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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4604 Introduced , by Rep. John D. Cavaletto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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520 ILCS 5/1.13 | from Ch. 61, par. 1.13 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Changes the name of the fee from "Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants" to "Public Hunting Grounds for Game Birds". Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may permit hunters to take bobwhite quail, chukar partridge, and gray partridge on public hunting grounds. Authorizes the Department to set the hunting season for game birds by administrative rule between the dates of September 1st and March 31st, both inclusive.
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| | HB4604 | | LRB099 16050 EGJ 40372 b |
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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 | | 1.13 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/1.13) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.13)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1.13. The Department is authorized to issue a "Public |
| 8 | | Hunting Grounds
for Waterfowl" daily usage stamp at a fee not |
| 9 | | to exceed $10
for duck hunting areas, and not to exceed $15 for |
| 10 | | Canada goose
hunting areas; and assess a daily "Public Hunting |
| 11 | | Grounds for Game Birds Pheasants" fee not to exceed $25 ($35 |
| 12 | | for non-residents) in 2008 and increasing by $5 every third |
| 13 | | year until the maximum fee is $50 ($60 for non-residents).
Each |
| 14 | | person shall obtain such a stamp from the Department to be |
| 15 | | attached
to the permit
assigned to a person, or pay the daily |
| 16 | | fee to hunt game birds pheasants, under the provisions of the |
| 17 | | rules and regulations made
by the Department for the operation |
| 18 | | of State Public Hunting Grounds. Rulemaking authority to |
| 19 | | implement this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if |
| 20 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance |
| 21 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure |
| 22 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on |
| 23 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for |