HB3425enr 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3425 Enrolled LRB095 10014 CMK 32159 b

AN ACT concerning wildlife.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section 2.39 as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/2.39 new)

Sec. 2.39. Local control of deer population. A municipality or other unit of local government that conducts a scientific study, of at least 4 years and approved by the Department, on controlling the deer population, using a method in addition to taking of the deer, in that municipality or other unit of local government and concludes, as a result of that study, that the deer population of the municipality or other unit of local government may be managed, using that alternative method, in a way that results in sustainable deer populations, then the Department must permit the municipality or other unit of local government to implement the alternative method of deer population control on the lands of that municipality or other unit of local government at the municipality's or unit of local government's own expense. The municipality or unit of local government must report to the Department, on an annual basis, the local deer population count, as required by administrative rule.

This Section is repealed on January 1, 2014.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.