)

SUBPART K: TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE

Section 112.400 Transitional Child Care Eligibility (Repealed) 112.404 Duration of Eligibility for Transitional Child Care (Repealed) 112.406 Loss of Eligibility for Transitional Child Care (Repealed) 112.408 Qualified Child Care Providers (Repealed) 112.410 Notification of Available Services (Repealed) 112.412 Participant Rights and Responsibilities (Repealed) 112.414 Child Care Overpayments and Recoveries (Repealed) 112.416 Fees for Service for Transitional Child Care (Repealed) 112.418 Rates of Payment for Transitional Child Care (Repealed)

AUTHORITY: Implementing Article IV and authorized by Section 12-13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/Art. IV and 12-13].

SOURCE: Filed effective December 30, 1977; peremptory amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 17, p. 117, effective February 1, 1978; amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 31, p. 134, effective August 5, 1978; emergency amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 4, effective August 30, 1978, for a maximum of 150 days; peremptory amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 46, p. 44, effective November 1, 1978; peremptory amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 46, p. 56, effective November 1, 1978; emergency amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 16, p. 41, effective April 9, 1979, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 28, p. 182, effective July 1, 1979, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 33, p. 399, effective August 18, 1979; amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 33, p. 415, effective August 18, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 38, p. 243, effective September 21, 1979; peremptory amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 38, p. 321, effective September 7, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 40, p. 140, effective October 6, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 46, p. 36, effective November 2, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 47, p. 96, effective November 13, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 48, p. 1, effective November 15, 1979; peremptory amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 9, p. 259, effective February 22, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 10, p. 258, effective February 25, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 12, p. 551, effective March 10, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 27, p. 387, effective June 24, 1980; emergency

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 29, p. 294, effective July 8, 1980, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 797, effective September 2, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 800, effective September 2, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 45, p. 134, effective October 27, 1980; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 766, effective January 2, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 1134, effective January 26, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 5722, effective June 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 7071, effective June 23, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 7104, effective June 23, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 8041, effective July 27, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 8052, effective July 24, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 8106, effective August 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10062, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10079, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10095, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10113, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10124, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10131, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10730, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10733, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10760, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10767, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 11647, effective October 16, 1981; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 611, effective January 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 1216, effective January 14, 1982; emergency amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 2447, effective March 1, 1982, for a maximum of 150 days; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 2452, effective February 11, 1982; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 6475, effective May 18, 1982; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 6912, effective May 20, 1982; emergency amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 7299, effective June 2, 1982, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 8115, effective July 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 8142, effective July 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 8159, effective July 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 10970, effective August 26, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 11921, effective September 21, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 12293, effective October 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 12318, effective October 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 13754, effective November 1, 1982; rules repealed, new rules adopted and codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 907, effective January 11, 1983; rules repealed and new rules adopted and codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 2720, effective February 28, 1983; amended (by adding Sections being codified with no substantive change) at 7 Ill. Reg. 5195; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 11284, effective August 26, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 13920, effective October 7, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 15690, effective November 9, 1983; amended (by adding Sections being codified with no substantive change) at 7 Ill. Reg. 16105; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 17344, effective December 21, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 213, effective December 27, 1983; emergency amendment at 8 Ill. Reg. 569, effective January 1, 1984, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 4176, effective March 19, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 5207, effective April 9, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 7226, effective May 16, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 11391, effective June 27, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 12333, effective June 29, 1984; amended (by adding Sections being codified with no substantive change) at 8 Ill. Reg. 17894; peremptory amendment at 8 Ill. Reg. 18127, effective October 1, 1984; peremptory amendment at 8 Ill. Reg. 19889, effective October 1, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 19983, effective October 3, 1984; emergency

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS amendment at 8 Ill. Reg. 21666, effective October 19, 1984, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 21621, effective October 23, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 25023, effective December 19, 1984; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 282, effective January 1, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 4062, effective March 15, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 8155, effective May 17, 1985; emergency amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 10094, effective June 19, 1985, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 11317, effective July 5, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 12795, effective August 9, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 15887, effective October 4, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 16277, effective October 11, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 17827, effective November 18, 1985; emergency amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 354, effective January 1, 1986, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 1172, effective January 10, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 3641, effective January 30, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 4885, effective March 7, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 8118, effective May 1, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 10628, effective June 1, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 11017, effective June 6, 1986; Sections 112.78 through 112.86 and 112.88 recodified to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 160 at 10 Ill. Reg. 11928; emergency amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 12107, effective July 1, 1986, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 12650, effective July 14, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 14681, effective August 29, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 15101, effective September 5, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 15621, effective September 19, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 21860, effective December 12, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 2280, effective January 16, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 3140, effective January 30, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 4682, effective March 6, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 5223, effective March 11, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 6228, effective March 20, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 9927, effective May 15, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 12003, effective November 1, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 12432, effective July 10, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 12908, effective July 30, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 12935, effective August 1, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 13625, effective August 1, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 14755, effective August 26, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 18679, effective November 1, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 18781, effective November 1, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 20114, effective December 4, 1987; Sections 112.90 and 112.95 recodified to Sections 112.52 and 112.54 at 11 Ill. Reg. 20610; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 20889, effective December 14, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 844, effective January 1, 1988; emergency amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 1929, effective January 1, 1988, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 2126, effective January 12, 1988; SUBPARTS C, D and E recodified to SUBPARTS G, H and I at 12 Ill. Reg. 2136; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 3487, effective January 22, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 6159, effective March 18, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 6694, effective March 22, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 7336, effective May 1, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 7673, effective April 20, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 9032, effective May 20, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 10481, effective June 13, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 14172, effective August 30, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 14669, effective September 16, 1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 70, effective January 1, 1989; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 6017, effective April 14, 1989;

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 8567, effective May 22, 1989; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 16006, effective October 6, 1989; emergency amendment at 13 Ill. Reg. 16142, effective October 2, 1989, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired March 1, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 705, effective January 1, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 3170, effective February 13, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 3575, effective February 23, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 6306, effective April 16, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 10379, effective June 20, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13652, effective August 10, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 14140, effective August 17, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 16937, effective September 30, 1990; emergency amendment at 15 Ill. Reg. 338, effective January 1, 1991, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 15 Ill. Reg. 2862, effective February 4, 1991, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired July 4, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 5275, effective April 1, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 5684, effective April 10, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11127, effective July 19, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11447, effective July 25, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 14227, effective September 30, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 17308, effective November 18, 1991; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 9972, effective June 15, 1992; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 11550, effective July 15, 1992; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 11652, effective July 1, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 13629, effective September 1, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 17724, effective November 9, 1992; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 20147, effective December 14, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 357, effective December 24, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 813, effective January 15, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 2253, effective February 15, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 4312, effective March 25, 1993; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 6325, effective April 9, 1993, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 6792, effective April 21, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 15017, effective September 3, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 19156, effective October 25, 1993; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 19696, effective November 1, 1993, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 5909, effective March 31, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 6994, effective April 27, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 8703, effective June 1, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 10774, effective June 27, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 12805, effective August 5, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 15774, effective October 17, 1994; expedited correction at 19 Ill. Reg. 998, effective October 17, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 2845, effective February 24, 1995; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 5609, effective March 31, 1995; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 7883, effective June 5, 1995; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 10206, effective July 1, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 12011, effective August 7, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 12664, effective September 1, 1995; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 15244, effective November 1, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 15661, effective November 3, 1995; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 15839, effective November 15, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 16295, effective December 1, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 845, effective January 1, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 3538, effective February 15, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 5648, effective March 30, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6018, effective April 12, 1996;

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6498, effective April 29, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 7892, effective June 1, 1996; emergency amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 12499, effective September 1, 1996, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 14820, effective November 1, 1996; amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 15983, effective December 9, 1996; emergency amendment at 21 Ill. Reg. 662, effective January 1, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 940, effective January 7, 1997; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 1366, effective January 15, 1997; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 2655, effective February 7, 1997; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 7391, effective May 31, 1997; emergency amendment at 21 Ill. Reg. 8426, effective July 1, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; recodified from the Department of Public Aid to the Department of Human Services at 21 Ill. Reg. 9322; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 15597, effective November 26, 1997; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 4466, effective February 24, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 12197, effective July 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 14420, effective July 24, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 14744, effective August 1, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 16256, effective September 1, 1998; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 16365, effective September 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 18082, effective October 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 19840, effective November 1, 1998; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 598, effective January 1, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 942, effective January 6, 1999; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 1133, effective January 7, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 1682, effective January 20, 1999; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 5881, effective May 1, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 6958, effective May 30, 1999; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 7091, effective June 4, 1999; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 7896, effective July 1, 1999; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 8672, effective July 13, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 10530, effective August 1, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 12648, effective September 27, 1999; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 13898, effective November 19, 1999; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 289, effective December 28, 1999; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 2348, effective February 1, 2000; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 10336, effective August 3, 2001; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 11584, effective September 1, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 14865, effective November 1, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 138, effective January 1, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 924, effective January 15, 2002; emergency amendment at 26 Ill. Reg. 3329, effective February 19, 2002, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 9803, effective June 24, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 10492, effective July 1, 2002; emergency amendment at 26 Ill. Reg. 10994, effective July 1, 2002, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 17182, effective November 15, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 4545, effective February 28, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 7240, effective April 7, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18417, effective November 20, 2003.

SUBPART G: FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

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Section 112.110 Exempt Unearned Income a)The following unearned income from governmental sources shall be exempt from consideration in determining eligibility and the level of assistance payment:

a1) The value of the coupon allotment under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 USCU.S.C. 2017(b));

b2) The value of the U.S. Department of Agriculture donated foods (surplus commodities);

c3) Any payment received under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 USCU.S.C. 4636);

d4) Any funds distributed per capita to or held in trust for members of any Indian Tribe under P.L. 92-254, P.L. 93-134, P.L. 94-114 or P.L. 94-540;

e5) Any benefits received under Title VII, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 USCU.S.C. 3045 et seq.);

f6) Any compensation provided to individual volunteers under the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program (known as Americorps VISTA). Payments made under Americorps State/National programs, funded under the National and Community Service Act of 1993, are not exempt. Stipends or living allowance payments made under this program are considered nonexempt earned income. These payments are subject to the general rules concerning the budgeting of earned income;

g7) Income received under the provisions of Section 4(c) of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act [320 ILCS 25/4]. This includes both the benefits commonly known as the circuit breaker and additional grants;

h8) Payments for supporting services or reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses made to volunteers serving as senior health aides, senior companions, foster grandparents, and persons serving in the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Active Corps of Executives (ACE) and any other programs under Titles II and III, pursuant to Section 418 of P.L. 93-113;

i9) Unearned income such as need based payments, cash assistance, compensation in

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lieu of wages and allowances received through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)Jobs Training Partnership Act; j10) Social Security death benefit expended on a funeral and/or burial; k11) The value of supplemental food assistance received under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 USCU.S.C. 1780(b)) and the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act, as amended (42 USCU.S.C. 1760); l12) Tax exempt portions of payments made pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 USCU.S.C. 1626); m13) Payments received under Title I of P.L. 100-383 of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (50 USCU.S.C. 1989b through 1989b-8); n14) Payments received under Title II of P.L. 100-383 of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act (50 USCU.S.C. 1989c through 1989c-8); o15) Payments made to veterans who receive an annual disability payment or to the survivors of deceased veterans who receive a one-time lump-sum payment from the Agent Orange Settlement Fund or any other fund referencing Agent Orange product liability under P.L. 101-201; p16) Payments received under the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 USCU.S.C. 2210 nt); q17) Federal subsidized housing payments under Section 8 of the Housing and Community Development Act (42 USCU.S.C. 1437f); r18) Any adoption subsidy payment or foster care payment received from DCFS or from a state welfare agency of another state are exempt for MAG and MANG. Independent Living Arrangement Payments are not exempt for MAG and MANG; s19) Supportive Service payments (Section 112.82); t20) Benefits paid to eligible households under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 pursuant to Section 2605(f) of P.L. 97-35; u21) Disaster relief payments provided by federal, state or local government or a

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disaster assistance organization; v22) Any payment provided by the Department of Human Services under the Family Assistance Program for Mentally Disabled Children under P.A. 86-921; w23) GA Emergency Financial Assistance issued through vendor payment. These payments can only be issued once in a twelve-month period to persons who do not currently receive TANF cash assistance; x24) A nonrecurring lump-sum SSI or SSA payment made to an individual in a TANF assistance unit. The nonrecurring SSA lump sum is exempt if it is based on disability. The monthly amount, up to the monthly SSI level for one, is exempt. For those individuals not in a TANF assistance unit whose income is used to determine TANF eligibility for others (for example, stepparents, parents), the lump-sum payment is nonexempt income for the month received; y25) Payments made to individuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution pursuant to P.L. 103-286; z26) Payments to a member of the Passamquoddy Indian Tribe, the Penobscot Nation of the Houlton Band of the Maliseet Indians pursuant to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980; aa27) Up to $2000 per year of income received by individual Indians, which is derived from leases or other uses of individually-owned trust or restricted lands pursuant to Section 13736 of P.L. 103-66; bb28) Payments based on disability status are disregarded in an amount up to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment level for one person with no income. This disregard applies to disability benefits from Social Security (including SSI), Railroad Retirement Disability, Department of Veterans' Affairs (100% disability only) and Black Lung; and cc29) Payments made under the federal Crime Act of 1984 (as amended by P.L. 104- 132, Section 234, Crime Victims Fund);. b) In addition to the above, the following unearned income from non-governmental sources shall be exempt from consideration in determining eligibility and the level of assistance payment: dd1) Inconsequential income, which is defined as gifts, prizes or other unearned

