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1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing 
5Section 3.1-6 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/3.1-6)
7    Sec. 3.1-6. Special deer, turkey, and combination hunting 
8licenses.
9    (a) For the purpose of this Section:
10    "Bona fide equity member" means an individual who:
11        (1) (i) became a member upon the formation of the 
12    limited liability company or (ii) has purchased a 
13    distributional interest in a limited liability company for 
14    a value equal to the percentage of the appraised value of 
15    the LLC assets represented by the distributional interest 
16    in the LLC and subsequently becomes a member of the 
17    company under Article 30 of the Limited Liability Company 
18    Act; and
19        (2) intends to retain the membership for at least 5 
20    years.
21    "Bona fide equity partner" means an individual who:
22        (1) (i) became a partner, either general or limited, 
23    upon the formation of a partnership or limited 
 
 
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1    partnership, or (ii) has purchased, acquired, or been 
2    gifted a partnership interest accurately representing his 
3    or her percentage distributional interest in the profits, 
4    losses, and assets of a partnership or limited 
5    partnership;
6        (2) intends to retain ownership of the partnership 
7    interest for at least 5 years; and
8        (3) is a resident of this State.
9    "Bona fide equity shareholder" means an individual who:
10        (1) purchased, for market price, publicly sold stock 
11    shares in a corporation, purchased shares of a 
12    privately-held corporation for a value equal to the 
13    percentage of the appraised value of the corporate assets 
14    represented by the ownership in the corporation, or is a 
15    member of a closely-held family-owned corporation and has 
16    purchased or been gifted with shares of stock in the 
17    corporation accurately reflecting his or her percentage of 
18    ownership; and
19        (2) intends to retain the ownership of the shares of 
20    stock for at least 5 years.
21    "Family member" means a grandparent, parent, sibling, 
22child, grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first 
23cousin. 
24    "Family member landowner" means an individual who is a 
25family member of a landowner and who owns collectively with 
26any other of that individual's other family members at least 
 
 
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140 acres of land in a county in this State.
2    (b) Landowner Deer, Turkey, and combination permits shall 
3be issued without charge to:
4        (1) Illinois landowners residing in this State who own 
5    at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish to hunt upon 
6    their land only;
7        (2) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of 
8    commercial agricultural land where they will hunt; and
9        (3) bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation, 
10    bona fide equity members of a limited liability company, 
11    or bona fide equity partners of a general or limited 
12    partnership which owns at least 40 acres of land in a 
13    county in this State who wish to hunt on the 
14    corporation's, company's, or partnership's land only. One 
15    permit shall be issued without charge to one bona fide 
16    equity shareholder, one bona fide equity member, or one 
17    bona fide equity partner for each 40 acres of land owned by 
18    the corporation, company, or partnership in a county; 
19    however, the number of permits issued without charge to 
20    bona fide equity shareholders of any corporation or bona 
21    fide equity members of a limited liability company in any 
22    county shall not exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the 
23    case of bona fide equity partners of a partnership. 
24    Bona fide landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt 
25only on the land they own, rent, or lease or bona fide equity 
26shareholders, bona fide equity members, or bona fide equity 
 
 
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1partners who do not wish to hunt only on the land owned by the 
2corporation, limited liability company, or partnership shall 
3be charged the same fee as the applicant who is not a 
4landowner, tenant, bona fide equity shareholder, bona fide 
5equity member, or bona fide equity partner. Nonresidents of 
6this State who own at least 40 acres of land and wish to hunt 
7on their land only shall be charged a fee set by administrative 
8rule. The method for obtaining these permits shall be 
9prescribed by administrative rule.
10    In addition to the permits otherwise issued under this 
11subsection (b), the Department shall, upon request, issue to 2 
12additional family member landowners, who own with other family 
13member landowners a parcel of at least 40 acres but who do not 
14all reside on that property, a landowner deer, turkey, and 
15combination permit for hunting only on that property at a cost 
16of no more than the regular permit fee. 
17    (c) The deer, turkey, or combination hunting permit issued 
18without fee shall be valid on all farm lands which the person 
19to whom it is issued owns, leases or rents, except that in the 
20case of a permit issued to a bona fide equity shareholder, bona 
21fide equity member, or bona fide equity partner, the permit 
22shall be valid on all lands owned by the corporation, limited 
23liability company, or partnership in the county. 
24(Source: P.A. 99-869, eff. 1-1-17.)