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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 1.31, 1.32, and 3.2 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/1.31) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.31)
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7 | Sec. 1.31. Pheasant Fund. There is created in the
State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Treasury the State
Pheasant Fund.
All interest earned on monies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | in this Fund shall remain in the
fund.
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10 | (a) Thirty percent of the money collected from the sale of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | State Habitat
Stamps, and all interest earned, gifts, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | donations, grants, and bequests of
money for the
conservation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of wild pheasants shall be deposited
into the State Pheasant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Fund for
appropriation to the Department for the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | purposes:
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16 | (1) 50% of funds derived from the sale of State Habitat
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17 | Stamps and deposited into the State Pheasant Fund, and all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | interest earned, gifts,
donations, grants and bequests of
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19 | money for the conservation of wild pheasants shall be used | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | by the
Department for the conservation of wild pheasants.
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21 | Before allocating any funds under the provisions of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | subsection, the
Department shall submit plans for use of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the funds to the State Pheasant Committee for its approval. |
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1 | Pheasant conservation projects may
include land | ||||||
2 | acquisition, pheasant habitat improvement on public or | ||||||
3 | private
land, pheasant research, and education of the | ||||||
4 | public regarding pheasants
and pheasant hunting. None of | ||||||
5 | the monies spent
under this Section shall be used for | ||||||
6 | administrative expenses.
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7 | (2) 50% of funds derived from the sale of
State Habitat | ||||||
8 | Stamps and deposited into the Pheasant
Fund shall be | ||||||
9 | allocated
by the Department to appropriate
not-for-profit | ||||||
10 | organizations for the purpose of wild pheasant | ||||||
11 | conservation.
Before allocating
any funds under the | ||||||
12 | provisions of this paragraph (2), the Department
shall | ||||||
13 | submit the organizations' plans for use of the funds to the | ||||||
14 | State
Pheasant Committee for its approval. By December 31 | ||||||
15 | of each year,
any organization receiving funds under this | ||||||
16 | paragraph (2) shall report
to the Department and the | ||||||
17 | Committee on its use of those funds.
Pheasant conservation | ||||||
18 | projects may include land acquisition, pheasant
habitat | ||||||
19 | improvement on public or private land, pheasant research, | ||||||
20 | or
education of the public regarding pheasants and pheasant | ||||||
21 | hunting.
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22 | (b) The State Pheasant Committee is created and
shall | ||||||
23 | consist of:
(1) the Chief of the Wildlife
Resources Division or | ||||||
24 | his designee, (2) the Chief of the Land Management
Division or | ||||||
25 | his designee, (3) one representative appointed by the
Director | ||||||
26 | who is from a nonprofit institution, corporation, or university
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1 | within the State and is actively engaged in wildlife research | ||||||
2 | pertaining to
game birds, especially pheasants, (4) the Chief | ||||||
3 | of the Technical Services
Division or his designee, and (5) 2 | ||||||
4 | or
more representatives from statewide pheasant organizations,
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5 | appointed by the Director. The Committee shall review and | ||||||
6 | recommend all
allocation of funds from the State Pheasant Fund.
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7 | (c) At the end of each license accounting period, if 30% of | ||||||
8 | the money
collected from the sale of State Habitat Stamps and | ||||||
9 | deposited into the
State Pheasant Fund is less than $1,000,000,
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10 | $500,000, the Director shall request a
transfer and the State | ||||||
11 | Comptroller
and State Treasurer shall transfer from the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Habitat Fund to the
State Pheasant Fund the amount
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13 | necessary to bring the total deposited into the State Pheasant | ||||||
14 | Fund to $1,000,000
$500,000 .
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15 | (Source: P.A. 86-158; 86-1028; 87-135; 87-1015.)
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16 | (520 ILCS 5/1.32) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.32)
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17 | Sec. 1.32. Distribution of funds; State Furbearer | ||||||
18 | Committee.
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19 | (a) There is created within the State Treasury the State
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20 | Furbearer
Fund.
