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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 2.26 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
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7 | Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. In this Section,
"bona | ||||||
8 | fide equity shareholder" means an individual who (1) purchased, | ||||||
9 | for
market price, publicly sold stock shares in a corporation,
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10 | purchased shares of a privately-held corporation for a value
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11 | equal to the percentage of the appraised value of the corporate | ||||||
12 | assets
represented by the ownership in the corporation, or is a | ||||||
13 | member of a
closely-held family-owned corporation and has | ||||||
14 | purchased or been gifted with
shares of stock in the | ||||||
15 | corporation accurately reflecting his or her
percentage of | ||||||
16 | ownership and (2) intends to retain the ownership of the
shares | ||||||
17 | of stock for at least 5 years.
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18 | In this Section, "bona fide equity member" means an | ||||||
19 | individual who (1) (i)
became a member
upon
the formation of | ||||||
20 | the limited liability company or (ii) has purchased a
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21 | distributional interest in a limited liability company for a | ||||||
22 | value equal to the
percentage of the appraised value of the LLC | ||||||
23 | assets represented by the
distributional interest in the LLC |
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1 | and subsequently becomes a member of the
company
pursuant to | ||||||
2 | Article 30 of the Limited Liability Company Act and who (2)
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3 | intends to retain the membership for at least 5 years.
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4 | In this Section, "bona fide equity partner" means an | ||||||
5 | individual who (1) (i) became a partner, either general or | ||||||
6 | limited, upon the formation of a partnership or limited | ||||||
7 | partnership, or (ii) has purchased, acquired, or been gifted a | ||||||
8 | partnership interest accurately representing his or her | ||||||
9 | percentage distributional interest in the profits, losses, and | ||||||
10 | assets of a partnership or limited partnership, (2) intends to | ||||||
11 | retain ownership of the partnership interest for at least 5 | ||||||
12 | years, and (3) is a resident of Illinois.
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13 | Any person attempting to take deer shall first obtain a | ||||||
14 | "Deer
Hunting Permit" in accordance with prescribed | ||||||
15 | regulations set forth in an
Administrative Rule. Deer Hunting | ||||||
16 | Permits shall be issued by the Department.
The fee for a Deer | ||||||
17 | Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
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18 | shall not exceed $15.00 for residents of the State. The | ||||||
19 | Department may by
administrative rule provide for non-resident | ||||||
20 | deer hunting permits for which the
fee will not exceed $300 in | ||||||
21 | 2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as | ||||||
22 | provided below for non-resident landowners
and non-resident | ||||||
23 | archery hunters. The Department may by
administrative rule | ||||||
24 | provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting
of | ||||||
25 | not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325 | ||||||
26 | in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter.
Permits |
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1 | shall be issued without charge to:
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2 | (a) Illinois landowners residing in Illinois who own at | ||||||
3 | least 40 acres of
Illinois land and wish to hunt their land | ||||||
4 | only,
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5 | (b) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of commercial | ||||||
6 | agricultural land
where they will hunt, and
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7 | (c) Bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation,
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8 | bona fide
equity
members of a limited liability
company, or | ||||||
9 | bona fide equity partners of a general or limited | ||||||
10 | partnership
which owns at least 40 acres of land
in a | ||||||
11 | county in Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's, | ||||||
12 | company's, or partnership's land only.
One permit shall be | ||||||
13 | issued without charge to one bona fide equity
shareholder, | ||||||
14 | one bona fide equity member, or one bona fide equity | ||||||
15 | partner for each 40
acres of land owned by the corporation, | ||||||
16 | company, or partnership in
a county; however, the number of
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17 | permits issued without charge to bona fide equity | ||||||
18 | shareholders of any
corporation or bona fide equity members
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19 | of a limited
liability company in any
county shall not | ||||||
20 | exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the case of bona fide | ||||||
21 | equity partners of a partnership. | ||||||
22 | (d) Illinois resident veterans who, according to the | ||||||
23 | determination of the Veterans' Administration as certified | ||||||
24 | by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, are at least 100% | ||||||
25 | disabled with service-related disabilities or in receipt | ||||||
26 | of total disability pensions, if the permit is currently |
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1 | available through the normal application process.
