HB1047ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

Filed: 4/20/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1047

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1047 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Sections 1.13, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.13 as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/1.13) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.13)

Sec. 1.13. The Department is authorized to issue a "Public Hunting Grounds for Waterfowl" daily usage stamp at a fee not to exceed $10 for duck hunting areas, and not to exceed $15 for Canada goose hunting areas; and assess a daily "Public Hunting Grounds for Game Birds Pheasants" fee not to exceed $25 ($35 for non-residents) in 2008 and increasing by $5 every third year until the maximum fee is $50 ($60 for non-residents). Each person shall obtain such a stamp from the Department to be attached to the permit assigned to a person, or pay the daily fee to hunt game birds pheasants, under the provisions of the rules and regulations made by the Department for the operation of State Public Hunting Grounds. Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.

The Department is authorized to permit hunters to harvest both male and female hand reared pheasants, bobwhite quail, chukar partridge, and gray partridge released on such public hunting grounds. The Department is further authorized to permit hunters to harvest hand-reared game birds on State Public Hunting Grounds during a season set by administrative rule between the dates of September 1 and March 31, both inclusive.

The Department shall cause an administrative rule, setting forth the rules and regulations for the operation of Public Hunting Areas on lands and waters owned or leased by this State.

(Source: P.A. 95-1037, eff. 2-17-09.)

(520 ILCS 5/2.6) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.6)

Sec. 2.6. Pheasant season; limits.

It shall be unlawful for any person to take cock pheasants except with shotgun or bow and arrow during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of October 15--January 31st, both inclusive, except as provided in Section 1.13. Dogs may be used in hunting with either shotgun or bow and arrow.

It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the daily limit and possession limit of cock pheasants. The daily and possession limits for cock pheasants shall be set annually by the Director of the Department and shall not exceed a daily limit of 3 and a possession limit of 6, except as provided by Sections 1.13, 3.27 and 3.28 of this Act.

It is unlawful to remove plumage of pheasants in the field or while being transported from the field to one's home or to a commercial preservation facility.

It shall be unlawful to take or possess hen pheasants at any time, except as provided in Section 2.4, 3.23 or 3.27.

The provisions of this Section are subject to modification by administrative rule.

(Source: P.A. 90-225, eff. 7-25-97.)

(520 ILCS 5/2.7) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.7)

Sec. 2.7. It shall be unlawful for any person to take quail except with shotgun, or bow and arrow, and only during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of October 15th - January 31st, both inclusive, except as provided in Section 1.13. Dogs may be used in hunting with either shotgun or bow and arrow.

It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the daily limit and possession limit of bobwhite quail that shall be set annually by the Director of the Department which cannot exceed a daily take limit of 10 and a possession limit of 20.

The provisions of this Section are subject to modification by administrative rule.

(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

(520 ILCS 5/2.13) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.13)

Sec. 2.13. It shall be unlawful for any person to take Hungarian partridge except with shotgun, or bow and arrow, during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of October 15th - January 31st, both inclusive, except as provided in Section 1.13.

It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the daily limit and possession limit of Hungarian partridge that will be set annually by the Director of the Department which cannot exceed a daily take limit of 6 and a possession limit of 12. Dogs may be used in hunting with either gun or bow and arrow.

(Source: P.A. 81-382.)".