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income (excluding those unearned income items referenced in subsections (a)(1) through (a)(28) described in other provisions of the Section) of up to $50 per person per quarter;

ee2) The value of home produce which is used for personal consumption;

ff3) Child support payments made to an assistance unit by the Department which represents the first $50 or any lesser amount of support collected in a month;

gg4) Two dollars of every $3 of excess child support distributed by the child support agency to a family with earnings budgeted. This includes the wage supplementation programs of On-the-Job Training, Job Corps, Americorps VISTA, and work study;

hh5) Payments from the principal or trust of a trust fund made to or on behalf of a dependent child when the court orders the money released for a specific purpose other than the income maintenance needs of the child;

ii6) Earmarked child support payments received by the client for the support of a child not included in the assistance unit;

jj7) Cash which is exchanged for purposes of satisfying payment of shelter-related obligations in situations where the assistance unit shares a dwelling unit with another family, individual or individuals. The money is not available to meet the needs of the party who received and disburses the shelter-related payment; and

kk8) Employment-related reimbursements for past or future expenses to the extent that they do not exceed actual expenses incurred and do not represent a gain or benefit to the client;.

ll) All educational loans, grants, scholarships, fellowships, veteran's educational benefits, and federal and State work study programs.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18417, effective November 20, 2003)

Section 112.115 Education Benefits (Repealed)

a) Federal Loan and Grant Programs 1) Income from educational loans and grants made or insured under any program administered by the Federal Department of Education is totally

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exempt whether the grant is paid directly to the schools or to the student. 2) These loans and grants include, but are not limited to, the following: A) Pell Grants; B) National Direct Student Loans; C) PLUS Program; D) Byrd Honor Scholarship Program; E) Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grant; F) College Work Study; G) Guaranteed Loan Program; and H) Assistance provided under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act. b) Other Education Benefits That portion of an educational benefit which is actually used for items such as tuition, books, fees, equipment, transportation, and child care expenses necessary for school attendance shall be exempt. 1) Veterans Educational Assistance Income from educational benefits paid to a veteran or to a dependent of a veteran shall be exempt only to the extent that it is applied toward educational expenses. 2) Social Security Administration Benefits Income received as an SSA benefit paid to or for an individual and conditioned upon the individual's regular attendance in a school, college or university, or a course of vocational or technical learning, shall be exempt to the extent that it is applied toward educational expenses. 3) Loans and Grants Income from educational loans and grants obtained and used under conditions that preclude their use for current living costs shall be exempt.

(Source: Repealed at 27 Ill. Reg. 18417, effective November 20, 2003)

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1) Heading of the Part: General Assistance

2) Code Citation: 89 Ill. Adm. Code 114

3) Section Numbers: Adopted Action: 114.210 Amendment 114.220 Repeal

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing Article VI and authorized by Section 12-13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/Art. VI and 12-13] (see Public Act 92-538).

5) Effective Date of Amendments: November 20, 2003

6) Do these amendments contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Do these amendments contain incorporations by reference? No

8) A copy of the adopted amendments, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the agency’s principal office and is available for public inspection.

9) Notice of Proposal Published in Illinois Register: June 20, 2003 (27 Ill. Reg. 9377)

10) Has JCAR issued a Statement of Objection to these amendments? No

11) Differences between proposal and final version: No substantive changes were made in the text of the proposed amendments.

12) Have all the changes agreed upon by the agency and JCAR been made as indicated in the agreements issued by JCAR? Yes

13) Will these amendments replace any emergency amendments currently in effect? No

14) Are there any amendments pending on this Part: Yes

Section Number Proposed Action Illinois Register Citation 114.223 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 15253; October 3, 2003

15) Summary and Purpose of Amendments: These amendments exempt educational benefits for the General Assistance Program. The Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002 allows for certain types of income that are excluded for TANF and Medicaid to also be

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excluded for the Food Stamp Program. In addition, the Department is also exempting all educational benefits for the General Assistance Program to agree with the TANF Program, Food Stamp Program and Medicaid policy.

16) Information and questions regarding these adopted amendments shall be directed to:

Tracie Drew, Bureau Chief Bureau of Administrative Rules and Procedures Department of Human Services 100 South Grand Avenue East 3rd Floor, Harris Bldg. Springfield, Illinois 62762 (217) 785-9772

The full text of adopted amendments begins on the next page:

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TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SUBCHAPTER b: ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

PART 114 GENERAL ASSISTANCE

SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 114.1 Description of the Assistance Program 114.2 Determination of Not Employable 114.3 Advocacy Program for Persons Receiving State Transitional Assistance 114.5 Incorporation By Reference

SUBPART B: NON-FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

Section 114.9 Client Cooperation 114.10 Citizenship 114.20 Residence 114.30 Age 114.40 Relationship 114.50 Living Arrangement 114.52 Social Security Numbers 114.60 Work Registration Requirements (Outside City of Chicago only) 114.61 Individuals Exempt From Work Registration Requirements (Outside City of Chicago only) 114.62 Job Service Registration (Outside City of Chicago only) 114.63 Failure to Maintain Current Job Service Registration (Outside City of Chicago only) 114.64 Responsibility to Seek Employment (Outside City of Chicago only) 114.70 Initial Employment Expenses (Outside City of Chicago only) 114.80 Downstate General Assistance Work and Training Programs 114.85 Downstate General Assistance – Food Stamps Employment and Training Pilot Project 114.90 Work and Training Programs 114.100 General Assistance Jobs Program (Repealed) 114.101 Persons Ineligible for TANF Due to Time Limits

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SUBPART C: PROJECT ADVANCE

Section 114.108 Project Advance (Repealed) 114.109 Project Advance Participation Requirements of Adjudicated Fathers (Repealed) 114.110 Project Advance Cooperation Requirements of Adjudicated Fathers (Repealed) 114.111 Project Advance Sanctions (Repealed) 114.113 Project Advance Good Cause for Failure to Comply (Repealed) 114.115 Individuals Exempt From Project Advance (Repealed) 114.117 Project Advance Supportive Services (Repealed)

SUBPART D: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Section 114.120 Employment and Training Requirements 114.121 Persons Required to Participate in Project Chance (Repealed) 114.122 Advocacy Program for Persons Who Have Applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (Repealed) 114.123 Persons in Need of Work Rehabilitative Services (WRS) to Become Employable (Repealed) 114.124 Employment and Training Participation/Cooperation Requirements (Repealed) 114.125 Employment and Training Program Orientation (Repealed) 114.126 Employment and Training Program Full Assessment Process/Development of an Employment Plan (Repealed) 114.127 Employment and Training Program Components (Repealed) 114.128 Employment and Training Sanctions (Repealed) 114.129 Good Cause For Failure to Cooperate With Work and Training Participation Requirements (Repealed) 114.130 Employment and Training Supportive Services (Repealed) 114.135 Conciliation and Fair Hearings (Repealed) 114.140 Employment Child Care (Repealed)

SUBPART E: FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

Section 114.200 Unearned Income 114.201 Budgeting Unearned Income 114.202 Budgeting Unearned Income of Applicants 114.203 Initial Receipt of Unearned Income 114.204 Termination of Unearned Income

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114.210 Exempt Unearned Income 114.220 Education Benefits (Repealed) 114.221 Unearned Income In-Kind 114.222 Earmarked Income 114.223 Lump-Sum Payments 114.224 Protected Income 114.225 Earned Income 114.226 Budgeting Earned Income 114.227 Budgeting Earned Income of Applicants 114.228 Initial Employment 114.229 Termination of Employment 114.230 Exempt Earned Income 114.235 Recognized Employment Expenses 114.240 Income From Work/Study/Training Program (Repealed) 114.241 Earned Income From Self-Employment 114.242 Earned Income From Roomer and Boarder 114.243 Earned Income From Rental Property 114.244 Earned Income In-Kind 114.245 Payments from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services 114.246 Budgeting Earned Income for Contractual Employees 114.247 Budgeting Earned Income for Non-contractual School Employees 114.250 Assets 114.251 Exempt Assets 114.252 Asset Disregards 114.260 Deferral of Consideration of Assets (Repealed) 114.270 Property Transfers (Repealed) 114.280 Supplemental Payments

SUBPART F: PAYMENT AMOUNTS

Section 114.350 Payment Levels 114.351 Payment Levels in Group I Counties 114.352 Payment Levels in Group II Counties 114.353 Payment Levels in Group III Counties

SUBPART G: OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 114.400 Persons Who May Be Included In the Assistance Unit

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114.401 Eligibility of Strikers 114.402 Special Needs Authorizations (Repealed) 114.403 Institutional Status 114.404 Budgeting 114.405 Budgeting Schedule 114.406 Limitation on Amount of General Assistance to Recipients from Other States (Repealed) 114.408 Responsibility of Sponsors of Non-citizens Entering the Country On or After 8/22/96 114.420 Redetermination of Eligibility 114.430 Extension of Medical Assistance Due to Increased Income from Employment 114.440 Attorney's Fees for VA Appellants 114.442 Attorney's Fees for SSI Applicants

SUBPART H: CHILD CARE

Section 114.450 Child Care (Repealed) 114.452 Child Care Eligibility (Repealed) 114.454 Qualified Provider (Repealed) 114.456 Notification of Available Services (Repealed) 114.458 Participant Rights and Responsibilities (Repealed) 114.462 Additional Service to Secure or Maintain Child Care Arrangements (Repealed) 114.464 Rates of Payment for Child Care (Repealed) 114.466 Method of Providing Child Care (Repealed)

SUBPART I: TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE

Section 114.500 Transitional Child Care Eligibility (Repealed) 114.504 Duration of Eligibility for Transitional Child Care (Repealed) 114.506 Loss of Eligibility for Transitional Child Care (Repealed) 114.508 Qualified Provider (Repealed) 114.510 Notification of Available Services (Repealed) 114.512 Participant Rights and Responsibilities (Repealed) 114.514 Child Care Overpayments and Recoveries (Repealed) 114.516 Fees for Service for Transitional Child Care (Repealed) 114.518 Rates of Payment for Transitional Child Care (Repealed)

AUTHORITY: Implementing Article VI and authorized by Section 12-13 of the Illinois Public

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Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/Art. VI and 12-13] (see Public Act 92-538).

SOURCE: Filed effective December 30, 1977; peremptory amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 17, p. 117, effective February 1, 1978; amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 31, p. 134, effective August 5, 1978; emergency amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 4, effective August 30, 1978, for a maximum of 150 days; peremptory amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 46, p. 44, effective November 1, 1978; peremptory amendment at 2 Ill. Reg. 46, p. 56, effective November 1, 1978; emergency amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 16, p. 41, effective April 9, 1979, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 28, p. 182, effective July 1, 1979, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 33, p. 399, effective August 18, 1979; amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 33, p. 415, effective August 18, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 38, p. 243, effective September 21, 1979; peremptory amendment at 3 Ill. Reg. 38, p. 321, effective September 7, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 40, p. 140, effective October 6, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 46, p. 36, effective November 2, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 47, p. 96, effective November 13, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 48, p. 1, effective November 15, 1979; peremptory amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 9, p. 259, effective February 22, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 10, p. 258, effective February 25, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 12, p. 551, effective March 10, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 27, p. 387, effective June 24, 1980; emergency amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 29, p. 294, effective July 8, 1980, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 797, effective September 2, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 800, effective September 2, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 45, p. 134, effective October 27, 1980; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 766, effective January 2, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 1134, effective January 26, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 5722, effective June 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 7071, effective June 23, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 7104, effective June 23, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 8041, effective July 27, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 8052, effective July 24, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 8106, effective August 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10062, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10079, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10095, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10113, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10124, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10131, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10730, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10733, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10760, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10767, effective October 1, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 11647, effective October 16, 1981; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 611, effective January 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 1216, effective January 14, 1982; emergency amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 2447, effective March 1, 1982, for a maximum of 150 days; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 2452, effective February 11, 1982; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 6475, effective May 18, 1982; peremptory amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 6912, effective May 20, 1982; emergency amendment at 6 Ill. Reg. 7299, effective June 2, 1982, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 8115, effective July 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 8142, effective July 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 8159, effective July 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg.

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10970, effective August 26, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 11921, effective September 21, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 12293, effective October 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 12318, effective October 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 13754, effective November 1, 1982; rules repealed, new rules adopted and codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 907, effective January 7, 1983; amended (by adding Sections being codified with no substantive change) at 7 Ill. Reg. 5195; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 9909, effective August 5, 1983; amended (by adding Section being codified with no substantive change) at 7 Ill. Reg. 14747; amended (by adding Section being codified with no substantive change) at 7 Ill. Reg. 16107; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 16408, effective November 30, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 16652, effective December 1, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 243, effective December 27, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 5233, effective April 9, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 6764, effective April 27, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 11435, effective June 27, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 13319, effective July 16, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 16237, effective August 24, 1984; amended (by adding Sections being codified with no substantive change) at 8 Ill. Reg. 17896; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 314, effective January 1, 1985; emergency amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 823, effective January 3, 1985, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 9557, effective June 5, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 10764, effective July 5, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 15800, effective October 16, 1985; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 1924, effective January 17, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 3660, effective January 30, 1986; emergency amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 4646, effective February 3, 1986, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 4896, effective March 7, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 10681, effective June 3, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 11041, effective June 5, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 12662, effective July 14, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 15118, effective September 5, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 15640, effective September 19, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 19079, effective October 24, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 2307, effective January 16, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 5297, effective March 11, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 6238, effective March 20, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 12449, effective July 10, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 12948, effective August 1, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 18311, effective November 1, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 18689, effective November 1, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 18791, effective November 1, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 20129, effective December 4, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 20889, effective December 14, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 889, effective January 1, 1988; SUBPARTS C, D and E recodified to SUBPARTS E, F and G at 12 Ill. Reg. 2147; Section 114.110 recodified to Section 114.52 at 12 Ill. Reg. 2984; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 3505, effective January 22, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 6170, effective March 18, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 6719, effective March 22, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 9108, effective May 20, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 9699, effective May 24, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 9940, effective May 31, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 11474, effective June 30, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 14255, effective August 30, 1988; emergency amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 14364, effective September 1, 1988, for a maximum of 150 days; amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 16729, effective September 30, 1988; amended at 12 Ill.