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2 | Bona fide landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt | ||||||
3 | only on the land
they own, rent, or lease or bona fide equity | ||||||
4 | shareholders, bona fide
equity
members, or bona fide equity | ||||||
5 | partners who do not wish to hunt
only on the
land owned by the | ||||||
6 | corporation, limited liability company, or partnership
shall | ||||||
7 | be
charged the same fee as the
applicant who is not a | ||||||
8 | landowner, tenant, bona fide equity
shareholder,
bona fide | ||||||
9 | equity member, or bona fide equity partner. Nonresidents
of
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10 | Illinois who own at least 40 acres of land and wish to hunt on | ||||||
11 | their land only
shall be charged a fee set by administrative | ||||||
12 | rule. The method for
obtaining these permits shall be | ||||||
13 | prescribed by administrative rule.
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14 | The deer hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid | ||||||
15 | on
all farm lands which the person to whom it is issued owns, | ||||||
16 | leases or rents,
except that : (i) in the case of a permit | ||||||
17 | issued to a bona fide equity
shareholder, bona fide equity | ||||||
18 | member, or bona fide equity partner, the
permit shall
be valid | ||||||
19 | on all lands owned by the corporation, limited liability
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20 | company, or partnership in the county , and (ii) in the case of | ||||||
21 | a permit issued to a disabled veteran pursuant to paragraph (d) | ||||||
22 | of this Section, the permit shall be valid on any land in this | ||||||
23 | State on which deer hunting is otherwise permitted .
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24 | The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow | ||||||
25 | and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by | ||||||
26 | administrative rule.
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1 | No person may have in his possession any firearm not | ||||||
2 | authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting season | ||||||
3 | when taking deer.
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4 | Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be | ||||||
5 | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | ||||||
6 | before sunrise to
1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those | ||||||
7 | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | ||||||
8 | deer by use of shotgun, handgun, or muzzle
loading
rifle.
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9 | Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be | ||||||
10 | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | ||||||
11 | before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those | ||||||
12 | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | ||||||
13 | deer by use of bow and arrow.
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14 | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of | ||||||
15 | dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by | ||||||
16 | the use of salt
or bait of any kind. An area is considered as | ||||||
17 | baited during the presence
of and for 10 consecutive days | ||||||
18 | following the removal of bait. Nothing in this Section shall | ||||||
19 | prohibit the use of a dog to track wounded deer. Any person | ||||||
20 | using a dog for tracking wounded deer must maintain physical | ||||||
21 | control of the dog at all times by means of a maximum 50 foot | ||||||
22 | lead attached to the dog's collar or harness. Tracking wounded | ||||||
23 | deer is permissible at night, but at no time outside of legal | ||||||
24 | deer hunting hours or seasons shall any person handling or | ||||||
25 | accompanying a dog being used for tracking wounded deer be in | ||||||
26 | possession of any firearm or archery device. Persons tracking |
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1 | wounded deer with a dog during the firearm deer seasons shall | ||||||
2 | wear blaze orange as required. Dog handlers tracking wounded | ||||||
3 | deer with a dog are exempt from hunting license and deer permit | ||||||
4 | requirements so long as they are accompanied by the licensed | ||||||
5 | deer hunter who wounded the deer.
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6 | It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer | ||||||
7 | which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public | ||||||
8 | highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted by | ||||||
9 | administrative rule.
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10 | Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and | ||||||
11 | arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked | ||||||
12 | position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
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13 | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | ||||||
14 | limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in any | ||||||
15 | deer hunting party.
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16 | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | ||||||
17 | limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate with bow | ||||||
18 | and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
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19 | The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the | ||||||
20 | gun deer
season by administrative rule.
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21 | The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident | ||||||
22 | either sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
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23 | It shall be legal for handicapped persons, as defined in | ||||||
24 | Section 2.33, and persons age 62 or older to
utilize a crossbow | ||||||
25 | device, as defined in Department rules, to take deer.
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26 | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this |
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1 | Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a | ||||||
2 | Class B misdemeanor.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 94-10, eff. 6-7-05; 95-289, eff. 8-20-07; 95-329, | ||||||
4 | eff. 8-21-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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