All interest earned on monies in this Fund | ||||||
21 | shall remain in the fund. Six
percent of the money collected | ||||||
22 | from the sale of State Habitat Stamps, and
all interest earned, | ||||||
23 | gifts, donations, grants, and bequests of money for
the | ||||||
24 | conservation of
furbearing mammals shall be
deposited into the | ||||||
25 | State Furbearer Fund and shall be held
separate and apart from |
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1 | the
general fund. These monies shall be appropriated to the
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2 | Department for the following purposes:
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3 | (1) 10% of all funds derived from the sale of State | ||||||
4 | Habitat Stamps and deposited into the State Furbearer Fund, | ||||||
5 | and
100% of all interest earned, gifts, donations, grants | ||||||
6 | and bequests of money for the
conservation of furbearing | ||||||
7 | mammals shall be
appropriated for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | conservation of fur-bearing mammals, and for
projects, | ||||||
9 | approved by the Department, for the purpose of developing | ||||||
10 | and
improving public fur-bearing mammal habitat management | ||||||
11 | areas within the
State.
The State Furbearer
Committee may | ||||||
12 | include, on an emergency basis only, any projects as the
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13 | repair, maintenance, and operation of mammal habitat | ||||||
14 | management
areas, except that no monies
spent within the | ||||||
15 | State for this purpose shall be used for administrative
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16 | expenses.
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17 | (2) 45% of all funds derived from the sale of State
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18 | Habitat Stamps and deposited into the State Furbearer
Fund | ||||||
19 | shall be allocated by the Department to
suitable non-profit | ||||||
20 | institutions,
corporations, or universities, for projects | ||||||
21 | approved by the Department, for the
purpose of conducting | ||||||
22 | surveys and investigations concerning the biology,
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23 | ecology, and management of fur-bearing mammals within the | ||||||
24 | State. Before
allocating any funds under the provisions of | ||||||
25 | this paragraph (2), the
Department shall obtain evidence | ||||||
26 | that the project is acceptable to the
appropriate |
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1 | non-profit institution, corporation, or university having
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2 | jurisdiction over the expenditure of funds for the project, | ||||||
3 | and shall
consult those non-profit institutions, | ||||||
4 | corporations, and universities and
the State Furbearer | ||||||
5 | Committee for approval before allocating funds.
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6 | (3) 45% of all funds derived from the sale of State
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7 | Habitat Stamps and deposited into the State Furbearer
Fund | ||||||
8 | shall be allocated for
projects approved by the Department | ||||||
9 | for the purpose of educating
hunters and trappers of | ||||||
10 | fur-bearing
mammals within the State and the general
public | ||||||
11 | concerning the role that hunting and trapping has upon
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12 | fur-bearing mammal
management, concerning the laws | ||||||
13 | associated with the harvesting of fur-bearing mammals,
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14 | concerning the techniques used in the hunting and trapping | ||||||
15 | of fur-bearing
mammals, and concerning the
conservation, | ||||||
16 | management, and ecology of fur-bearing mammals. Projects, | ||||||
17 | as
determined by the State Furbearer Committee,
may include | ||||||
18 | the promotion of products made from wild fur-bearing
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19 | mammals, except that no monies
spent for these projects | ||||||
20 | shall be used for administrative expenses.
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21 | All allocations and accounting of moneys in the State | ||||||
22 | Furbearer Fund,
including all expenditures previously | ||||||
23 | incurred, shall be allocated according to the
percentages | ||||||
24 | established by this amendatory Act of 1992.
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25 | (b) The State Furbearer Committee shall consist of: (1) the
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26 | State Furbearer Biologist, (2) the Chief of the Division of |
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1 | Wildlife
Resources or his designee, (3) the Chief of the | ||||||
2 | Division of Land Management
or his designee, (4) one | ||||||
3 | representative appointed by the Director who is
from a | ||||||
4 | nonprofit institution, corporation or university within the | ||||||
5 | State
and is actively engaged in wildlife research pertaining | ||||||
6 | to game or
fur-bearing mammals, and (5) at least 2, but not | ||||||
7 | more than 3, at large representatives
from statewide | ||||||
8 | fur-bearing mammal hunting and trapping organizations
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9 | appointed by the Director. The Committee's duties shall be to | ||||||
10 | review and
recommend all State Furbearer Projects, and to | ||||||
11 | review and recommend all
expenditures from the State Furbearer | ||||||
12 | Fund.