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Reg. 20171, effective November 28, 1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 89, effective January 1, 1989; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 1546, effective January 20, 1989; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 3900, effective March 10, 1989; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 8580, effective May 20, 1989; emergency amendment at 13 Ill. Reg. 16169, effective October 2, 1989, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired March 1, 1990; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 16015, effective October 6, 1989; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 746, effective January 1, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 3640, effective February 23, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 6360, effective April 16, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 10929, effective June 20, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13215, effective August 6, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13777, effective August 10, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 14162, effective August 17, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 17111, effective September 30, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 288, effective January 1, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 5710, effective April 10, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11164, effective August 1, 1991; emergency amendment at 15 Ill. Reg. 15144, effective October 7, 1991, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 3512, effective February 20, 1992; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 4540, effective March 10, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 11662, effective July 1, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 13297, effective August 15, 1992; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 13651, effective September 1, 1992, for a maximum 150 days; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 14769, effective September 15, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 16276, effective October 1, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 17772, effective November 13, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 18815, effective November 24, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 1091, effective January 15, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 2277, effective February 15, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 3255, effective March 1, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 3639, effective February 26, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 3255, effective March 1, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 6814, effective April 21, 1993; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 19728, effective November 1, 1993, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 3436, effective February 28, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 7390, effective April 29, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 12839, effective August 5, 1994; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 8434, effective June 9, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 15058, effective October 17, 1995; emergency amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 4445, effective February 28, 1996, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 9970, effective July 10, 1996; emergency amendment at 21 Ill. Reg. 682, effective January 1, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 7413, effective May 31, 1997; emergency amendment at 21 Ill. Reg. 8652, effective July 1, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; recodified from the Department of Public Aid to the Department of Human Services at 21 Ill. Reg. 9322; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 15545, effective November 26, 1997; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 16356, effective September 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 19820, effective November 1, 1998; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 588, effective January 1, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 1619, effective January 20, 1999; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 6067, effective May 4, 1999; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 6434, effective May 15, 1999; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 6948, effective

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May 30, 1999; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 8661, effective July 13, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 13863, effective November 19, 1999; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 2338, effective February 1, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 5688, effective March 20, 2000; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 10325, effective August 3, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 164, effective January 1, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 9821, effective June 24, 2002; emergency amendment at 26 Ill. Reg. 11009, effective July 1, 2002, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 17198, effective November 15, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 7263, effective April 7, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18433, effective November 20, 2003.

SUBPART E: FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

Section 114.210 Exempt Unearned Income

The following unearned income shall be exempt from consideration in determining eligibility and the level of assistance payment.

a) The value of the coupon allotment under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 USCU.S.C. 2017(b));

b) The value of the U.S. Department of Agriculture donated foods (surplus commodities);

c) Any payment received under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 USCU.S.C. 4636);

d) Any per capita judgment funds paid under P.L. 92-254 to members of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana and the Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana (25 USCU.S.C. 1264);

e) Any benefits received under Title VII, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 USCU.S.C. 3030e);

f) Any compensation provided to individual volunteers under the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (42 USCU.S.C. 5001) and the Foster Grandparent Program (42 USCU.S.C. 5011) and Older Americans Community Service Employment Program (42 USCU.S.C. 3056) established under Title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 USCU.S.C. 5001 thru 5023), as amended;

g) Income received under the provisions of Section 4(c) of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act [320

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ILCS 25/4(c)]. This includes both the benefits commonly known as the circuit breaker and "additional grants"; h) Payments Under Certain Federal Programs

1) Any payment to volunteers in programs under Title II of the 1973 Domestic Volunteer Services Act, as amended (42 USCU.S.C. 5044(q)). Examples of these programs include RSVP, Foster Grandparents and other programs.

2) Payments made under Title I (VISTA, University Year for Action and Urban Crime Prevention Program) are exempt only if the individual was receiving public assistance at the time he/she joined VISTA;

i) Unearned income such as need based payments, cash assistance, compensation in lieu of wages and allowances received through the Workforce Investment Act (29 USC 2801)Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501-1781);

j) Any payment received under Title I of P.L. 100-383 of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (50 USCU.S.C. 1989b thru 1989b-8);

k) Any payment received under Title II of P.L. 100-383 of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act (50 USCU.S.C. 1989c thru 1989c-8);

l) Payments made by the Illinois Department of Human Services under the Family Assistance Law for Mentally Disabled Children under P.A. 86-921 [405 ILCS 80/Art. III];.

m) Disaster relief payments provided by federal, Statestate or local government or a disaster assistance organization;.

n) Employment-related reimbursement for past or future expenses to the extent that they do not exceed actual expenses incurred and do not represent a gain or benefit to the client;.

o) Payments made under the federal Crime Act of 1984 (as amended by P.L. 104- 132, Section 234, Crime Victims Fund);.

p) All educational loans, grants, scholarships, fellowships, veteran's educational benefits, and federal and State work study programs.

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(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18433, effective November 20, 2003)

Section 114.220 Education Benefits (Repealed)

a) Income from loans, grants, scholarships, veteran's educational benefits and similar educational benefits is considered available income except: 1) that portion of an educational benefit paid directly to the school for items necessary for school attendance (as determined and as verified by the school in order to fulfill particular course requirements), such as tuition, books, fees and equipment, is exempt. For persons participating in a DHS approved education and training plan, educational benefits used to pay expenses (e.g., tuition, books, fees, etc.) are exempt whether paid to the school or directly to the client (see Section 114.127(b)); 2) income from educational loans and grants made or insured under any program administered by the Secretary of the Department of Education shall be completely exempt whether the grant is paid directly to the school or to the student. These educational loans and grants include the National Direct Student Loans, Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants, Work Study Grants, and the Guaranteed Loan Program. b) Income from college work-study is budgeted as nonexempt earned income.

(Source: Repealed at 27 Ill. Reg. 18433, effective November 20, 2003)

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1) Heading of the Part: Food Stamps

2) Code Citation: 89 Ill. Adm. Code 121

3) Section Numbers: Adopted Action: 121.31 Amendment 121.32 Repeal 121.34 Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: Implementing Sections 12-4.4 through 12-4.6 and authorized by Section 12-13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/12-4.4 through 12-4.6 and 12- 13].

5) Effective Date of Amendments: November 20, 2003

6) Do these amendments contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Do these amendments contain incorporations by reference? No

8) A copy of the adopted amendments, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the agency’s principal office and is available for public inspection.

9) Notice of Proposal Published in Illinois Register: June 20, 2003 (27 Ill. Reg. 9389)

10) Has JCAR issued a Statement of Objection to these amendments? No

11) Differences between proposal and final version: No substantive changes were made in the text of the proposed amendments.

12) Have all the changes agreed upon by the agency and JCAR been made as indicated in the agreements issued by JCAR? Yes

13) Will these amendments replace any emergency amendments currently in effect? No

14) Are there any amendments pending on this Part: Yes

Section Numbers Proposed Action Illinois Register Citation 121.10 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 11367; July 25, 2003 121.20 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 13936; August 22, 2003 121.41 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 11367; July 25, 2003

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121.120 Amendment 27 Ill. Reg. 11367; July 25, 2003 121.125 New Section 27 Ill. Reg. 11367; July 25, 2003 121.145 Repeal 27 Ill. Reg. 11367; July 25, 2003

15) Summary and Purpose of amendments: The Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002 allows for certain types of income that are excluded for TANF and Medicaid to also be excluded for the Food Stamp Program. As a result, these amendments exempt educational benefits for the Food Stamp Program. In addition, these amendments increase the exemption for income received too infrequently or irregularly to be reasonably anticipated to $50 per quarter. This rulemaking also exempts the Earned Income Tax Credit for the Food Stamp Program.

16) Information and questions regarding these adopted amendments shall be directed to:

Tracie Drew, Bureau Chief Bureau of Administrative Rules and Procedures Department of Human Services 100 South Grand Avenue East 3rd Floor, Harris Bldg. Springfield, Illinois 62762 (217) 785-9772

The full text of adopted amendments begins on the next page:

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TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SUBCHAPTER b: ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

PART 121 FOOD STAMPS

SUBPART A: APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Section 121.1 Application for Assistance 121.2 Time Limitations on the Disposition of an Application 121.3 Approval of an Application and Initial Authorization of Assistance 121.4 Denial of an Application 121.5 Client Cooperation 121.6 Emergency Assistance 121.7 Expedited Service 121.10 Interviews

SUBPART B: NON-FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

Section 121.18 Work Requirement 121.19 Ending a Voluntary Quit Disqualification (Repealed) 121.20 Citizenship 121.21 Residence 121.22 Social Security Numbers 121.23 Work Registration/Participation Requirements 121.24 Individuals Exempt from Work Registration Requirements 121.25 Failure to Comply with Work Provisions 121.26 Period of Sanction 121.27 Voluntary Job Quit/Reduction in Work Hours 121.28 Good Cause for Voluntary Job Quit/Reduction in Work Hours 121.29 Exemptions from Voluntary Quit/Reduction in Work Hours Rules

SUBPART C: FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

Section 121.30 Unearned Income 121.31 Exempt Unearned Income

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121.32 Education Benefits (Repealed) 121.33 Unearned Income In-Kind 121.34 Lump Sum Payments and Income Tax Refunds 121.40 Earned Income 121.41 Budgeting Earned Income 121.50 Exempt Earned Income 121.51 Income from Work/Study/Training Programs 121.52 Earned Income from Roomer and Boarder 121.53 Income From Rental Property 121.54 Earned Income In-Kind 121.55 Sponsors of Aliens 121.57 Assets 121.58 Exempt Assets 121.59 Asset Disregards

SUBPART D: ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS

Section 121.60 Net Monthly Income Eligibility Standards 121.61 Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards 121.62 Income Which Must Be Annualized 121.63 Deductions From Monthly Income 121.64 Food Stamp Benefit Amount

SUBPART E: HOUSEHOLD CONCEPT

Section 121.70 Composition of the Assistance Unit 121.71 Living Arrangement 121.72 Nonhousehold Members 121.73 Ineligible Household Members 121.74 Strikers 121.75 Students 121.76 Households Receiving AFDC, SSI, Interim Assistance and/or GA – Categorical Eligibility

SUBPART F: MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM PROVISIONS

Section 121.80 Fraud Disqualification (Renumbered)

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121.81 Initiation of Administrative Fraud Hearing (Repealed) 121.82 Definition of Fraud (Renumbered) 121.83 Notification To Applicant Households (Renumbered) 121.84 Disqualification Upon Finding of Fraud (Renumbered) 121.85 Court Imposed Disqualification (Renumbered) 121.90 Monthly Reporting and Retrospective Budgeting (Repealed) 121.91 Monthly Reporting (Repealed) 121.92 Budgeting 121.93 Issuance of Food Stamp Benefits 121.94 Replacement of the EBT Card or Food Stamp Benefits 121.95 Restoration of Lost Benefits 121.96 Uses For Food Coupons 121.97 Supplemental Payments 121.98 Client Training for the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) System 121.105 State Food Program (Repealed) 121.107 New State Food Program 121.120 Recertification of Eligibility 121.130 Residents of Shelters for Battered Women and their Children 121.131 Fleeing Felons and Probation/Parole Violators 121.135 Incorporation By Reference 121.140 Small Group Living Arrangement Facilities and Drug/Alcoholic Treatment Centers 121.145 Quarterly Reporting

SUBPART G: INTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS OF THE PROGRAM

Section 121.150 Definition of Intentional Violations of the Program 121.151 Penalties for Intentional Violations of the Program 121.152 Notification To Applicant Households 121.153 Disqualification Upon Finding of Intentional Violation of the Program 121.154 Court Imposed Disqualification

SUBPART H: FOOD STAMP EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM

Section 121.160 Persons Required to Participate 121.162 Program Requirements 121.163 Vocational Training 121.164 Orientation (Repealed)

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121.165 Community Work 121.166 Assessment and Employability Plan (Repealed) 121.167 Counseling/Prevention Services 121.170 Job Search Activity 121.172 Basic Education Activity 121.174 Job Readiness Activity 121.176 Work Experience Activity 121.177 Illinois Works Component (Repealed) 121.178 Job Training Component (Repealed) 121.179 JTPA Employability Services Component (Repealed) 121.180 Grant Diversion Component (Repealed) 121.182 Earnfare Activity 121.184 Sanctions for Non-cooperation with Food Stamp Employment and Training 121.186 Good Cause for Failure to Cooperate 121.188 Supportive Services 121.190 Conciliation 121.200 Types of Claims (Recodified) 121.201 Establishing a Claim for Intentional Violation of the Program (Recodified) 121.202 Establishing a Claim for Unintentional Household Errors and Administrative Errors (Recodified) 121.203 Collecting Claim Against Households (Recodified) 121.204 Failure to Respond to Initial Demand Letter (Recodified) 121.205 Methods of Repayment of Food Stamp Claims (Recodified) 121.206 Determination of Monthly Allotment Reductions (Recodified) 121.207 Failure to Make Payment in Accordance with Repayment Schedule (Recodified) 121.208 Suspension and Termination of Claims (Recodified)

SUBPART I: WORK REQUIREMENT FOR FOOD STAMPS

Section 121.220 Work Requirement Components (Repealed) 121.221 Meeting the Work Requirement with the Earnfare Component (Repealed) 121.222 Volunteer Community Work Component (Repealed) 121.223 Work Experience Component (Repealed) 121.224 Supportive Service Payments to Meet the Work Requirement (Repealed) 121.225 Meeting the Work Requirement with the Illinois Works Component (Repealed) 121.226 Meeting the Work Requirement with the JTPA Employability Services Component (Repealed)

AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 12-4.4 through 12-4.6 and authorized by Section 12-13

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS of the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS 5/12-4.4 through 12-4.6 and 12-13].

