101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3230

 

Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Dale Fowler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/3.1  from Ch. 61, par. 3.1

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that owners of land and their children, parents, brothers, and sisters shall have the right to hunt upon their lands without procuring a State Habitat Stamp, but the hunting shall be done only during periods of time and with devices and by methods as are permitted by the Code. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
53.1 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
9the species protected by Section 2.2 for which an open season
10is established under this Act, he shall first have procured and
11possess a valid hunting license, except as provided in Section
123.1-5 of this Code.
13    Before any person 18 years of age or older shall take or
14attempt to take any bird of the species defined as migratory
15waterfowl by Section 2.2, including coots, he shall first have
16procured a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp.
17    Before any person 18 years of age or older takes, attempts
18to take, or pursues any species of wildlife protected by this
19Code, except migratory waterfowl, coots, and hand-reared birds
20on licensed game breeding and hunting preserve areas and state
21controlled pheasant hunting areas, he or she shall first obtain
22a State Habitat Stamp. Veterans with disabilities and former
23prisoners of war shall not be required to obtain State Habitat

 

 

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1Stamps. Any person who obtained a lifetime license before
2January 1, 1993, shall not be required to obtain State Habitat
3Stamps. Income from the sale of State Furbearer Stamps and
4State Pheasant Stamps received after the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of 1992 shall be deposited into the State
6Furbearer Fund and State Pheasant Fund, respectively.
7    Before any person 18 years of age or older shall take,
8attempt to take, or sell the green hide of any mammal of the
9species defined as fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which
10an open season is established under this Act, he shall first
11have procured a State Habitat Stamp.
12    (b) Before any person who is a non-resident of the State of
13Illinois shall take or attempt to take any of the species
14protected by Section 2.2 for which an open season is
15established under this Act, he shall, unless specifically
16exempted by law, first procure a non-resident license as
17provided by this Act for the taking of any wild game.
18    Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take
19white-tailed deer, he shall first have procured a Deer Hunting
20Permit as defined in Section 2.26 of this Code.
21    Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take wild
22turkeys, he shall have procured a Wild Turkey Hunting Permit as
23defined in Section 2.11 of this Code.
24    (c) The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of, farm
25lands and their children, parents, brothers, and sisters
26actually permanently residing on their lands shall have the

 

 

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1right to hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2 upon
2their lands and waters without procuring hunting licenses; but
3the hunting shall be done only during periods of time and with
4devices and by methods as are permitted by this Act. Any person
5on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States who
6is now and who was at the time of entering the Armed Forces a
7resident of Illinois and who entered the Armed Forces from this
8State, and who is presently on ordinary or emergency leave from
9the Armed Forces, and any resident of Illinois who has a
10disability may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2
11without procuring a hunting license, but the hunting shall be
12done only during such periods of time and with devices and by
13methods as are permitted by this Act. For the purpose of this
14Section a person is a person with a disability when that person
15has a Type 1 or Type 4, Class 2 disability as defined in
16Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act. For
17purposes of this Section, an Illinois Person with a Disability
18Identification Card issued pursuant to the Illinois
19Identification Card Act indicating that the person named has a
20Type 1 or Type 4, Class 2 disability shall be adequate
21documentation of the disability.
22    Owners of land and their children, parents, brothers, and
23sisters shall have the right to hunt upon their lands without
24procuring a State Habitat Stamp, but the hunting shall be done
25only during periods of time and with devices and by methods as
26are permitted by this Act.

 

 

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1    (d) A courtesy non-resident license, permit, or stamp for
2taking game may be issued at the discretion of the Director,
3without fee, to any person officially employed in the game and
4fish or conservation department of another state or of the
5United States who is within the State to assist or consult or
6cooperate with the Director; or to the officials of other
7states, the United States, foreign countries, or officers or
8representatives of conservation organizations or publications
9while in the State as guests of the Governor or Director. The
10Director may provide to nonresident participants and official
11gunners at field trials an exemption from licensure while
12participating in a field trial.
13    (e) State Migratory Waterfowl Stamps shall be required for
14those persons qualifying under subsections (c) and (d) who
15intend to hunt migratory waterfowl, including coots, to the
16extent that hunting licenses of the various types are
17authorized and required by this Section for those persons.
18    (f) Registration in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Migratory
19Bird Harvest Information Program shall be required for those
20persons who are required to have a hunting license before
21taking or attempting to take any bird of the species defined as
22migratory game birds by Section 2.2, except that this
23subsection shall not apply to crows in this State or
24hand-reared birds on licensed game breeding and hunting
25preserve areas, for which an open season is established by this
26Act. Persons registering with the Program must carry proof of

 

 

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1registration with them while migratory bird hunting.
2    The Department shall publish suitable prescribed
3regulations pertaining to registration by the migratory bird
4hunter in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird
5Harvest Information Program.
6(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-638, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.