Full Text of SB2271 94th General Assembly
SB2271eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2.11 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/2.11) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.11)
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| Sec. 2.11. Before any person may lawfully hunt wild turkey, | 8 |
| he shall first
obtain a "Wild Turkey Hunting Permit" in | 9 |
| accordance with the prescribed
regulations set forth in an | 10 |
| administrative rule of the Department. The
fee for a Resident | 11 |
| Wild Turkey Hunting Permit shall not exceed $15.
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| Upon submitting suitable evidence of legal residence in any | 13 |
| other state,
non-residents shall be charged a fee not to exceed | 14 |
| $125 for wild
turkey hunting
permits, except as provided below | 15 |
| for non-resident land owners.
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| Permits shall be issued without charge to:
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| (a) Illinois landowners residing in Illinois who own at | 18 |
| least 40 acres of
Illinois land and wish to hunt on their | 19 |
| land only,
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| (b) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of commercial
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| agricultural land, and
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| (c) Bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation,
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| bona fide
equity
members of a limited liability
company, or | 24 |
| bona fide equity partners of a general or limited | 25 |
| partnership
which owns at least 40 acres of land
in a | 26 |
| county in Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's, | 27 |
| company's, or partnership's land only.
One permit shall be | 28 |
| issued without charge to one bona fide equity
shareholder, | 29 |
| one bona fide equity member, or one bona fide equity | 30 |
| partner for each 40
acres of land owned by the corporation, | 31 |
| company, or partnership in
a county; however, the number of
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| permits issued without charge to bona fide equity |
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| shareholders of any
corporation or bona fide equity members
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| of a limited
liability company in any
county shall not | 3 |
| exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the case of bona fide | 4 |
| equity partners of a partnership.
shareholders of a | 5 |
| corporation which owns at least 40 acres of
land in a | 6 |
| county in Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's | 7 |
| land only.
One permit shall be issued without charge to one | 8 |
| shareholder for each 40
acres of land owned by the | 9 |
| corporation in a county; however, the number of
permits | 10 |
| issued without charge to shareholders of any corporation in | 11 |
| any
county shall not exceed 15.
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| The turkey hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid | 13 |
| on all lands
upon which the person to whom it is issued owns, | 14 |
| leases or rents, except
that in the case of a permit issued | 15 |
| without charge to a shareholder of a
corporation, the permit | 16 |
| shall be valid on all lands owned by the
corporation in the | 17 |
| county.
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| The Department may by administrative rule allocate and | 19 |
| issue non-resident
Wild Turkey Permits and establish fees for | 20 |
| such permits.
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| It shall be unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a | 22 |
| bow and arrow
or a shotgun of not larger than 10 nor smaller | 23 |
| than 20 gauge with shot
size not larger than No. 4, and no | 24 |
| person while attempting to so take
wild turkey may have in his | 25 |
| possession any other gun.
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| It shall be unlawful to take, or attempt to take wild | 27 |
| turkey except
during the time from 1/2 hour before sunrise to | 28 |
| 1/2 hour after sunset or during
such lesser period of time as | 29 |
| may be specified by administrative rule,
during those days for | 30 |
| which an open season is established.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person to take, or attempt to | 32 |
| take, wild
turkey by use of dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft | 33 |
| or other vehicles,
or conveyances, or by the use of bait of any | 34 |
| kind.
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| It is unlawful for any person to take in Illinois or have | 36 |
| in his possession
more than one wild turkey per valid permit. |
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| For purposes of this Section "bona fide equity | 2 |
| shareholder", "bona fide equity member", and "bona fide equity | 3 |
| partner" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section | 4 |
| 2.26 of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-177, eff. 7-27-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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