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HB3425 Engrossed |
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LRB095 10014 CMK 32159 b |
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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 adding Section |
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| 2.39 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/2.39 new) |
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| Sec. 2.39. Local control of deer population. A municipality |
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| or other unit of local government that conducts a scientific |
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| study, of at least 4 years and approved by the Department, on |
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| controlling the deer population, using a method in addition to |
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| taking of the deer, in that municipality or other unit of local |
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| government and concludes, as a result of that study, that the |
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| deer population of the municipality or other unit of local |
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| government may be managed, using that alternative method, in a |
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| way that results in sustainable deer populations, then the |
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| Department must permit the municipality or other unit of local |
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| government to implement the alternative method of deer |
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| population control on the lands of that municipality or other |
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| unit of local government at the municipality's or unit of local |
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| government's own expense. The municipality or unit of local |
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| government must report to the Department, on an annual basis, |
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| the local deer population count, as required by administrative |
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| rule. |