SOURCE: Adopted December 30, 1977; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 5, p. 875, effective February 2, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 31, p. 109, effective August 3, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 33, p. 399, effective August 18, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 41, p. 165, effective October 11, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 42, p. 230, effective October 9, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 44, p. 173, effective October 19, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 46, p. 36, effective November 2, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 47, p. 96, effective November 13, 1979; amended at 3 Ill. Reg. 48, p. 1, effective November 15, 1979; peremptory amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 3, p. 49, effective January 9, 1980; peremptory amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 9, p. 259, effective February 23, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 10, p. 253, effective February 27, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 12, p. 551, effective March 10, 1980; emergency amendment at 4 Ill. Reg. 29, p. 294, effective July 8, 1980, for maximum of 150 days; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 37, p. 797, effective September 2, 1980; amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 45, p. 134, effective October 17, 1980; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 766, effective January 2, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 1131, effective January 16, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 4586, effective April 15, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 5722, effective June 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 7071, effective June 23, 1981; peremptory amendment at 5 Ill. Reg. 10062, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 10733, effective October 1, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 12736, effective October 29, 1981; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 1653, effective January 17, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 2707, effective March 2, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 8159, effective July 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 10208, effective August 9, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 11921, effective September 21, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 12318, effective October 1, 1982; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 13754, effective November 1, 1982; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 394, effective January 1, 1983; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 5195; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 5715, effective May 1, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 8118, effective June 24, 1983; peremptory amendment at 7 Ill. Reg. 12899, effective October 1, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 13655, effective October 4, 1983; peremptory amendment at 7 Ill. Reg. 16067, effective November 18, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 16169, effective November 22, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 5673, effective April 18, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 7249, effective May 16, 1984; peremptory amendment at 8 Ill. Reg. 10086, effective July 1, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 13284, effective July 16, 1984; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 17900, effective September 14, 1984; amended (by adding Section being codified with no substantive change) at 8 Ill. Reg. 17898; peremptory amendment at 8 Ill. Reg. 19690, effective October 1, 1984; peremptory amendment at 8 Ill. Reg. 22145, effective November 1, 1984; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 302, effective January 1, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 6804, effective May 1, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 8665, effective May 29, 1985; peremptory amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 8898, effective July 1, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 11334, effective July 8, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 14334, effective September 6, 1985; peremptory amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 15582, effective October 1, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 16889, effective October 16, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 19726, effective December 9, 1985; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 229, effective December 20, 1985; peremptory amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 7387, effective April

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21, 1986; peremptory amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 7941, effective May 1, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 14692, effective August 29, 1986; peremptory amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 15714, effective October 1, 1986; Sections 121.200 thru 121.208 recodified to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 165 at 10 Ill. Reg. 21094; peremptory amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 3761, effective February 11, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 3754, effective February 13, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 9968, effective May 15, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 10269, effective May 22, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 10621, effective May 25, 1987; peremptory amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 11391, effective July 1, 1987; peremptory amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 11855, effective June 30, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 12043, effective July 6, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 13635, effective August 1, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 14022, effective August 10, 1987; emergency amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 15261, effective September 1, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 15480, effective September 4, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 15634, effective September 11, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 18218, effective October 30, 1987; peremptory amendment at 11 Ill. Reg. 18374, effective October 30, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 877, effective December 30, 1987; emergency amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 1941, effective December 31, 1987, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 4204, effective February 5, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 9678, effective May 23, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 9922, effective June 1, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 11463, effective June 30, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 12824, effective July 22, 1988; emergency amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 14045, effective August 19, 1988, for a maximum of 150 days; peremptory amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 15704, effective October 1, 1988; peremptory amendment at 12 Ill. Reg. 16271, effective October 1, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 20161, effective November 30, 1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 3890, effective March 10, 1989; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 13619, effective August 14, 1989; peremptory amendment at 13 Ill. Reg. 15859, effective October 1, 1989; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 729, effective January 1, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 6349, effective April 13, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 13202, effective August 6, 1990; peremptory amendment at 14 Ill. Reg. 15158, effective October 1, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 16983, effective September 30, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11150, effective July 22, 1991; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 11957, effective August 12, 1991; peremptory amendment at 15 Ill. Reg. 14134, effective October 1, 1991; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 757, effective January 1, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 10011, effective June 15, 1992; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 13900, effective August 31, 1992; emergency amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 16221, effective October 1, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; peremptory amendment at 16 Ill. Reg. 16345, effective October 1, 1992; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 16624, effective October 23, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 644, effective December 31, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 4333, effective March 19, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 14625, effective August 26, 1993; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 15149, effective September 7, 1993, for a maximum 150 days; peremptory amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 17477, effective October 1, 1993; expedited correction at 17 Ill. Reg. 21216, effective October 1, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 2033, effective January 21, 1994; emergency

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS amendment at 18 Ill. Reg. 2509, effective January 27, 1994, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 3427, effective February 28, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 8921, effective June 3, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 12829, effective August 5, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 14103, effective August 26, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 5626, effective March 31, 1995; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 6648, effective May 5, 1995; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 12705, effective September 1, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; peremptory amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 13595, effective October 1, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1593, effective January 11, 1996; peremptory amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 2229, effective January 17, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 7902, effective June 1, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 11935, effective August 14, 1996; emergency amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 13381, effective October 1, 1996, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 13668, effective October 8, 1996, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 3156, effective February 28, 1997; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 7733, effective June 4, 1997; recodified from the Department of Public Aid to the Department of Human Services at 21 Ill. Reg. 9322; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 1954, effective January 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 5502, effective March 4, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 7969, effective May 15, 1998; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 10660, effective June 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 12167, effective July 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 16230, effective September 1, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 19787, effective October 28, 1998; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 19934, effective November 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 20099, effective November 1, 1998; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 2601, effective February 1, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 3374, effective March 1, 1999; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 7285, effective June 18, 1999; emergency amendment at 23 Ill. Reg. 13253, effective October 13, 1999, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 24 Ill. Reg. 3871, effective February 24, 2000, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 4180, effective March 2, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 10198, effective June 27, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 15428, effective October 10, 2000; emergency amendment at 24 Ill. Reg. 15468, effective October 1, 2000, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 845, effective January 5, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 2423, effective January 25, 2001; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 2439, effective January 29, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 3707, effective March 1, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired July 28, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 7720, effective June 7, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 10823, effective August 12, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 11856, effective August 31, 2001; emergency amendment at 25 Ill. Reg. 13309, effective October 1, 2001, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 151, effective January 1, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 2025, effective February 1, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 13530, effective September 3, 2002; peremptory amendment at 26 Ill. Reg. 15099, effective October 1, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 16484, effective October 25, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 2889, effective February 7, 2003; expedited correction at 27 Ill. Reg. 14262, effective February 7, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 4583, effective February 28, 2003; amended at 27 Ill.

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS

Reg. 7273, effective April 7, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 12569, effective July 21, 2003; peremptory amendment at 27 Ill. Reg. 15604, effective October 1, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 16108, effective October 6, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18445, effective November 20, 2003.

SUBPART C: FINANCIAL FACTORS OF ELIGIBILITY

Section 121.31 Exempt Unearned Income

The following unearned income is exempt:

a) Vendor payments when these are made in behalf of a household by a nonhousehold member with nonhousehold funds, and paid directly to the household's creditors or person or organization providing the service to the household. (This includes rent and mortgage payments made to landlords or mortgagees by Housing and Urban Development (HUD));

b) Monies that are legally obligated and otherwise payable to the household such as, but not limited to, garnished wages, public assistance grants directed to a protective payee, GA disbursing orders and payments directed to a vendor, and support or alimony payments legally obligated to a household member, but which are diverted by the provider of the payment to a third party for a household expense, are counted as income and not excluded as a vendor payment. The following are considered vendor payments and not diverted income:

1) Rent paid directly to a landlord by a household's employer in addition to paying the household its regular wages;

2) Assistance payments that would not normally be provided in a money payment to the household, and that are over and above normal public assistance or general assistance grants, if they are made directly to a third party for a household expense;

3) Child support or alimony payments specified by a court order or other legally binding agreement to go directly to a third party rather than to a household;

4) Support payments not required by a court order or other legally binding agreement (such as, payments in excess of an amount specified in a court order or written agreement) which are paid to a third party rather than to the household;

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5) Public Assistance or General Assistance payments to a third party in behalf of a household for medical, child care, or energy assistance (Public Assistance means AFDC and AABD);

6) From October 20, 1987, to September 30, 1989, the entire amount of Public Assistance or General Assistance payments to third parties in behalf of a household for temporary housing, even any portion of the payment which is part of the normal Public Assistance or General Assistance payment, provided the housing lacks facilities for preparation and cooking of hot meals or refrigerated food storage; and

7) Emergency Public Assistance (PA) or General Assistance (GA) payments made directly to a third party (that is, vendor payment) on behalf of a migrant or seasonal farmworker household while the household is in the job stream. This assistance includes, but is not limited to, emergency vendor payments for housing or transportation. c) Cash donations based on need received on or after February 1, 1988, from one or more private nonprofit charitable organizations, but not to exceed $300 in a federal fiscal year quarter; d) Any income in the certification period which is received too infrequently or irregularly to be reasonably anticipated, not in excess of $50$30 per quarter;

e) All loans other than educational loans on which repayment is deferred;

f) Reimbursements for past or future expenses, to the extent they do not exceed actual expenses and do not represent a gain or benefit to the household. This does not include reimbursements for normal living expenses;

g) Monies received and used for the care and maintenance of a third-party beneficiary who is not a household member. Foster care payments are considered income to the adult or child in foster care and not income to the household providing the foster care even if the payments are made to the provider household rather than to the adult or child or children in foster care. If the household chooses to include the adults and/or children in foster care as part of the household, the entire foster care payment is considered unearned income to the household;

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NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENTS h) Income of nonhousehold members except ineligible household members who have been sanctioned for fraud or intentional program violation, for failure to comply with work registration requirements due to a voluntary job quit or reduction in work hours, or failure to comply with the FSE&T program, for failure to meet the social security number requirements, because of ineligible alien status, or due to questionable citizenship status (see Section 121.73); i) Payments to volunteers under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 USC 4951- 4993) (VISTA) are exempt only if the individual:

1) was receiving food stamps or public assistance at the time he or she joined VISTA; and/or

2) was receiving an exempted VISTA payment, or other subsistance payments under Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Services Act, prior to March 1, 1979, and the volunteer contract in effect March 1, 1979, has not expired; j) Income received from the disposition of funds to the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians; k) Any income specifically excluded by any federal statute from income consideration for food stamp purposes; l) Unearned income such as need based payments, cash assistance, compensation in lieu of wages and allowances through the Job Training Partnership Act (29 USC 1501-1781); m) Payments made by the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities under the Family Assistance Program for Mentally Disabled Children under P.A. 86-921; n) Income received from the Social Security Administration under the PASS Program; and

o) Payments made under the federal Crime Act of 1984 (as amended by P.L. 104- 132, Section 234, Crime Victims Fund); and.

p) All educational loans, grants, scholarships, fellowships, veteran's educational benefits, and all federal and State work study programs.

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(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18445, effective November 20, 2003)

Section 121.32 Education Benefits (Repealed)

a) Student financial assistance funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001) or funded under the Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Act is exempt in its entirety. b) In addition to the exemptions provided in subsection (a) portions of non-Title IV income are exempt to the extent that the assistance is intended by the institution for expenses related to the education of the student. This includes charges for student loan orgination fees and insurance premiums. c) Funds from non-Title IV sources intended for a student's room and board are not exempt. d) Income from educational benefits (grants, scholarships, fellowships, deferred loans, etc.) which is not exempt shall be averaged over the period of time for which it is provided.

(Source: Repealed at 27 Ill. Reg. 18445, effective November 20, 2003)

Section 121.34 Lump Sum Payments and Income Tax Refunds

a) Lump Sum Payments. Lump sum payments received on a one time only basis are exempt as income.

b) Earned Income Tax Credits. The Earned Income Tax Credit is exempt both as income and as an asset as a resource for the month of receipt and the following month.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18445, effective November 20, 2003)

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18458 02 SECRETARY OF STATE

NOTICE OF ADOPTED AMENDMENT

1) Heading of the Part: Illinois Safety Responsibility Law

2) Code Citation: 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1070

3) Section Number: Adopted Action: 1070.20 Amendment

4) Statutory Authority: 625 ILCS 5/2-104, 5 ILCS 175/5-115 and 15 ILCS 305

5) Effective Date of Rulemaking: November 24, 2003

6) Does this rulemaking contain an automatic repeal date? No

7) Does this rulemaking contain incorporations by reference? No

8) A copy of the adopted amendment, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the agency's principal office and is available for public inspection.

