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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 Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 20-15 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (515 ILCS 5/20-15) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-15) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 20-15. Owners fishing own land; exemption. The owners | ||||||
8 | or bona fide
tenants of lands, actually residing on the lands | ||||||
9 | and their children,
parents, brothers, and sisters actually | ||||||
10 | permanently residing with them have
the right to take with a | ||||||
11 | sport fishing device fish of the
kind permitted to be
taken or | ||||||
12 | caught under this Code from waters lying upon or flowing over | ||||||
13 | the
lands without procuring licenses to do so. This exemption | ||||||
14 | does not apply to
club lakes, organizational lakes, or lake | ||||||
15 | developments. Any individual on
active duty with the armed | ||||||
16 | forces of the United States who is now and was
at the time of | ||||||
17 | entering the Armed Forces a resident of Illinois, who
entered | ||||||
18 | the Armed Forces from this State, and who is presently on | ||||||
19 | ordinary
or emergency leave from the Armed Forces has the right | ||||||
20 | to catch or take with a sport
fishing device fish permitted to | ||||||
21 | be taken or caught by this Code without procuring a
license. | ||||||
22 | Any individual exempt from licensure under this Section has | ||||||
23 | only
the authority and privileges in taking fish as are |
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1 | provided by this Code.
Fishing by an exempt individual may be | ||||||
2 | done only during seasons when
it is lawful. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.) | ||||||
4 | Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 3.1 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (520 ILCS 5/3.1) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.1) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 3.1. License and stamps required. | ||||||
8 | (a) Before any person shall take or attempt to take any of | ||||||
9 | the species
protected by Section 2.2 for which an open season | ||||||
10 | is established under this
Act, he shall first have procured and | ||||||
11 | possess a valid hunting license, except as provided in Section | ||||||
12 | 3.1-5 of this Code. | ||||||
13 | Before any person 16 years of age or older shall take or
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14 | attempt to take any bird of the species defined as migratory | ||||||
15 | waterfowl by
Section 2.2, including coots, he shall first have | ||||||
16 | procured a State
Migratory Waterfowl Stamp. | ||||||
17 | Before any person 16 years of age or older takes, attempts | ||||||
18 | to take, or
pursues any species of wildlife protected by this | ||||||
19 | Code, except migratory
waterfowl, coots, and hand-reared birds | ||||||
20 | on licensed game breeding and hunting
preserve areas and state | ||||||
21 | controlled pheasant hunting areas, he or she shall
first obtain | ||||||
22 | a State Habitat Stamp. Disabled veterans and former prisoners | ||||||
23 | of
war shall not be required to obtain State Habitat Stamps. | ||||||
24 | Any person who
obtained a lifetime license before January 1, |
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1 | 1993, shall not be required to
obtain State Habitat Stamps. | ||||||
2 | Income from the sale of State Furbearer Stamps and
State | ||||||
3 | Pheasant Stamps received after the effective date of this | ||||||
4 | amendatory Act
of 1992 shall be deposited into the State | ||||||
5 | Furbearer Fund and State Pheasant
Fund, respectively. | ||||||
6 | Before any person 16 years of age or older shall take, | ||||||
7 | attempt to
take, or sell the green hide of any mammal of the | ||||||
8 | species defined as
fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which | ||||||
9 | an open season is established
under this Act, he shall first | ||||||
10 | have procured a State Habitat Stamp. | ||||||
11 | (b) Before any person who is a non-resident of the State of | ||||||
12 | Illinois
shall take or attempt to take any of the species | ||||||
13 | protected by Section
2.2
for which an open season is | ||||||
14 | established under this Act, he shall,
unless specifically | ||||||
15 | exempted by law, first procure a non-resident
license as | ||||||
16 | provided by this Act for the taking of any wild game. | ||||||
17 | Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take | ||||||
18 | white-tailed deer,
he shall first have procured a Deer Hunting | ||||||
19 | Permit as defined in Section
2.26 of this Code. | ||||||
20 | Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take wild | ||||||
21 | turkeys, he
shall have procured a Wild Turkey Hunting Permit as | ||||||
22 | defined in Section 2.11
of this Code. | ||||||
23 | (c) The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of, farm | ||||||
24 | lands and their
children, parents, brothers, and sisters | ||||||
25 | actually permanently residing on
their lands shall have the | ||||||
26 | right to hunt any of the species protected by
Section 2.2 upon |
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1 | their lands and waters without procuring hunting licenses;
but | ||||||
2 | the hunting shall be done only during periods of time and with | ||||||
3 | devices
and by methods as are permitted by this Act. Any person | ||||||
4 | on active duty
with the Armed Forces of the United States who | ||||||
5 | is now and who was at the
time of entering the Armed Forces a | ||||||
6 | resident of Illinois and who entered
the Armed Forces from this | ||||||
7 | State, and who is presently on ordinary or emergency leave
from | ||||||
8 | the Armed Forces, and any resident of Illinois who is disabled | ||||||
9 | may hunt
any of the species protected by Section 2.2 without | ||||||
10 | procuring a hunting
license, but the hunting shall be done only | ||||||
11 | during such periods of time and
with devices and by methods as | ||||||
12 | are permitted by this Act. For the purpose of
this Section a | ||||||
13 | person is disabled when that person has a Type 1 or Type 4,
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14 | Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Identification Card
Act. For purposes of this Section, an | ||||||
16 | Illinois Disabled Person Identification
Card issued pursuant | ||||||
17 | to the Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that
the | ||||||
18 | person named has a Type 1 or Type 4, Class 2 disability shall | ||||||
19 | be adequate
documentation of the disability. | ||||||
20 | (d) A courtesy non-resident license, permit, or stamp for | ||||||
21 | taking game
may be issued at the
discretion of the Director, | ||||||
22 | without fee, to any person officially employed
in the game and | ||||||
23 | fish or conservation department of another state or of the
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24 | United States who is within the State to assist or consult or | ||||||
25 | cooperate
with the Director; or to the officials of other | ||||||
26 | states, the United States,
foreign countries, or officers or |
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1 | representatives of conservation
organizations or publications | ||||||
2 | while in the State as guests of the Governor
or Director. The | ||||||
3 | Director may provide to nonresident participants and
official | ||||||
4 | gunners at field trials an exemption from licensure while
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5 | participating in a field trial. | ||||||
6 | (e) State Migratory Waterfowl Stamps shall be required for | ||||||
7 | those persons
qualifying under subsections (c) and (d) who | ||||||
8 | intend to hunt migratory
waterfowl, including coots, to the | ||||||
9 | extent that hunting licenses of the
various types are | ||||||
10 | authorized and required by this Section for those persons. | ||||||
11 | (f) Registration in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Migratory | ||||||
12 | Bird Harvest
Information Program shall be required for those | ||||||
13 | persons who are required to
have a hunting license before | ||||||
14 | taking
or attempting to take any bird of the species defined as | ||||||
15 | migratory game birds
by Section 2.2, except that this | ||||||
16 | subsection shall not apply to crows in this
State
or | ||||||
17 | hand-reared birds on licensed game breeding and hunting | ||||||
18 | preserve areas, for
which an open season is established by this | ||||||
19 | Act. Persons registering with the
Program must carry proof of | ||||||
20 | registration with them while migratory bird
hunting. | ||||||
21 | The Department shall publish suitable prescribed | ||||||
22 | regulations pertaining to
registration by the migratory bird | ||||||
23 | hunter in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Migratory Bird | ||||||
24 | Harvest Information Program. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 94-1024, eff. 7-14-06.)
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