Public Act 103-0023
 
HB1629 EnrolledLRB103 25634 HEP 51983 b


  
    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended  by changing 
Section 2.2 as follows:
 


    (520 ILCS 5/2.2)  (from Ch. 61, par. 2.2)




    Sec. 2.2. This Act shall apply only to the wild birds and 
parts of
wild birds (including, but not limited to, their 
nests and eggs), and wild mammals and parts
of wild mammals, 
which shall include their green hides, in the State of

Illinois, or which may be brought into the State.

    Wildlife protected by this Act, hereby defined as 
protected species, include the following wild species and all

wild species contained in listed families, including, but not 
limited to, groups of wild species preceding each family
name: 
(except the House Sparrow, Passer
domesticus; European 
Starling, Sturnus vulgaris; and Rock Pigeon, Domestic
Pigeon, 
Columba livia; Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto; 
Ringed Turtle-Dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea; Purple Swamphen, 
Porphyrio porphyio; or Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata).  GAME 
BIRDS-Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus;
Sharp-tailed grouse, 
Tympanuchus phasianellus; Northern Bobwhite, Colinus

virginianus; Gray Partridge, Perdix perdix; Chukar,
Alectoris 
chukar; Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus; Greater

Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido; Wild Turkey, Meleagris 
gallopavo.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS-Waterfowl including brant, 
ducks, geese, and
swans, Anatidae; wild species of the 
families Rallidae (Virginia Rails and Sora Rails), 
Scolopacidae (Wilson's Snipe and Woodcock), Columbidae 
(Mourning Dove and White-winged Dove), and Corvidae that may 
be legally hunted as provided for in Section 2.18 of this Act.

RESIDENT AND MIGRATORY NON-GAME BIRDS-Loons, Gaviidae; grebes,

Podicipedidae; pelicans, Pelecanidae; gannets, Sulidae; 
cormorants, Phalacrocoracidae; anhingas, Anhingidae; 
frigatebirds, Fregatidae;
herons, bitterns and egrets, 
Ardeidae; ibises and spoonbills,
Threskiornithidae; storks, 
Ciconiidae; vultures, Cathartidae; kites, hawks, ospreys,
and 
eagles, Accipitridae; falcons, merlins, and kestrels, 
Falconidae; rails, gallinules, and moorhens, which may not be 
legally hunted, Rallidae (unless listed as a migratory game 
bird); cranes, Gruidae; all shorebirds that may not be legally 
hunted, of the families Charadriidae, Scolopacidae (unless 
listed as a migratory game bird),
and Recurvirostridae gulls,

terns, jaegers, skimmers, and kittiwakes, Laridae; dovekies 
and murrelets, Alcidae; doves and pigeons, which may not be 
legally hunted, Columbidae (unless listed as a migratory game 
bird); cuckoos and anis, Cuculidae; owls, Tytonidae and 
Strigidae;
whip-poor-wills, chuck-will's-widows, and 
nighthawks, Caprimulgidae; swifts, Apodidae;
hummingbirds, 
Trochilidae, Kingfishers, Alcedinidae; woodpeckers, flickers, 
and sapsuckers, Picidae;
kingbirds, pewees, phoebes, and 
flycatchers, Tyrannidae shrikes, Laniidae; vireos, Vireonidae; 
magpies, ravens, and jays, Corvidae; larks, Alaudidae; 
swallows and
martins, Hirundinidae; chickadees and
titmice, 
Paridae; nuthatches, Sittidae; creepers, Certhiidae; wrens,

Troglodytidae; kinglets, Regulidae; gnatcatchers, Sylviidae; 
robins,
bluebirds, solitaires, veerys, and thrushes, Turdidae; 
mockingbirds, catbirds, and thrashers, Mimidae;
pipits, 
Motacillidae; waxwings, Bombycillidae; warblers, parulas, 
redstarts, ovenbirds, waterthrushes, yellowthroats, and chats, 
Parulidae; tanagers, Thraupidae; towhees, longspurs, sparrows, 
buntings, and juncos, Emberizidae; dickcissels, cardinals, 
buntings, and grosbeaks, Cardinalidae;
blackbirds, 
meadowlarks, bobolinks, grackles, cowbirds, and orioles, 
Icteridae; grosbeaks, finches, crossbills, redpolls, and 
siskins, Fringillidae.  GAME MAMMALS-Woodchuck, Marmota
monax; 
Gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis; Fox squirrel, Sciurus 
niger;
 Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus
floridanus; Swamp 
rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus; White-tailed deer,
Odocoileus 
virginianus.  FUR-BEARING MAMMALS-Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus;

Beaver, Castor canadensis; Raccoon, Procyon lotor; Opossum, 
Didelphis virginiana; Least weasel, Mustela nivalis; 
Long-tailed weasel, Mustela
frenata; Mink, Mustela vison; 
River otter, Lontra canadensis; Striped skunk,
Mephitis 
mephitis; Badger, Taxidea taxus; Red fox, Vulpes vulpes; Gray 
fox,
Urocyon cinereoargenteus; Coyote, Canis latrans; Bobcat, 
Lynx rufus.  OTHER
MAMMALS-Flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans; 
Red squirrel, Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus; Eastern Woodrat, 
Neotoma  floridana; Golden Mouse, Ochrotomys
nuttalli; Rice 
Rat, Oryzomys palustris; Franklin's Ground Squirrel, 
Spermophilus franklinii; Bats, Vespertilionidae; Gray wolf, 
Canis lupus; American black bear, Ursus americanus; Cougar, 
Puma concolor.

    It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to take, 
possess, sell,
or offer for sale, propagate, or release into 
the wild, any of these wild birds (dead or alive) and parts of

wild birds (including, but not limited to, their nests and 
eggs), wild mammals (dead or alive)
and parts of wild mammals, 
including their green hides contrary to the
provisions of this 
Act.  However, nothing in this Act shall prohibit
bona-fide 
public or state scientific, educational or zoological

institutions from receiving, holding, and displaying protected 
species that
were salvaged or legally obtained.


    It shall be unlawful for any person to take any other 
living wildlife
animal not covered by this Act without the 
permission of the landowner
or tenant.

(Source: P.A. 97-431, eff. 8-16-11; 98-1033, eff. 1-1-15.)