HB3611 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3611

Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Jil Tracy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

520 ILCS 5/3.2a	from Ch. 61, par. 3.2a
520 ILCS 5/3.4a	from Ch. 61, par. 3.4a

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that no person charged with violating a provision requiring possession of the necessary license, permit, or stamp while hunting shall be convicted if that person produces, in court, satisfactory evidence that the necessary license, permit, or stamp was issued to him or her and was valid at the time of his or her arrest. Provides a corresponding exception to a similar provision.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 changing Sections 3.2a and 3.4a as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/3.2a) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2a)

Sec. 3.2a. Every person holding any license, permit or stamp issued under the provisions hereof shall have it in his possession for immediate presentation for inspection to the officers and authorized employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff or any other peace officer making a demand for it. No person charged with violating this Section shall be convicted, however, if that person produces, in court, satisfactory evidence that the necessary license, permit, or stamp was issued to him or her and was valid at the time of his or her arrest.

This provision shall not apply to Department owned or managed sites where it is required that all hunters deposit their license, permit or Firearm Owner's Identification Card at the check station upon entering the hunting areas.

(Source: P.A. 85-152.)

(520 ILCS 5/3.4a) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.4a)

Sec. 3.4a. Every person holding any license, stamp or permit issued under the provisions hereof shall have the same in his possession for immediate presentation for inspection to the authorized employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer, making demand for same. No person charged with violating this Section shall be convicted, however, if that person produces, in court, satisfactory evidence that the necessary license, permit, or stamp was issued to him or her and was valid at the time of his or her arrest.

(Source: P.A. 86-159.)