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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 | 3.3 as follows:
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| 6 | (520 ILCS 5/3.3) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.3)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.3. Trapping license required. Before any person | ||||||
| 8 | shall trap any
of the mammals protected
by this Act, for which | ||||||
| 9 | an open trapping season has been established, he shall
first | ||||||
| 10 | procure a trapping license from the Department to do so. No | ||||||
| 11 | traps
shall be placed in the field, set or unset, prior to the | ||||||
| 12 | opening day of
the trapping season.
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| 13 | Traps used in the taking of such mammals shall be marked or
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| 14 | tagged with metal tags or inscribed in lettering giving the | ||||||
| 15 | name and
address of the owner, or the customer identification | ||||||
| 16 | number issued by the Department, and absence of such mark or | ||||||
| 17 | tag shall be prima
facie evidence that such trap or traps are | ||||||
| 18 | illegally used and the trap
or traps shall be confiscated and | ||||||
| 19 | disposed of as directed by the
Department.
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| 20 | Before any person 16 years of age or older shall trap, | ||||||
| 21 | attempt to
trap, or sell the green hides of any mammal of the | ||||||
| 22 | species defined as
fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which | ||||||
| 23 | an open season is established
under this Act, he shall first | ||||||
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| 1 | have procured a State Habitat Stamp.
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| 2 | Before a trapping license shall be issued to any person | ||||||
| 3 | under the age of
sixteen years, such person shall obtain the | ||||||
| 4 | written consent of his father,
mother or legally constituted | ||||||
| 5 | guardian to obtain such license.
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| 6 | Beginning January 1, 2016, no trapping license shall be | ||||||
| 7 | issued to any
person born on or after January 1, 1998 unless he | ||||||
| 8 | or she presents to the authorized issuer of the license | ||||||
| 9 | evidence that he or she has a
certificate of competency | ||||||
| 10 | provided for in this Section.
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| 11 | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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| 12 | personnel of the Department,
or volunteer instructors, found by | ||||||
| 13 | the Department to be competent,
to provide instruction in | ||||||
| 14 | courses on trapping techniques and ethical trapping
behavior as | ||||||
| 15 | needed throughout the State, which courses shall be at least
8 | ||||||
| 16 | hours in length. Persons so authorized shall provide | ||||||
| 17 | instruction in such
courses to individuals at no charge, and | ||||||
| 18 | shall issue to individuals
successfully completing such | ||||||
| 19 | courses certificates of competency in basic
trapping | ||||||
| 20 | techniques. The Department shall cooperate in establishing | ||||||
| 21 | such
courses with any reputable association or organization | ||||||
| 22 | which has as one of
its objectives the promotion of the ethical | ||||||
| 23 | use of legal fur harvesting
devices and techniques. The | ||||||
| 24 | Department shall furnish information on the
requirements of the | ||||||
| 25 | trapper education program to be distributed free of
charge to | ||||||
| 26 | applicants for trapping licenses by the persons appointed and
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| 1 | authorized to issue licenses.
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| 2 | The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of farm lands, | ||||||
| 3 | and their
children actually residing on such lands, shall have | ||||||
| 4 | the right to trap
mammals protected by this Act, for which an | ||||||
| 5 | open trapping season has been
established, upon such lands, | ||||||
| 6 | without procuring licenses, provided that
such mammals are | ||||||
| 7 | taken during the periods of time and with such devices as
are | ||||||
| 8 | permitted by this Act.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 98-913, eff. 1-1-15; 99-868, eff. 1-1-17.)
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 11 | becoming law.
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