RE: Lowdown on IL NR fees
Reading that report is sounds more as if it gives the DNR the option to raise it that high as in it says it will be no higher. That being said when don't government agencies charge as much as they can. It also doesn't sound like the language of the law that was passed put it that way but I don't have it infront of me.
It will be interesting to see what ends up happening with all of this, how many permits they actually sell at each price level. It never ceases to amaze me how people are willing to spend amounts of money on things that I wouldn't pay half as much for. If the reps and senate get more involved it probably will be at the Max sooner rather than later. There are a lot of people to blame when it comes to this.
The old permits were how expensive? 15,000 at 250 or somthing like that? If they lost that funding they would have to spread it over the 300,000 resident permits filed which basically translates to 12 bucks a permit, which is a doubler in prices basically. Wouldn't be good. The current administration has done a lot of dumb things when it comes to the future of Illinois wildlife funding. My favorite was the closing of some hatcheries thinking they could save some money that way. When fish populations go down, and they will due to all the pressures on them, people stop going fishing which means people stop buying fishing liscences which means even less funding. This is what happens in a State dominated politically by a major urban center, funding priorites are not given to the outdoors.
I have no idea why this font is so large.. Never had this problem before..