9) Notice of Proposal Published in Illinois Register: September 5, 2003; 27 Ill. Reg. 14303

10) Has JCAR issued a Statement of Objection to this amendment? No

11) Difference between proposal and final version: Changes were made in replacing all references to the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law to "Law", which was then defined in the definitions. The words "thirty" were replaced with "30", a reference to 625 ILCS 5/7- 315 was added, and several commas were stricken. No change were made to the meaning of the rule.

12) Have all the changes agreed upon by the agency and JCAR been made as indicated in the agreements issued by JCAR? Yes

13) Will this rulemaking replace an emergency rulemaking currently in effect? Yes

14) Are there any amendments pending on this Part? No

15) Summary and Purpose of Rulemaking: To give the Secretary of State the authority to accept electronic SR22 and SR26 Insurance Certificates as opposed to paper.

16) Information and questions regarding this adopted amendment shall be directed to:

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Gordon Wayman Driver Services Dept. Secretary of State 2701 S. Dirksen Parkway Springfield IL 62723 217/785-0432

17) Does this amendment require the preview of the Procurement Policy Board as specified in Section 5-25 of the Illinois Procurement Code [30 ILCS 50/5-25]? No

The full text of the adopted amendment begins on the next page:

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TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER II: SECRETARY OF STATE

PART 1070 ILLINOIS SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY LAW

Section 1070.10 Forms of Security 1070.20 Future Proof 1070.30 Installment Agreements 1070.40 Disposition of Security 1070.50 Failure to Satisfy Judgment 1070.60 Release From Liability 1070.70 Incomplete Unsatisfied Judgment 1070.80 Driver's License Restriction for Exclusive Operation of Commercial Vehicles 1070.90 Dormant and Dead Judgments 1070.100 Bankruptcy 1070.110 Illinois Safety and Family Financial Responsibility Law

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Illinois Safety and Family Financial Responsibility Law [625 ILCS 5/Ch. 7].

SOURCE: Filed and effective December 17, 1971; codified at 6 Ill. Reg. 12674; repealed at 7 Ill. Reg. 13678, effective October 14, 1983; New Part adopted at 11 Ill. Reg. 20215, effective November 30, 1987; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 6859, effective April 24, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 10107, effective June 12, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 15083, effective October 8, 1991; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 2172, effective January 24, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 8517, effective May 27, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 10909, effective June 28, 1994; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 398, effective December 20, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 7956, effective May 30, 1996; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 1672, effective January 14, 2000; emergency amendment at 27 Ill. Reg. 14361, effective August 20, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18458, effective November 24, 2003.

Section 1070.20 Future Proof

a) For purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

"Certificate of Insurance" − certificate filed with the Secretary of State's Office as proof that the person has purchased financial responsibility insurance as outlined in 625 ILCS 5/7-315.

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"Department" − Department of Driver Services of the Office of the Secretary of State.

"Financial Responsibility Insurance" − insurance used to establish proof of financial responsibility as established in Sections 7-315 and 7-316 of the Illinois Safety and Family Financial Responsibility Law [625 ILCS 5/7- 315 and 7-316] (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 95½, pars. 7-315 and 7-316).

"Illinois Insurance Guarantee Fund" − section of the Illinois Department of Insurance which deals with disposition of assets following bankruptcy.

"Law" – the Illinois Safety and Family Financial Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5/Ch. 7].

"Lien" − claim on property of another as security for payment of a just debt.

"Motor Vehicle Liability Policy" − "owner's policy" or an "operator's policy" of liability insurance which is certified pursuant to Section 7-315 or 7-316, and comports with Section 7-302 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code and which complies with the requirements of Section 7-317(b), (c), (d), and (f) of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Lawof the Illinois Vehicle Code.

"Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future" − ability to respond in damages for any liability resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle as provided in Section 7-302 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

"Real Estate Bond" − proof filed pursuant to Section 7-320 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 95½, par. 7-320).

"Secretary of State" − Secretary of State of Illinois.

"Stock" − proportionate share in ownership of corporation held by individual and which is usually represented by a stock certificate.

"Surety" − a person who makes himself/herself liable for another's debts or defaults of obligations.

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b) When a person purchases insurance to file proof of financial responsibility for the future, the insurance company will file a certificate of insurance with the Department. The certificate filed shall be either the AAMVA (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators) Uniform Financial Responsibility form, containing the insured's name and address, license number, and birthdate; current policy number and effective date of the insurance policy and the name of the insurance company with the signature of its authorized representative, or other certificate of insurance proof conforming to the requirements of Section paragraphs 7-315 or 7-316 of the Illinois Financial Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code, which is endorsed and certifies policy limits as specified in Section paragraph 7-302 of the Law this Part. If an owner's rather than operator's policy, it must include the model year, trade name and identification number of the vehicle. The owner's policy must also conform with the amounts specified in Section 7-302 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law.

c) If a person purchases a certificate of insurance to satisfy his/her requirement to file future proof of financial responsibility and the insurance company fails and is no longer in business, and ceases operations by order of a court, and the Department is notified by the Illinois Insurance Guarantee Fund of the non- operation of the insurance company, the person shall have 30 thirty (30) days after notification by the Department to file a new certificate of insurance or satisfy his/her future proof requirement by cash or one of the other alternate methods provided in Section 7-314 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. If a suspension has been entered even though the person has filed future proof of financial responsibility within the 30 thirty (30) day time period, the suspension shall be removed.

d) If a person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility for the future chooses to file a bond pursuant to Section 7-320 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and the bond is executed by the person giving the proof and two individual sureties, the following conditions must be met:

1) Each surety must own real estate within the State of Illinois.

2) Each surety must have equity in that real estate in the amount of the bond.

3) The bond must be endorsed by the clerk of the court and approved by a judge as provided in Section 7-320 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility

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Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. e) If any evidence of proof of financial responsibility for the future filed under the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law falls below the amount required as provided in Section 7-302 of the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code, additional evidence shall be required. Cash and securities are deposited with the Illinois State Treasurer and the Treasurer monitors the securities and informs the Department if its value falls below the amount required. A certificate of insurance or bonds, real estate bonds that are without liens, stocks, and cash shall be accepted as evidence to establish the additional required proof of financial responsibility for the future. The additional security shall be sent to the Safety and Financial Responsibility Section, Department of Driver Services, 2701 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, Illinois, 62723. f) Whenever any evidence of proof of ability to respond in damages required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of Article III, Chapter 95½, Section 7-301 of the Law no longer fulfills the purpose for which required, the Department shall require other evidence of ability to respond in damages including but not limited to an endorsed certificate of insurance meeting the requirements of Section 7-302 of the Illinois Responsibility Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code, bonds, unencumbered real estate bonds, stocks or cash. The person required to post proof shall have 30 thirty (30) days after notification by the Department to post or file additional proof. If the person fails to post proof within 30 thirty (30) days then the Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license, registration certificate, license plates and registration sticker pending receipt of such proof. g) Proof of Financial Responsibility as required in the Law shall be made by filing with the Secretary of State a written or electronic certificate of insurance. Notices of cancellation or termination of the certified policy of insurance proof as required in Sections 7-315 and 7-318 of the Law must be submitted in writing or electronically. All written or electronic certificates of insurance proof and cancellation or termination as required in the Law must be submitted in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of State.

(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18458, effective November 24, 2003)

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18464 03 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AMENDMENTS

1) Heading of the Part: Income Tax

2) Code Citation: 86 Ill. Adm. Code 100

3) Section Numbers: Emergency Action: 100.9030 New Section 100.9040 New Section 100.9050 New Section 100.9060 New Section

4) Statutory Authority: 30 ILCS 210/1, P.A. 93-570, Sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986 are amended and new Section 10 is added.

5) Effective Date of Emergency Amendment: November 20, 2003

6) If this Emergency Amendment is to expire before the end of the 150-day period, please specify the date on which it is to expire: This emergency rulemaking does not expire before the end of the 150-day period.

7) Date filed with the Index Department: November 20, 2003

8) A copy of the emergency amendments, including any material incorporated by reference, is on file in the agency’s principal office and is available for public inspection.

9) Reason for Emergency: The budget crisis threatening the public interest.

10) A Complete Description of the Subjects and Issues Involved: Department of Revenue to serve as primary debt collecting entity for the State.

11) Are there any proposed amendments to this Part pending? Yes

Section Numbers Proposed Action Illinois Register Citation 100.3500 New Section 1/03/03, 27 Ill. Reg. 60 100.2410 New Section 8/15/03, 27 Ill. Reg. 13754 100.5050 New Section 9/26/03, 27 Ill. Reg. 15050

12) Statement of Statewide Policy Objectives: This rulemaking neither imposes a State mandate, nor modifies an existing mandate.

13) Information and questions regarding these Emergency Amendments shall be directed to:

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18465 03 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

NOTICE OF EMERGENCY AMENDMENTS

John Robinson, Special Counsel Illinois Department of Revenue Legal Services Bureau 101 West Jefferson Springfield, Illinois 62794 (217) 557-0286

The full text of the Emergency Amendments begins on the next page:

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TITLE 86: REVENUE CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

PART 100 INCOME TAX

SUBPART A: TAX IMPOSED

Section 100.2000 Introduction 100.2050 Net Income (IITA Section 202)

SUBPART B: CREDITS

Section 100.2100 Replacement Tax Investment Credit Prior to January 1, 1994 (IITA 201(e)) 100.2101 Replacement Tax Investment Credit (IITA 201(e)) 100.2110 Investment Credit; Enterprise Zone (IITA 201(f)) 100.2120 Jobs Tax Credit; Enterprise Zone and Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone (IITA 201(g)) 100.2130 Investment Credit; High Impact Business (IITA 201(h)) 100.2140 Credit Against Income Tax for Replacement Tax (IITA 201(i)) 100.2150 Training Expense Credit (IITA 201(j)) 100.2160 Research and Development Credit (IITA 201(k)) 100.2163 Environmental Remediation Credit (IITA 201(l)) 100.2165 Education Expense Credit (IITA 201(m)) 100.2170 Tax Credits for Coal Research and Coal Utilization Equipment (IITA 206) 100.2180 Credit for Residential Real Property Taxes (IITA 208) 100.2195 Dependent Care Assistance Program Tax Credit (IITA 210) 100.2197 Foreign Tax Credit (IITA Section 601(b)(3)) 100.2198 Economic Development for a Growing Economy Credit (IITA 211) 100.2199 Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit (IITA 212)

SUBPART C: NET OPERATING LOSSES OF UNITARY BUSINESS GROUPS OCCURRING PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 1986

Section 100.2200 Net Operating Losses Occurring Prior to December 31, 1986, of Unitary Business Groups: Treatment by Members of the Unitary Business Group. (IITA Section 202) – Scope

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100.2210 Net Operating Losses Occurring Prior to December 31, 1986, of Unitary Business Groups: Treatment by Members of the Unitary Business Group (IITA Section 202) – Definitions 100.2220 Net Operating Losses Occurring Prior to December 31, 1986, of Unitary Business Groups: Treatment by Members of the Unitary Business Group. (IITA Section 202) – Current Net Operating Losses: Offsets Between Members 100.2230 Net Operating Losses Occurring Prior to December 31, 1986, of Unitary Business Groups: Treatment by Members of the Unitary Business Group. (IITA Section 202) – Carrybacks and Carryforwards 100.2240 Net Operating Losses Occurring Prior to December 31, 1986, of Unitary Business Groups: Treatment by Members of the Unitary Business Group: (IITA Section 202) – Effect of Combined Net Operating Loss in Computing Illinois Base Income 100.2250 Net Operating Losses Occurring Prior to December 31, 1986, of Unitary Business Groups: Treatment by Members of the Unitary Business Group: (IITA Section 202) – Deadline for Filing Claims Based on Net Operating Losses Carried Back From a Combined Apportionment Year

SUBPART D: ILLINOIS NET LOSS DEDUCTIONS FOR LOSSES OCCURRING ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1986

Section 100.2300 Illinois Net Loss Deduction for Losses Occurring On or After December 31, 1986 (IITA 207) 100.2310 Computation of the Illinois Net Loss Deduction for Losses Occurring On or After December 31, 1986 (IITA 207) 100.2320 Determination of the Amount of Illinois Net Loss for Losses Occurring On or After December 31, 1986 100.2330 Illinois Net Loss Carrybacks and Net Loss Carryovers for Losses Occurring On or After December 31, 1986 100.2340 Illinois Net Losses and Illinois Net Loss Deductions for Losses Occurring On or After December 31, 1986, of Corporations that are Members of a Unitary Business Group: Separate Unitary Versus Combined Unitary Returns 100.2350 Illinois Net Losses and Illinois Net Loss Deductions, for Losses Occurring On or After December 31, 1986, of Corporations that are Members of a Unitary Business Group: Changes in Membership

SUBPART E: ADDITIONS TO AND SUBTRACTIONS FROM TAXABLE INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES AND PARTNERSHIPS

