Public Act 096-1226
 
HB4721 EnrolledLRB096 15792 JDS 31032 b



    AN ACT concerning wildlife.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended  by 
changing Section 20-15 as follows:
 
    (515 ILCS 5/20-15)  (from Ch. 56, par. 20-15)
    Sec. 20-15. Owners fishing own land; exemption. The owners 
or bona fide
tenants of lands, actually residing on the lands 
and their children,
parents, brothers, and sisters actually 
permanently residing with them have
the right to take with a 
sport fishing device fish of the
kind permitted to be
taken or 
caught under this Code from waters lying upon or flowing over 
the
lands without procuring licenses to do so. This exemption 
does not apply to
club lakes, organizational lakes, or lake 
developments.  Any individual on
active duty with the armed 
forces of the United States who is now and was
at the time of 
entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, who
entered 
the Armed Forces from this State, and who is presently on 
ordinary
or emergency leave from the Armed Forces has the right 
to catch or take with a sport
fishing device fish permitted to 
be taken or caught by this Code without procuring a
license. 
Any individual exempt from licensure under this Section has 
only
the authority and privileges in taking fish as are 
provided by this Code.
Fishing by an exempt individual may be 
done only during seasons when
it is lawful.
(Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
    Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3.1 as follows:
 
    (520 ILCS 5/3.1)  (from Ch. 61, par. 3.1)
    Sec. 3.1. License and stamps required. 
    (a) Before any person shall take or attempt to take any of 
the species
protected by Section 2.2 for which an open season 
is established under this
Act, he shall first have procured and 
possess a valid hunting license, except as provided in Section 
3.1-5 of this Code.
    Before any person 16 years of age or older shall take or

attempt to take any bird of the species defined as migratory 
waterfowl by
Section 2.2, including coots, he shall first have 
procured a State
Migratory Waterfowl Stamp.
    Before any person 16 years of age or older takes, attempts 
to take, or
pursues any species of wildlife protected by this 
Code, except migratory
waterfowl, coots, and hand-reared birds 
on licensed game breeding and hunting
preserve areas and state 
controlled pheasant hunting areas, he or she shall
first obtain 
a State Habitat Stamp. Disabled veterans and former prisoners 
of
war shall not be required to obtain State Habitat Stamps. 
Any person who
obtained a lifetime license before January 1, 
1993, shall not be required to
obtain State Habitat Stamps. 
Income from the sale of State Furbearer Stamps and
State 
Pheasant Stamps received after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act
of 1992 shall be deposited into the State 
Furbearer Fund and State Pheasant
Fund, respectively.
    Before any person 16 years of age or older shall take, 
attempt to
take, or sell the green hide of any mammal of the 
species defined as
fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which 
an open season is established
under this Act, he shall first 
have procured a State Habitat Stamp.
    (b) Before any person who is a non-resident of the State of 
Illinois
shall take or attempt to take any of the species 
protected by Section
2.2
for which an open season is 
established under this Act, he shall,
unless specifically 
exempted by law, first procure a non-resident
license as 
provided by this Act for the taking of any wild game.
    Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take 
white-tailed deer,
he shall first have procured a Deer Hunting 
Permit as defined in Section
2.26 of this Code.
    Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take wild 
turkeys, he
shall have procured a Wild Turkey Hunting Permit as 
defined in Section 2.11
of this Code.
    (c) The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of, farm 
lands and their
children, parents, brothers, and sisters 
actually permanently residing on
their lands shall have the 
right to hunt any of the species protected by
Section 2.2 upon 
their lands and waters without procuring hunting licenses;
but 
the hunting shall be done only during periods of time and with 
devices
and by methods as are permitted by this Act.  Any person 
on active duty
with the Armed Forces of the United States who 
is now and who was at the
time of entering the Armed Forces a 
resident of Illinois and who entered
the Armed Forces from this 
State, and who is presently on ordinary or emergency leave
from 
the Armed Forces, and any resident of Illinois who is disabled 
may hunt
any of the species protected by Section 2.2 without 
procuring a hunting
license, but the hunting shall be done only 
during such periods of time and
with devices and by methods as 
are permitted by this Act.  For the purpose of
this Section a 
person is disabled when that person has a Type 1 or Type 4,

Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois 
Identification Card
Act.  For purposes of this Section, an 
Illinois Disabled Person Identification
Card issued pursuant 
to the Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that
the 
person named has a Type 1 or Type 4, Class 2 disability shall 
be adequate
documentation of the disability.
    (d) A courtesy non-resident license, permit, or stamp for 
taking game
may be issued at the
discretion of the Director, 
without fee, to any person officially employed
in the game and 
fish or conservation department of another state or of the

United States who is within the State to assist or consult or 
cooperate
with the Director; or to the officials of other 
states, the United States,
foreign countries, or officers or 
representatives of conservation
organizations or publications 
while in the State as guests of the Governor
or Director.  The 
Director may provide to nonresident participants and
official 
gunners at field trials an exemption from licensure while

participating in a field trial.
    (e) State Migratory Waterfowl Stamps shall be required for 
those persons
qualifying under subsections (c) and (d) who 
intend to hunt migratory
waterfowl, including coots, to the 
extent that hunting licenses of the
various types are 
authorized and required by this Section for those persons.
    (f) Registration in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Migratory 
Bird Harvest
Information Program shall be required for those 
persons who are required to
have a hunting license before 
taking
or attempting to take any bird of the species defined as 
migratory game birds
by Section 2.2, except that this 
subsection shall not apply to crows in this
State
or 
hand-reared birds on licensed game breeding and hunting 
preserve areas, for
which an open season is established by this 
Act.  Persons registering with the
Program must carry proof of 
registration with them while migratory bird
hunting.
    The Department shall publish suitable prescribed 
regulations pertaining to
registration by the migratory bird 
hunter in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Migratory Bird 
Harvest Information Program.
(Source: P.A. 94-1024, eff. 7-14-06.)