Full Text of SB2281 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 3.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | 8 | | Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, | 9 | | incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any | 10 | | other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | 11 | | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | 12 | | person, the person shall file his application with the | 13 | | Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | 14 | | form provided by the
Department and further give definite proof | 15 | | of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | 16 | | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | 17 | | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
| 18 | | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | 19 | | duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | 20 | | stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | 21 | | elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized to | 22 | | furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other business | 23 | | establishment. Each
application shall be executed and sworn to |
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| 1 | | and shall set forth the name
and description of the applicant | 2 | | and place of residence.
| 3 | | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | 4 | | after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | 5 | | to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | 6 | | license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | 7 | | prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | 8 | | Section. Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime | 9 | | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | 10 | | Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | 11 | | be entitled to hunt
unless they have a certificate of | 12 | | competency as provided in this Section and
they shall have the | 13 | | certificate in their possession while hunting.
| 14 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
| 15 | | personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | 16 | | to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | 17 | | firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | 18 | | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
| 19 | | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | 20 | | receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | 21 | | Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | 22 | | or organization in establishing
courses if the organization has | 23 | | as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | 24 | | handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
| 25 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
| 26 | | person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the |
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| 1 | | handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | 2 | | persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | 3 | | upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | 4 | | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | 5 | | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | 6 | | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | 7 | | ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
| 8 | | furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety | 9 | | education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | 10 | | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and | 11 | | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
| 12 | | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | 13 | | charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
| 14 | | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | 15 | | resident of
Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | 16 | | and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | 17 | | of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | 18 | | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States, | 19 | | the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a hunting license to | 20 | | hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. Veterans must | 21 | | provide to the Department, at one of the Department's 5 | 22 | | regional offices, verification of their service. The | 23 | | Department shall establish what constitutes suitable | 24 | | verification of service for the purpose of issuing resident | 25 | | veterans hunting
licenses at a reduced fee. Nonresidents shall | 26 | | be charged $57 for a hunting license.
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| 1 | | Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | 2 | | for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | 3 | | State and shall
be charged a fee of $35.
| 4 | | A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | 5 | | nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | 6 | | and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section 3.27, | 7 | | shall be issued upon proper
application being made and payment | 8 | | of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. The | 9 | | expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date each | 10 | | year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area licenses | 11 | | expire.
| 12 | | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | 13 | | regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee | 14 | | of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. Except as provided under
| 15 | | Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp | 16 | | shall be signed by the person or affixed to his license
or | 17 | | permit in a space designated by the Department for that | 18 | | purpose.
| 19 | | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp , regardless of his | 20 | | residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and shall | 21 | | receive a
stamp unless the applicant is an Illinois landowner | 22 | | who wishes to hunt on their own land or is a spouse or child of | 23 | | the Illinois landowner and who permanently resides in Illinois, | 24 | | then the landowner or the specified family member shall be | 25 | | exempt from the $5 fee . Except as provided under Section 20-45 | 26 | | of the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, the stamp shall be signed by |
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| 1 | | the person or affixed to his or her license or
permit in a | 2 | | space designated by the Department for that purpose.
| 3 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | 4 | | the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | 5 | | in any one license year.
| 6 | | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | 7 | | licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession | 8 | | of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | 9 | | consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used as | 10 | | the Department may order.
| 11 | | All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | 12 | | expire upon
March 31 of each year.
| 13 | | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | 14 | | under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | 15 | | possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | 16 | | officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any | 17 | | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a | 18 | | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | 19 | | owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | 20 | | deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | 21 | | Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | 22 | | hunting areas.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-831, eff. 1-1-10; 97-498, eff. 4-1-12 .)
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