Full Text of HB1648 98th General Assembly
HB1648ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. John D. Cavaletto Filed: 3/22/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1648
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1648 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2.34 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.34) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.34)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.34. Dog Trials.
| 8 | | (a) Dogs of any breed may be trained the year round in | 9 | | accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
| 10 | | (b) During the periods of time when it is unlawful to take | 11 | | species protected
by this Act, the only firearms which shall be | 12 | | used in the training of
dogs from sunrise to sunset shall be | 13 | | pistols with blank cartridges. No
other gun or ammunition may | 14 | | be in immediate possession during this time.
No person or | 15 | | persons in, along with, or accompanying the dog training
party, | 16 | | shall be in possession of any firearm or live ammunition, |
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pistols capable of firing only blank cartridges during | 2 | | the hours from
sunset to sunrise. All organized field trials or | 3 | | training grounds approved by
the Department shall be exempt | 4 | | from this provision.
| 5 | | (c) No field trial shall be held without a permit from the
| 6 | | Department.
| 7 | | The following Department areas shall be designated as | 8 | | horseback field
trial sites; Lee County Conservation Area, Des | 9 | | Plaines Conservation Area,
Moraine View State Park, Middle Fork | 10 | | Fish and Wildlife Area, Hamilton
County Conservation Area, and | 11 | | Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park. The Department
shall provide and | 12 | | maintain quality wildlife habitat on these sites.
| 13 | | Field trials shall be scheduled only from September 1 | 14 | | through April 30
in the Northern Zone and September 1 through | 15 | | April 15 in the Southern Zone.
The Department maintains the | 16 | | authority to schedule and administer field
trials. The boundary | 17 | | between the Northern Zone and the Southern
Zone shall be U.S. | 18 | | Route 36. However, (i) if the opening date of the field
trial | 19 | | season falls on Sunday, the season will begin on Saturday of | 20 | | that
weekend; and (ii) if the closing date of the field trial | 21 | | season falls on
Saturday, the season will conclude on Sunday of | 22 | | that weekend; and (iii) if
during the final days of the field | 23 | | trial season a field trial organization
begins a field trial | 24 | | which is subsequently interrupted due to inclement
weather, the | 25 | | field trial organization may complete the trial, subject to the
| 26 | | Department's approval, even though the field trial season has |
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trial organization must complete the trial on | 2 | | the first possible day or days.
Field trials for the retrieving | 3 | | breeds are exempt from these field trials
season provisions and | 4 | | shall have no closed season.
| 5 | | The fee for field trials shall be established by the | 6 | | Department by rule.
| 7 | | (d) The Department is authorized to designate dog training
| 8 | | areas and to grant permits for all field trials including those | 9 | | field
trials where game birds reared under Section 3.23 are | 10 | | released and taken
in accordance with the rules and regulations | 11 | | set forth by the
Department. Applications for permits for such | 12 | | trials and training areas
shall be accompanied by detailed | 13 | | information as to the date and the location of
the grounds | 14 | | where such trial area or training grounds is located. | 15 | | Applicants
for field trial or dog training permits must have | 16 | | the consent of the
landowner prior to applying for such permit. | 17 | | Fees and other regulations
will be set by administrative rule.
| 18 | | (e) All permits for designated dog training areas shall | 19 | | expire March 31st of
each year.
| 20 | | (f) Permit holders for designated dog training areas must | 21 | | possess a wild
game breeder's permit or a game breeding and | 22 | | hunting preserve area permit and
may utilize live bird recall | 23 | | devices on such areas.
| 24 | | (g) Nothing shall prevent an individual from using a dog in | 25 | | the taking of
squirrel during the open season.
| 26 | | (h) All hand reared game released and shot at field trials |
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be properly identified with tags as provided for by this | 2 | | Act and such
birds shall be banded before they are removed from | 3 | | the field trial area.
| 4 | | (i) Prior to holding any organized coonhound event with at | 5 | | least 25 participants the individual or organization | 6 | | responsible for the event is required to notify adjacent | 7 | | landowners of the upcoming event. The notice, in writing, shall | 8 | | be delivered to the adjacent landowners 30 days prior to the | 9 | | organized coonhound event by certified mail. The notice shall | 10 | | include the name of the sanctioning individual or organization | 11 | | responsible for the organized coonhound event, the date or | 12 | | dates, the hours of the events, the locations the events are to | 13 | | be held and a valid, operational phone number of the | 14 | | sanctioning individual or organization for the day of the | 15 | | event, which shall not exceed 14 consecutive days. | 16 | | For the purposes of this subsection "participant" means a | 17 | | coonhound. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-920; 87-1051.)".
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