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Public Act 098-0913
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AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section |
3.3 as follows:
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(520 ILCS 5/3.3) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.3)
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Sec. 3.3. Trapping license required. Before any person |
shall trap any
of the mammals protected
by this Act, for which |
an open trapping season has been established, he shall
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procure a trapping license from the Department to do so. No |
traps
shall be placed in the field, set or unset, prior to the |
opening day of
the trapping season.
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Traps used in the taking of such mammals shall be marked or
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tagged with metal tags or inscribed in lettering giving the |
name and
address of the owner, and absence of such mark or tag |
shall be prima
facie evidence that such trap or traps are |
illegally used and the trap
or traps shall be confiscated and |
disposed of as directed by the
Department.
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Before any person 16 years of age or older shall trap, |
attempt to
trap, or sell the green hides 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.
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Before a trapping license shall be issued to any person |
under the age of
sixteen years, such person shall obtain the |
written consent of his father,
mother or legally constituted |
guardian to obtain such license.
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Beginning January 1, 2015 1985, no trapping license shall |
be issued to any
person born on or after January 1, 2015 or who |
has not previously held a valid trapping license issued by this |
State or another state within the 3 years immediately preceding |
the application under 18 years of age unless he or she presents |
to the authorized issuer of the person authorized
to issue such |
license either evidence that he or she has held a trapping |
license
issued by the State of Illinois or another state in a |
prior year, or a
certificate of competency provided for in this |
Section.
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The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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personnel of the Department,
or volunteer instructors, found by |
the Department to be competent,
to provide instruction in |
courses on trapping techniques and ethical trapping
behavior as |
needed throughout the State, which courses shall be at least
8 |
hours in length. Persons so authorized shall provide |
instruction in such
courses to individuals at no charge, and |
shall issue to individuals
successfully completing such |
courses certificates of competency in basic
trapping |
techniques. The Department shall cooperate in establishing |
such
courses with any reputable association or organization |
which has as one of
its objectives the promotion of the ethical |
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use of legal fur harvesting
devices and techniques. The |
Department shall furnish information on the
requirements of the |
trapper education program to be distributed free of
charge to |
applicants for trapping licenses by the persons appointed and
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authorized to issue licenses.
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The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of farm lands, |
and their
children actually residing on such lands, shall have |
the right to trap
mammals protected by this Act, for which an |
open trapping season has been
established, upon such lands, |
without procuring licenses, provided that
such mammals are |
taken during the periods of time and with such devices as
are |
permitted by this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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