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Section 100.2470 Subtraction of Amounts Exempt from Taxation by Virtue of Illinois Law, the Illinois or U.S. Constitutions, or by Reason of U.S. Treaties or Statutes (IITA Sections 203(a)(2)(N), 203(b)(2)(J), 203(c)(2)(K) and 203(d)(2)(G)) 100.2480 Enterprise Zone Dividend Subtraction (IITA Sections 203(a)(2)(J), 203(b)(2)(K), 203(c)(2)(M) and 203(d)(2)(K)) 100.2490 Foreign Trade Zone/High Impact Business Dividend Subtraction (IITA Sections 203(a)(2)(K), 203(b)(2)(L), 203(c)(2)(O), 203(d)(2)(M))

SUBPART F: BASE INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS

Section 100.2580 Medical Care Savings Accounts (IITA Sections 203(a)(2)(D-5), 203(a)(2)(S) and 203(a)(2)(T)) 100.2590 Taxation of Certain Employees of Railroads, Motor Carriers, Air Carriers and Water Carriers

SUBPART G: BASE INCOME OF TRUSTS AND ESTATES

Section 100.2680 Capital Gain Income of Estates and Trusts Paid to or Permanently Set Aside for Charity (Repealed)

SUBPART I: GENERAL RULES OF ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF BASE INCOME

Section 100.3000 Terms Used in Article 3 (IITA Section 301) 100.3010 Business and Nonbusiness Income (IITA Section 301) 100.3020 Resident (IITA Section 301)

SUBPART J: COMPENSATION

Section 100.3100 Compensation (IITA Section 302) 100.3110 State (IITA Section 302) 100.3120 Allocation of Compensation Paid to Nonresidents (IITA Section 302)

SUBPART K: NON-BUSINESS INCOME OF PERSONS OTHER THAN RESIDENTS

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Section 100.3200 Taxability in Other State (IITA Section 303) 100.3210 Commercial Domicile (IITA Section 303) 100.3220 Allocation of Certain Items of Nonbusiness Income by Persons Other Than Residents (IITA Section 303)

SUBPART L: BUSINESS INCOME OF PERSONS OTHER THAN RESIDENTS

Section 100.3300 Allocation and Apportionment of Base Income (IITA Section 304) 100.3310 Business Income of Persons Other Than Residents (IITA Section 304) – In General 100.3320 Business Income of Persons Other Than Residents (IITA Section 304) – Apportionment (Repealed) 100.3330 Business Income of Persons Other Than Residents (IITA Section 304) – Allocation 100.3340 Business Income of Persons Other Than Residents (IITA Section 304) 100.3350 Property Factor (IITA Section 304) 100.3360 Payroll Factor (IITA Section 304) 100.3370 Sales Factor (IITA Section 304) 100.3380 Special Rules (IITA Section 304) 100.3390 Petitions for Alternative Allocation or Apportionment (IITA Section 304(f)) 100.3400 Apportionment of Business Income of Financial Organizations (IITA Section 304(c)) 100.3500 Allocation and Apportionment of Base Income by Nonresident Partners

SUBPART M: ACCOUNTING

Section 100.4500 Carryovers of Tax Attributes (IITA Section 405)

SUBPART N: TIME AND PLACE FOR FILING RETURNS

Section 100.5000 Time for Filing Returns: Individuals (IITA Section 505) 100.5010 Place for Filing Returns: All Taxpayers (IITA Section 505) 100.5020 Extensions of Time for Filing Returns: All Taxpayers (IITA Section 505) 100.5030 Taxpayer's Notification to the Department of Certain Federal Changes Arising in Federal Consolidated Return Years, and Arising in Certain Loss Carryback Years (IITA Section 506)

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100.5040 Innocent Spouses

SUBPART O: COMPOSITE RETURNS

Section 100.5100 Composite Returns: Eligibility 100.5110 Composite Returns: Responsibilities of Authorized Agent 100.5120 Composite Returns: Individual Liability 100.5130 Composite Returns: Required forms and computation of Income 100.5140 Composite Returns: Estimated Payments 100.5150 Composite Returns: Tax, Penalties and Interest 100.5160 Composite Returns: Credits for Resident Individuals 100.5170 Composite Returns: Definition of a "Lloyd's Plan of Operation"

SUBPART P: COMBINED RETURNS

Section 100.5200 Filing of Combined Returns 100.5201 Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Combined Returns 100.5205 Election to File a Combined Return 100.5210 Procedures for Elective and Mandatory Filing of Combined Returns 100.5215 Filing of Separate Unitary Returns 100.5220 Designated Agent for the Members 100.5230 Combined Estimated Tax Payments 100.5240 Claims for Credit of Overpayments 100.5250 Liability for Combined Tax, Penalty and Interest 100.5260 Combined Amended Returns 100.5265 Common Taxable Year 100.5270 Computation of Combined Net Income and Tax 100.5280 Combined Return Issues Related to Audits

SUBPART Q: REQUIREMENT AND AMOUNT OF WITHHOLDING

Section 100.7000 Requirement of Withholding (IITA Section 701) 100.7010 Compensation Paid in this State (IITA Section 701) 100.7020 Transacting Business Within this State (IITA Section 701) 100.7030 Payments to Residents (IITA Section 701) 100.7040 Employer Registration (IITA Section 701) 100.7050 Computation of Amount Withheld (IITA Section 702)

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100.7060 Additional Withholding (IITA Section 701) 100.7070 Voluntary Withholding (IITA Section 701) 100.7080 Correction of Underwithholding or Overwithholding (IITA Section 701) 100.7090 Reciprocal Agreement (IITA Section 701) 100.7095 Cross References

SUBPART R: AMOUNT EXEMPT FROM WITHHOLDING

Section 100.7100 Withholding Exemption (IITA Section 702) 100.7110 Withholding Exemption Certificate (IITA Section 702) 100.7120 Exempt Withholding Under Reciprocal Agreements (IITA Section 702)

SUBPART S: INFORMATION STATEMENT

Section 100.7200 Reports for Employee (IITA Section 703)

SUBPART T: EMPLOYER'S RETURN AND PAYMENT OF TAX WITHHELD

Section 100.7300 Returns of Income Tax Withheld from Wages (IITA Section 704) 100.7310 Quarterly Returns Filed on Annual Basis (IITA Section 704) 100.7320 Time for Filing Returns (IITA Section 704) 100.7330 Payment of Tax Deducted and Withheld (IITA Section 704) 100.7340 Correction of Underwithholding or Overwithholding (IITA Section 704)

SUBPART U: COLLECTION AUTHORITY

Section 100.9000 General Income Tax Procedures (IITA Section 901) 100.9010 Collection Authority (IITA Section 901) 100.9020 Child Support Collection (IITA Section 901) 100.9030 Department of Revenue Debt Collection Bureau to Assume Collection Duties EMERGENCY 100.9040 Referral of Delinquent Debt EMERGENCY 100.9050 Uncollectible Delinquent Debt EMERGENCY 100.9060 Agencies to Maintain and Submit Records

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EMERGENCY

SUBPART V: NOTICE AND DEMAND

Section 100.9100 Notice and Demand (IITA Section 902)

SUBPART W: ASSESSMENT

Section 100.9200 Assessment (IITA Section 903) 100.9210 Waiver of Restrictions on Assessment (IITA Section 907)

SUBPART X: DEFICIENCIES AND OVERPAYMENTS

Section 100.9300 Deficiencies and Overpayments (IITA Section 904) 100.9310 Application of Tax Payments Within Unitary Business Groups (IITA Section 603) 100.9320 Limitations on Notices of Deficiency (IITA Section 905) 100.9330 Further Notices of Deficiency Restricted (IITA Section 906)

SUBPART Y: CREDITS AND REFUNDS

Section 100.9400 Credits and Refunds (IITA Section 909) 100.9410 Limitations on Claims for Refund (IITA Section 911) 100.9420 Recovery of Erroneous Refund (IITA Section 912)

SUBPART Z: INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS

Section 100.9500 Access to Books and Records (IITA Section 913) 100.9505 Access to Books and Records – 60-Day Letters (IITA Section 913) (Repealed) 100.9510 Taxpayer Representation and Practice Requirements 100.9520 Conduct of Investigations and Hearings (IITA Section 914) 100.9530 Books and Records

SUBPART AA: JUDICIAL REVIEW

Section

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100.9600 Administrative Review Law (IITA Section 1201)

SUBPART BB: DEFINITIONS

Section 100.9700 Unitary Business Group Defined. (IITA Section 1501) 100.9710 Financial Organizations (IITA Section 1501) 100.9720 Nexus 100.9750 Corporation, Subchapter S Corporation, Partnership and Trust Defined (IITA Section 1501)

SUBPART CC: LETTER RULING PROCEDURES

Section 100.9800 Letter Ruling Procedures

100.APPENDIX A Business Income Of Persons Other Than Residents 100.TABLE A Example of Unitary Business Apportionment 100.TABLE B Example of Unitary Business Apportionment for Groups Which Include Members Using Three-Factor and Single-Factor Formulas

AUTHORITY: Implementing the Illinois Income Tax Act [35 ILCS 5] and authorized by Section 1401 of the Illinois Income Tax Act [35 ILCS 5/1401].

SOURCE: Filed July 14, 1971, effective July 24, 1971; amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 49, p. 84, effective November 29, 1978; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 813, effective January 7, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 4617, effective April 14, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 4624, effective April 14, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 5537, effective May 7, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 5705, effective May 20, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 5883, effective May 20, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 6843, effective June 16, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 13244, effective November 13, 1981; amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 13724, effective November 30, 1981; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 579, effective December 29, 1981; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 9701, effective July 26, 1982; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 399, effective December 28, 1982; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 6184, effective April 24, 1984; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 19574; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 16986, effective October 21, 1985; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 685, effective December 31, 1985; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 7913, effective April 28, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 19512, effective November 3, 1986; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 21941, effective December 15, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 831, effective December 24, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 2450, effective January 20, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 12410, effective July 8, 1987; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 17782, effective October 16, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 4865, effective February 25, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 6748, effective March 25,

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1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 11766, effective July 1, 1988; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 14307, effective August 29, 1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 8917, effective May 30, 1989; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 10952, effective June 26, 1989; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 4558, effective March 8, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 6810, effective April 19, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 10082, effective June 7, 1990; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 16012, effective September 17, 1990; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 473, effective December 22, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 8869, effective June 2, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 13776, effective August 9, 1993; recodified at 17 Ill. Reg. 14189; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 19632, effective November 1, 1993; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 19966, effective November 9, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 1510, effective January 13, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 2494, effective January 28, 1994; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 7768, effective May 4, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 1839, effective February 6, 1995; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 5824, effective March 31, 1995; emergency amendment at 20 Ill. Reg. 1616, effective January 9, 1996, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6981, effective May 7, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 10706, effective July 29, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 13365, effective September 27, 1996; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 14617, effective October 29, 1996; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 958, effective January 6, 1997; emergency amendment at 21 Ill. Reg. 2969, effective February 24, 1997, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired July 24, 1997; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 2234, effective January 9, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 19033, effective October 1, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 21623, effective December 15, 1998; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 3808, effective March 11, 1999; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 10593, effective July 7, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 12068, effective July 26, 2000; emergency amendment at 24 Ill. Reg. 17585, effective November 17, 2000, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 18731, effective December 11, 2000; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4640, effective March 15, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4929, effective March 23, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 5374, effective April 2, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 6687, effective May 9, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 7250, effective May 25, 2001; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 8333, effective June 22, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 192, effective December 20, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 1274, effective January 15, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 9854, effective June 20, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 13237, effective August 23, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 15304, effective October 9, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 17250, effective November 18, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 13536, effective July 28, 2003; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 18225, effective November 17, 2003; emergency amendment at 27 Ill. Reg. 18464, effective November 20, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days.

SUBPART U: COLLECTION AUTHORITY

Section 100.9030 Department of Revenue Debt Collection Bureau to Assume Collection Duties EMERGENCY

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This Part is to implement Public Act 93-0570 and set forth when and how the Department of Revenue Debt Collection Bureau assumes jurisdiction over State agency delinquent debt. Effective July 1, 2004, the Department of Revenue has been given the statutory responsibility of collecting certain delinquent debt.

(Source: Added by emergency rulemaking at 27 Ill. Reg. 18464, effective November 20, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days)

Section 100.9040 Referral of Delinquent Debt EMERGENCY

Upon certification of delinquent debt from other State of Illinois agencies, the Department of Revenue Debt Collection Bureau (Bureau) shall serve as the primary debt collection entity for the State of Illinois and in that role shall collect delinquent debt on behalf of agencies of the State [30 ILCS 210/5].

a) The Bureau will begin collection efforts only after the delinquent debts are certified to the Bureau by the referring agencies.

1) Agencies referring delinquent debt to the Bureau shall certify for each delinquent debt referred that the provisions of this rule have been complied with. No delinquent debt shall be referred to the Bureau until the referring agency has afforded the debtor notice and an opportunity to contest the amount of the debt. The debtor shall have no right to a hearing before the Bureau to contest the validity of the debt. The debtor shall be afforded notice and an opportunity to contest the debt by the referring agency prior to referral of the delinquent debt to the Bureau. No debt shall be referred to the Bureau until the debtor has been notified of the amount and basis for the debt, the potential referral of the debt to the Bureau, and the procedure and time limitations for contesting the validity of the debt. Unless disputed in writing within 90 days of the date of notice by the referring agency, a debt shall be considered undisputed, delinquent, and suitable for referral to the Bureau.

2) The Bureau lacks the statutory authority to begin collection activities on its own initiative with respect to any delinquent debt that has not been certified to the Bureau by the referring agency.

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3) The Bureau has no authority to accept referrals for collection of delinquent debt from the public, from the courts, or from any other agency of local or federal government other than the agencies duly authorized by the statutes.

