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| Public Act 097-0628 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||
Sections 2.30 and 2.31 as follows:
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(520 ILCS 5/2.30) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.30)
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Sec. 2.30. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap or | ||||
to hunt
with gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, | ||||
red fox,
raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, and opossum | ||||
except during
the open season which will be set annually by the | ||||
Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight, | ||||
February 15, both inclusive.
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It is unlawful for any person to take bobcat or river otter
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in this State at any time.
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It is unlawful to pursue any fur-bearing mammal with a dog | ||||
or dogs
between the hours of sunset and sunrise during the 10 | ||||
day period
preceding the opening date of the raccoon hunting | ||||
season and the 10 day
period following the closing date of the | ||||
raccoon hunting season except
that the Department may issue | ||||
field trial permits in accordance with Section
2.34 of this | ||||
Act. A non-resident from a state with more restrictive
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fur-bearer pursuit regulations for any particular species than | ||||
provided for
that species in this Act may not pursue that | ||||
species in Illinois except
during the period of time that | ||
Illinois residents are allowed to pursue
that species in the | ||
non-resident's state of residence. Hound running areas | ||
approved by the Department shall be exempt from the
provisions | ||
of this Section.
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It shall be unlawful to take beaver, weasel, mink or | ||
muskrat except during
the open season set annually by the | ||
Director, and then, only with traps.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to trap beaver with | ||
traps except during
the open season which will be set annually | ||
by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1st and 12:00 | ||
midnight, March 31.
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Coyote may be taken by trapping methods only during the | ||
period from
September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | ||
hunting methods at any time.
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Striped skunk may be taken by trapping methods only during | ||
the period
from September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | ||
hunting methods at
any time.
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For the purpose of taking fur-bearing mammals, the State | ||
may be
divided into management zones by administrative rule.
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Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the taking or | ||
possessing of fur-bearing mammals found dead or | ||
unintentionally killed by a vehicle along a roadway during the | ||
open season provided the person who possesses such fur-bearing | ||
mammals has all appropriate licenses, stamps, or permits; the | ||
season for which the species possessed is open; and that such | ||
possession and disposal of such fur-bearing mammals is | ||
otherwise subject to the provisions of this Section. | ||
The provisions of this Section are subject to modification | ||
by
administrative rule.
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(Source: P.A. 95-196, eff. 1-1-08.)
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(520 ILCS 5/2.31) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.31)
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Sec. 2.31.
Except as provided in Section 2.30, it It shall | ||
be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take wild
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birds or wild mammals along, upon, across, or from any public | ||
right-of-way
or highway in this State.
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(Source: P.A. 77-1781.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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