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13 | (c) At the end of each license accounting period, if 6% of | ||||||
14 | the money
collected from the sale of State Habitat Stamps and | ||||||
15 | deposited into the
State Furbearer Fund is less than $200,000
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16 | $100,000 , the Director shall request a
transfer and the State | ||||||
17 | Comptroller and State Treasurer shall transfer
from the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Habitat Fund to the State Furbearer Fund the amount
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19 | necessary to bring the total deposited into the State Furbearer | ||||||
20 | Fund to $200,000
$100,000 .
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21 | (Source: P.A. 86-159; 86-1028; 87-135; 87-1015.)
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22 | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
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23 | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | ||||||
24 | Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, | ||||||
25 | incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any |
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1 | other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | ||||||
2 | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | ||||||
3 | person, the person shall file his application with the | ||||||
4 | Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | ||||||
5 | form provided by the
Department and further give definite proof | ||||||
6 | of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | ||||||
7 | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | ||||||
8 | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
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9 | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | ||||||
10 | duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | ||||||
11 | stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | ||||||
12 | elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized to | ||||||
13 | furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other business | ||||||
14 | establishment. Each
application shall be executed and sworn to | ||||||
15 | and shall set forth the name
and description of the applicant | ||||||
16 | and place of residence.
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17 | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | ||||||
18 | after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | ||||||
19 | to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | ||||||
20 | license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | ||||||
21 | prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | ||||||
22 | Section. Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime | ||||||
23 | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | ||||||
24 | Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | ||||||
25 | be entitled to hunt
unless they have a certificate of | ||||||
26 | competency as provided in this Section and
they shall have the |
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1 | certificate in their possession while hunting.
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2 | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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3 | personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | ||||||
4 | to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | ||||||
5 | firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | ||||||
6 | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
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7 | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | ||||||
8 | receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | ||||||
9 | Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | ||||||
10 | or organization in establishing
courses if the organization has | ||||||
11 | as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | ||||||
12 | handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
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13 | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
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14 | person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the | ||||||
15 | handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | ||||||
16 | persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | ||||||
17 | upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | ||||||
18 | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | ||||||
19 | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | ||||||
20 | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | ||||||
21 | ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
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22 | furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety | ||||||
23 | education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | ||||||
24 | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and | ||||||
25 | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
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26 | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee |
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1 | charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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2 | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | ||||||
3 | resident of
Illinois is $7. For residents age 65 or older, the | ||||||
4 | fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a hunting license to | ||||||
5 | hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. Nonresidents shall | ||||||
6 | be charged $50 for a hunting license.
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7 | Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | ||||||
8 | for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | ||||||
9 | State and shall
be charged a fee of $28.
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10 | A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | ||||||
11 | nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | ||||||
12 | and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section 3.27, | ||||||
13 | shall be issued upon proper
application being made and payment | ||||||
14 | of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. The | ||||||
15 | expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date each | ||||||
16 | year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area licenses | ||||||
17 | expire.
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18 | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | ||||||
19 | regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee | ||||||
20 | of $10 and
shall receive a stamp. Except as provided under
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21 | Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp | ||||||
22 | shall be signed by the person or affixed to his license
or | ||||||
23 | permit in a space designated by the Department for that | ||||||
24 | purpose.
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25 | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of his | ||||||
26 | residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $10
$5 and |
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1 | shall receive a
stamp. Except as provided under Section 20-45 | ||||||
2 | of the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, the stamp shall be signed by | ||||||
3 | the person or affixed to his license or
permit in a space | ||||||
4 | designated by the Department for that purpose.
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5 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | ||||||
6 | the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | ||||||
7 | in any one license year.
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8 | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | ||||||
9 | licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession | ||||||
10 | of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | ||||||
11 | consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used as | ||||||
12 | the Department may order.
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13 | All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | ||||||
14 | expire upon
March 31 of each year.
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15 | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | ||||||
16 | under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | ||||||
17 | possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | ||||||
18 | officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any | ||||||
19 | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a | ||||||
20 | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | ||||||
21 | owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | ||||||
22 | deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | ||||||
23 | Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | ||||||
24 | hunting areas.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 93-554, eff. 8-20-03.)
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26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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1 | 2007.
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