4) The Bureau shall have no obligation to collect debts secured by an interest in real property. b) Once a delinquent debt has been certified to the Bureau, the Bureau may collect the delinquency using all legal authority available to the Department of Revenue to collect debt and all legal authority available to the referring agency [30 ILCS 210/5]. Specifically, the Bureau may use all collection methods authorized to collect tax debt as set forth in the various tax Acts. c) The Bureau shall notify the referring agency when a delinquent debt or any portion of it has been collected. Any amount of the delinquent debt collected by the Bureau, including any amount that results in overpayment of the delinquent debt, shall be deposited in, or transferred to the appropriate funds as specified by statute. Thereafter, referring agencies shall bear the responsibility for adjusting overpayments. d) The Bureau shall promptly deposit delinquent debt receipts in the General Revenue Fund unless otherwise directed by the referring agency or required by law. Thereafter, the referring agency shall be responsible for the distribution of delinquent debt collected by the Bureau. Allocation of delinquent debt collections shall be the responsibility of the referring agency. e) Delinquent debt certified to the Bureau shall be transmitted to the Bureau in an electronic format approved by the Bureau. Delinquent debt certified to the Bureau shall include such information as the Bureau shall require, including but not limited to:

1) The identity of the debtor, including name, address and social security number.

2) For business debtors, the name and type of business organization, business address, federal employers identification number, and owners and officers of the business.

3) The nature and amount of the delinquent debt (including fees, penalties and interest).

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4) A brief description of the delinquent debt including date the debt was incurred.

5) All action taken to collect the debt to date.

6) All legal restrictions relating to collection of the debt.

f) Delinquent debt that has been discharged in bankruptcy or that is currently in bankruptcy shall not be referred to the Bureau.

g) The Bureau shall make every reasonable effort to collect delinquent debt using all collection tools available. If reasonable collection efforts prove unavailing, the Bureau may declare the delinquent debt uncollectible and return it to the referring agency which shall write the delinquent debt off as uncollectible pursuant to rules established by the Comptroller, or return the delinquent debt to the Bureau.

h) The Bureau may refuse to accept referral of delinquent debt the Bureau has previously deemed uncollectible absent factual assertions by the referring agency that due to circumstances not known at the time the delinquent debt was deemed uncollectible additional collection efforts are warranted.

i) Agencies should not utilize outside collection agencies prior to referring delinquent debt to the Bureau.

j) The Bureau’s responsibilities under this Subpart shall be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly.

k) The Bureau shall employ qualified collections specialists to perform the requirements of this rule, subject to funding by the General Assembly.

(Source: Added by emergency rulemaking at 27 Ill. Reg. 18464, effective November 20, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days)

Section 100.1050 Uncollectible Delinquent Debt EMERGENCY

The Bureau may deem debt uncollectible by the Bureau, and return uncollectible delinquent debt to the referring agency. [30 ILCS 210/10(d)]

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a) The Bureau may deem delinquent debt uncollectible when it has exhausted all reasonable collection efforts. Specific collection procedures may vary by agency and with the size and nature of the debt. Prior to deeming any delinquent debt uncollectible, the Bureau shall document efforts to accomplish the following collection objectives:

1) Confirm the current location of the debtor.

2) Locate evidence of the debtor’s assets.

3) Use all available collections tools to collect the delinquent debt.

b) The Bureau shall maintain documentation of the efforts undertaken to collect the delinquent debt and the results of the efforts. Delinquent debt shall be returned to the referring Agency only after the Bureau has exhausted all reasonable collection efforts.

(Source: Added by emergency rulemaking at 27 Ill. Reg. 18464, effective November 20, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days)

100.9060 Agencies to Maintain and Submit Records EMERGENCY

For all debt accruing after July 1, 2003, State agencies shall collect such debtor identification information as the Department of Revenue shall require, including but not limited to FEIN or SSN. Prior to referring debt arrearages to the Bureau, agencies shall provide the Bureau such summary and detailed information as the Bureau shall request, including but not limited to the nature and basis of the arrearages, the agency’s procedures for validating the debt, the age of the arrearage, efforts to collect the arrearage. Upon referral of arrearages, agencies shall promptly deliver to the Bureau a copy of all records relating to the debt with a status report describing all collection action taken by the agency.

(Source: Added by emergency rulemaking at 27 Ill. Reg. 18464, effective November 20, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days)

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DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Heading of the Part: Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act

Code Citation: 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1510

Section Numbers: 1510.20 1510.60 1510.65

Date Originally Published in the Illinois Register: 8/8/03 27 Ill. Reg. 13343

At its meeting on November 18, 2003, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules considered the above cited rulemaking and recommends that the Department of Professional Regulation seek a statutory clarification to either specifically authorize restoration of a lapsed license under the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act or to remove references to restoration fees.

The agency should respond to this Recommendation in writing within 90 days after receipt of this Statement. Failure to respond will constitute refusal to accede to the Committee's Recommendation. The agency's response will be placed on the JCAR agenda for further consideration.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID

Heading of the Part: Medical Payment

Code Citation: 89 Ill. Adm. Code 140

Section Numbers: 140.492

Date Originally Published in the Illinois Register: 10/3/03 27 Ill. Reg. 15584

At its meeting on November 18, 2003, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules considered the above cited emergency rulemaking and recommends that DPA amend this emergency rulemaking's companion proposed rulemaking to put in place standards for determining the necessity of ensuring service availability and how adjustments will be made.

The agency should respond to this Recommendation in writing within 90 days after receipt of this Statement. Failure to respond will constitute refusal to accede to the Committee's Recommendation. The agency's response will be placed on the JCAR agenda for further consideration.

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID

Heading of the Part: Reimbursement for Nursing Costs for Geriatric Facilities

Code Citation: 89 Ill. Adm. Code 147

Section Numbers: 147.5 147.15 147.25 147.50 147.75 147.100 147.125 147.150 147.175 147.200 147.205 147.250 147.Table A 147.Table B 147.Table C 147.Table D 147.TableE 147.Table F 147.Table G 147.Table H 147.Table I 147.Table J 147.Table K 147.Table L

Date Originally Published in the Illinois Register: 5/30/03 27 Ill. Reg. 8658

At its meeting on November 18, 2003, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules considered the above cited rulemaking and recommends that DPA continue to work with the General Assembly and representatives of the nursing home industry to address the needs of the reimbursement system for services to the mentally ill.

The agency should respond to this Recommendation in writing within 90 days after receipt of this Statement. Failure to respond will constitute refusal to accede to the Committee's Recommendation. The agency's response will be placed on the JCAR agenda for further consideration.

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STATE UNIVERSITIES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Heading of the Part: Universities Retirement

Code Citation: 80 Ill. Adm. Code 1600

Section Numbers: 1600.10 1600.60 1600.137

Date Originally Published in the Illinois Register: 5/30/03 27 Ill. Reg. 8849

At its meeting on November 18, 2003, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules objected to the above cited rulemaking because the rulemaking extends a service credit accrual schedule beyond the one year of eligible credit that is specifically permitted by Section 15-113.4 of the Pension Code. If the System wishes to afford this credit, it should seek legislation expanding its authority to do so.

Failure of the agency to respond within 90 days after receipt of the Statement of Objection shall constitute withdrawal of this proposed rulemaking. The agency's response will be placed on the JCAR agenda for further consideration.

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OFFICE OF BANKS AND REAL ESTATE

Heading of the Part: Calculation, Assessment and Collection of Periodic Fees

Code Citation: 38 Ill. Adm. Code 375

Section Numbers: 375.30 375.34

Date Related Proposed Rulemaking Published in Illinois Register: 10/10/03 27 Ill. Reg. 15662

Date Published in the Illinois Register: 10/10/03 27 Ill. Reg. 16024

At its meeting on November 18, 2003, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted to object to and suspend the above emergency rulemaking, and to notify the Secretary of State of the suspension of the emergency rulemaking. The Committee found that the continued enforcement of this rulemaking would constitute a serious threat to the public interest and welfare. The reasons for the suspension are as follows:

This rulemaking (1) does not meet the definition of emergency rulemaking under Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (IAPA), (2) has not been proven by the agency to fall within the exception specified in Section 5-45(i) of the IAPA that allows emergency rulemaking in order to implement the FY 2004 Budget Implementation (Health and Human Services) Act (Public Act 93-20), and (3) does not comply with the further requirement of Section 5-45(i) that the emergency be deemed necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.

The suspended emergency rules may not be enforced by the Office of Banks and Real Estate for any reason, nor may the Office file with the Secretary of State any rule having substantially the same purpose and effect as these suspended rules for at least 180 days following receipt of this certification and statement by the Secretary of State.

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OFFICE OF BANKS AND REAL ESTATE

Heading of the Part: Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985

Code Citation: 38 Ill. Adm. Code 1000

Section Numbers: 1000.130 1000.141 1000.142

Date Related Proposed Rulemaking Published 10/10/03 in Illinois Register: 27 Ill. Reg. 15664

Date Published in the Illinois Register: 10/10/03 27 Ill. Reg. 16029

At its meeting on November 18, 2003, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted to object to and suspend the above emergency rulemaking, and to notify the Secretary of State of the suspension of the emergency rulemaking. The Committee found that the continued enforcement of this rulemaking would constitute a serious threat to the public interest and welfare. The reasons for the suspension are as follows:

This rulemaking (1) does not meet the definition of emergency rulemaking under Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (IAPA), (2) has not been proven by the agency to fall within the exception specified in Section 5-45(i) of the IAPA that allows emergency rulemaking in order to implement the FY 2004 Budget Implementation (Health and Human Services) Act (Public Act 93-20), and (3) does not comply with the further requirement of Section 5-45(i) that the emergency be deemed necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.

The suspended emergency rules may not be enforced by the Office of Banks and Real Estate for any reason, nor may the Office file with the Secretary of State any rule having substantially the same purpose and effect as these suspended rules for at least 180 days following receipt of this certification and statement by the Secretary of State.

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18485 03 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OBJECTION TO AND SUSPENSION OF EMERGENCY RULES

OFFICE OF BANKS AND REAL ESTATE

Heading of the Part: Savings Bank Act

Code Citation: 38 Ill. Adm. Code 1075

Section Numbers: 1075.120 1075.130 1075.140

Date Related Proposed Rulemaking Published 10/10/03 in Illinois Register: 27 Ill. Reg. 15666

Date Published in the Illinois Register: 10/10/03 27 Ill. Reg. 16043

At its meeting on November 18, 2003, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted to object to and suspend the above emergency rulemaking, and to notify the Secretary of State of the suspension of the emergency rulemaking. The Committee found that the continued enforcement of this rulemaking would constitute a serious threat to the public interest and welfare. The reasons for the suspension are as follows:

This rulemaking (1) does not meet the definition of emergency rulemaking under Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act (IAPA), (2) has not been proven by the agency to fall within the exception specified in Section 5-45(i) of the IAPA that allows emergency rulemaking in order to implement the FY 2004 Budget Implementation (Health and Human Services) Act (Public Act 93-20), and (3) does not comply with the further requirement of Section 5-45(i) that the emergency be deemed necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.

The suspended emergency rules may not be enforced by the Office of Banks and Real Estate for any reason, nor may the Office file with the Secretary of State any rule having substantially the same purpose and effect as these suspended rules for at least 180 days following receipt of this certification and statement by the Secretary of State.

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18486 03 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SECOND NOTICES RECEIVED

The following second notices were received by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules during the period of November 18, 2003 through November 24, 2003 and have been scheduled for review by the Committee at its December 16, 2003 meeting in Chicago. Other items not contained in this published list may also be considered. Members of the public wishing to express their views with respect to a rulemaking should submit written comments to the Committee at the following address: Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, 700 Stratton Bldg., Springfield IL 62706.

Second Start Notice Of First JCAR Expires Agency and Rule Notice Meeting

12/31/03 Department of Revenue, Coin Operated 7/11/03 12/16/03 Amusement Device and Redemption Machine 27 Ill. Reg. Tax (86 Ill. Adm. Code 460) 10201

1/3/04 Department of Revenue, Cigarette Use Tax Act 7/11/03 12/16/03 (86 Ill. Adm. Code 450) 27 Ill. Reg. 10199

1/3/04 Office of Banks and Real Estate, Real Estate 10/3/03 12/16/03 Appraiser Licensing (68 Ill. Adm. Code 1455) 27 Ill. Reg. 15212

1/4/04 Illinois Student Assistance Commission, Illinois 9/19/03 12/16/03 Future Teacher Corps (IFTC) Program (23 Ill. 27 Ill. Reg. Adm. Code 2764) 14797

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18487 03 SECRETARY OF STATE

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION ERROR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

1) Headings of the Parts: Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities Code Sheltered Care Facilities Code Illinois Veterans Homes Code Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled Facilities Code Long-Term Care for Under Age 22 Facilities Code

2) Code citations: 77 Ill. Adm. Code 300 77 Ill. Adm. Code 330 77 Ill. Adm. Code 340 77 Ill. Adm. Code 350 77 Ill. Adm. Code 390

3) Register citations of proposed action: 27 Ill. Reg. 18105; December 1, 2003 27 Ill. Reg. 18130; December 1, 2003 27 Ill. Reg. 18148; December 1, 2003 27 Ill. Reg. 18160; December 1, 2003 27 Ill. Reg. 18204; December 1, 2003

4) Explanation: Due to a typographical error, these adopted rulemakings incorrectly stated in the Illinois Register that the effective date of each was October 15, 2003. The correct effective date was November 15, 2003.

ILLINOIS REGISTER 18488 03 OFFICE OF BANKS AND REAL ESTATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

NOTICE OF RESCINDED SUSPENSION UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LICENSE ACT OF 1987

Pursuant to Section 4-5(h) of the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987 ("the Act") [205 ILCS 635/4-5 (h)], notice is hereby given that the Commissioner of the Office of Banks and Real Estate of the State of Illinois has rescinded the suspension against Merrlin Mortgage Corporation, License No. 6689 of Overland Park, KS, a licensee under the Act, for violating the terms of the Act and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, effective November 18, 2003.

2003-301 Bishop Charles Mason Ford Day

WHEREAS, Charles Mason Ford was the first child of Louis Henry Ford and Margaret (Little) Ford, born on January 3, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois; and WHEREAS, at an early age, Charles received salvation at Chicago’s historic St. Paul Church of God in Christ under the pastorate of his father, Bishop Louis Henry Ford, who later ordained Charles to the ministry in 1982; and WHEREAS, Elder Charles Ford faithfully served as Assistant Pastor at St. Paul until he was appointed pastor in 1995 upon his father’s death; and WHEREAS, in 1997, Elder Charles Ford was appointed by Bishop Ocie Booker as Superintendent of the Bishop Louis Henry Ford Memorial District, and in 1999 he was named Administrative Assistant to the Bishop; and WHEREAS, in 2000, the Church of God in Christ, General Assembly of delegates from around the world, elected Elder Charles Ford to the National Board of Trustees. He was later selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Board; and WHEREAS, on behalf of a recommendation by Bishop Ocie Booker, Elder Charles Ford will be elevated to the role of Auxiliary Bishop on December 1, 2003; and WHEREAS, throughout his life and career, Bishop Designee Charles Ford has shown an unwavering dedication to his ministry, and an outstanding commitment to the needs of humanity: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim December 1, 2003, as BISHOP CHARLES MASON FORD DAY in Illinois, and I join in congratulating Bishop Ford on this momentous occasion.

Issued by the Governor November 17, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 19, 2003.

2003-302 Civil Air Patrol Week

WHEREAS, the Civil Air Patrol, a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, was established to help America during World War II, and remains dedicated to volunteer public service in the interest of community, state and national welfare; and WHEREAS, the members of the Civil Air Patrol, Illinois Wing, are prepared to give their time and resources for the benefit of their fellow Americans through aerial and ground search and rescue operations, humanitarian and mercy flights and many other services in times of emergency; and WHEREAS, the members of the Illinois Wing, and the members of the national Civil Air Patrol have distinguished themselves through service to their communities and country; and WHEREAS, the Civil Air Patrol offers an outstanding program of leadership training and development, as well as career motivation to its teenage cadet members; and WHEREAS, the Civil Air Patrol will celebrate its 62nd Anniversary on December 1, 2003:

THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim November 30 – December 6, 2003 as CIVIL AIR PATROL WEEK in Illinois, and encourage all citizens to observe this week by honoring the men, women and cadet members of the Civil Air Patrol.

Issued by the Governor November 20, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 21, 2003.

2003-303 Ambassadors For Peace Day

WHEREAS, the Ambassadors for Peace initiative was inaugurated in January 2001 at the Convocation of World Leaders, “Dialogue and Harmony Among Civilizations: The Family, Universal Values, and World Peace,” held at the United Nations in New York with 500 world leaders representing 135 nations; and WHEREAS, since its inauguration, the Ambassadors for Peace have grown to more than 70,000, and have been appointed in 185 countries; and WHEREAS, the Ambassadors for Peace uphold the principles of “living for the sake of others,” and are seeking to go beyond the boundaries that divide people, especially those differences related to race, religion, sex, nationality or culture; and WHEREAS, Ambassadors for Peace are committed to the renewal of the family and help to reaffirm that commitment, not only within their families and communities, but throughout their nation and world; and WHEREAS, appointees to the Ambassadors for Peace have largely distinguished themselves as leaders in the fields of religion, politics, the media, academia, business, the arts and civil society, and have shown a consistent commitment to service; and WHEREAS, on December 13, 2003, the Ambassadors for Peace will hold their national convention in Chicago; and WHEREAS, on that same day, the Family Federation for World Peace in Illinois, an organization that partners with the Ambassadors for Peace, will celebrate its eighth annual True Family Values Banquet in conjunction with the Ambassadors for Peace national convention: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim December 13, 2003 to be AMBASSADORS FOR PEACE DAY in Illinois, and encourage all citizens to recognize similar observances and civic initiatives throughout our communities in Illinois.

Issued by the Governor November 21, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 24, 2003.

2003-304 Homeless Persons Memorial Day

WHEREAS, in their efforts to wipe out homelessness, the National Coalition for the Homeless engages in public education, policy advocacy and grassroots organizing in cities and towns across the country; and WHEREAS, each year, there are an estimated 2.3 to 3.5 million people who experience homelessness nationwide. The Illinois Coalition for the Homeless estimates that there are more than 150,000 homeless people in a given year in the state; and WHEREAS, of the total homeless in Illinois, an estimated 37,500 are children, 12,000 are unaccompanied teenagers and 37,000 are disabled by mental illness; and WHEREAS, nearly half of the homeless population in Illinois is estimated to be a part of a family; and WHEREAS, homelessness has a variety of causes, ranging from a minimum wage standard that makes it nearly impossible to afford housing while working a reasonable number of hours each week, a shortage of supportive housing for persons with mental illnesses, and domestic violence, which is a major factor for homelessness among women and children; and WHEREAS, recognizing that the winter poses extreme hardships for the homeless, the National Coalition for the Homeless will hold a memorial for those who died because of their homelessness during 2003: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim December 21, 2003 to be HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL DAY in Illinois, and urge all citizens to recognize the extreme hardships faced by this large section of our population.

Issued by the Governor November 21, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 24, 2003.

2003-305 Martin Luther King Day

WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. devoted his life to the advancement of civil rights and public service; and WHEREAS, citizens of Illinois and across the country honor Dr. King’s legacy each year in January; and WHEREAS, Dr. King recognized that everybody can be great because everybody can serve, and, during his lifetime, encouraged all Americans to serve their neighbors and their communities; and WHEREAS, Martin Luther King Day focuses on bringing people together and breaking down the barriers that have divided us as a nation; and WHEREAS, thousands of Illinois residents will commemorate the significance of Martin Luther King Day by performing community service that benefits communities and neighborhoods, and provides a fitting memorial to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim January 19, 2004 as MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY in Illinois, and urge citizens to recognize it as a day of service throughout Illinois, as well as a day to honor this profound and influential civil rights leader.

Issued by the Governor November 21, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 24, 2003.

2003-306 Woman’s Heart DaySM

WHEREAS, cardiovascular diseases have been the number one killer of Americans every year since 1919, claiming the lives of nearly 2,600 people each day. This accounts for one death out of every 2.5 deaths that occur in this country; and WHEREAS, of the major causes of death in Illinois in the year 2000, heart disease was by far the largest, accounting for 32,144 deaths; and WHEREAS, every year since 1984, cardiovascular diseases have claimed the lives of more women than men, accounting for more than 505,000 female deaths in 2000; and WHEREAS, across the country, one in five women has some form of cardiovascular disease; and WHEREAS, two of the most important assets in the battle against cardiovascular diseases are early detection and education; and WHEREAS, the Sister to Sister – Everyone Has a Heart Foundation works diligently to provide free screenings for the early detection and treatment of heart disease, and to educate women about the prevention of heart disease through lifestyle choices: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim February 20, 2004 as WOMAN’S HEART DAYSM in Illinois, and encourage all citizens to recognize the need to further the research and understanding of cardiovascular diseases.

Issued by the Governor November 21, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 24, 2003.

2003-307 Career and Technical Education Week

WHEREAS, a commitment to career and technical education assures Illinois a strong, well-trained workforce that enhances productivity in business and industry, and will enhance the state’s leadership in the national and international marketplace; and WHEREAS, providing citizens with a solid career and technical education can stimulate the growth and vitality of businesses and industries by preparing workers for the occupations forecasted to experience the largest and fastest growth in the next decade; and WHEREAS, individual citizens benefit from a career and technical education because it enables them to find satisfying careers suited to their own skills and interests, provides technical skills that allow them to excel in their chosen careers and teaches leadership skills that serve them on the job, at home and in the community; and WHEREAS, a strong career and technical education program planned and carried out by trained career and technical educators is vital to the future development of our state and the well- being of its citizens; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Association for Career and Technical Education, the only association in Illinois dedicated to the support and service of career and technical educators, has for over 60 years, been committed to the betterment of the profession, and to providing visibility and assistance for vocational and technical education; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Association for Career and Technical Education has designated the theme for Career and Technical Education week as “Career Tech, Working On Your Future”: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim February 9 – 15, 2004 as CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WEEK in Illinois, and urge all citizens to become familiar with the services and benefits offered by career and technical education programs in our state and to support and participate in these programs to enhance individual work skills and productivity.

Issued by the Governor November 21, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 24, 2003.

2003-308 Kantorei Day

WHEREAS, KANTOREI, the Singing Boys of Rockford, is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization, dedicated to providing a quality musical education, while instilling in each member the rewards of self-discipline, responsibility and dedication towards common goals; and WHEREAS, founded in 1964, hundreds of boys ages 7-18 have participated in KANTOREI; and WHEREAS, KANTOREI is a four-tiered program consisting of approximately 80 members from Rockford and many surrounding communities; and WHEREAS, these young musicians serve as Rockford’s “Singing Ambassadors,” participating in programs that cross cultural and language barriers, fostering international friendships, creating an appreciation for various lifestyles and customs, and promoting international understanding through music; and WHEREAS, This year marks KANTOREI’s 40th Anniversary, which will be celebrated with a Gala Banquet: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim December 20, 2003 as KANTOREI DAY in Illinois, and urge all citizens to appreciate the contribution to art and society made by the SINGING BOYS OF ROCKFORD.

Issued by the Governor November 21, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 24, 2003.

2003-309 HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

WHEREAS, the prevention of HIV infection and AIDS necessitates a worldwide effort to increase communication, education, and united action to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS; and

WHEREAS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) observes December 1 of each year as World AIDS Day, a day to expand and strengthen worldwide efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS; and WHEREAS, UNAIDS estimates that over 42 million people worldwide are currently living with HIV/AIDS; and WHEREAS, the American Association for World Health is encouraging a better understanding of the challenge of HIV/AIDS nationally as it recognizes that the number of people diagnosed with HIV and AIDS in the United States continues to increase, with nearly 1 million people in the United States now infected, and more than 40,000 infected in Illinois; and WHEREAS, the HIV and AIDS case rates among African Americans are the highest among all racial and ethnic groups in Illinois; and these current, and continuing, higher rates among African Americans indicate they are disproportionately affected by HIV; and WHEREAS, all African Americans are urged to increase their awareness of the risk of HIV/AIDS for themselves, their partners, and their children, and to use their influence with their families, friends and communities to help stem the tide of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and WHEREAS, World AIDS Day provides an opportunity to focus international attention on HIV infection and AIDS and to disseminate information on how to prevent the spread of HIV; and WHEREAS, this day in Illinois is commemorated by a number of events across the state, including the dimming of the lights atop the Illinois State Capitol dome, at the James R. Thompson Center and State of Illinois Building in Chicago, and at the Springfield headquarters of the Illinois Department of Public Health during the evening hours to coincide with the dimming of the lights of the White House as a visual demonstration expressing a state and national commitment to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS: THEREFORE, I, Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim December 1, 2003, as HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY in Illinois, and urge all citizens to use the day to recommit themselves to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Issued by the Governor November 21, 2003. Filed by the Secretary of State November 24, 2003.

ILLINOIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE Issue Index Rules acted upon in Volume 27, Issue 49 are listed in the Issues Index by Title number, Part number, Volume and Issue. Inquires about the Issue Index may be directed to the Administrative Code Division at (217) 782-7017/18. PROPOSED RULES 89 - 428 ...... 18290 50 - 5420 ...... 18295 17 - 810 ...... 18305 17 - 850 ...... 18395 ADOPTED RULES 2 - 5350 ...... 18399 83 - 732 ...... 18405 89 - 50 ...... 18411 89 - 112 ...... 18417 89 - 114 ...... 18433 89 - 121 ...... 18445 92 - 1070 ...... 18458 EMERGENCY RULES 86 - 100 ...... 18464 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES STATEMENTS OF RECOMMENDATION 68 - 1510 ...... 18479 89 - 140 ...... 18480 89 - 147 ...... 18481 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES STATEMENTS OF OBJECTION 80 - 1600 ...... 18482 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES STATEMENTS OF SUSPENSION 38 - 375 ...... 18483 38 - 1000 ...... 18484 38 - 1075 ...... 18485 SECOND NOTICES RECEIVED 86 - 460 ...... 18486 86 - 450 ...... 18486 68 - 1455 ...... 18486 23 - 2764 ...... 18486 EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS 03 - 301 ...... 18489 03 - 302 ...... 18489 03 - 303 ...... 18490 03 - 304 ...... 18490 03 - 305 ...... 18491 03 - 307 ...... 18492 03 - 306 ...... 18492 03 - 308 ...... 18493 03 - 309 ...... 18494 NOTICES REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE ILLINOIS REGISTER 77 - 300 ...... 18487 77 - 350 ...... 18487 77 - 390 ...... 18487 77 - 330 ...... 18488 77 - 340 ...... 18489

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