Full Text of HB5962 99th General Assembly
HB5962eng 99TH 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 | 5 | | Sections 3.1-9 and 3.3 as follows: | 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.1-9) | 7 | | Sec. 3.1-9. Youth Hunting and Trapping Licenses License . | 8 | | (a) Any resident youth age 18 and under may apply to the | 9 | | Department for a Youth Hunting License, which extends limited | 10 | | hunting privileges. The Youth Hunting License shall be a | 11 | | renewable license that shall expire on the March 31 following | 12 | | the date of issuance. | 13 | | For youth age 18 and under, the Youth Hunting License shall | 14 | | entitle the licensee to hunt while supervised by a parent, | 15 | | grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or older and | 16 | | has a valid Illinois hunting license. Possession of a Youth | 17 | | Hunting License shall serve in lieu of a valid hunting license, | 18 | | but does not exempt the licensee from compliance with the | 19 | | requirements of this Code and any rules adopted under this | 20 | | Code. | 21 | | A youth licensed under this subsection (a) Section shall | 22 | | not hunt or carry a hunting device, including, but not limited | 23 | | to, a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow unless the youth is |
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| 1 | | accompanied by and under the close personal supervision of a | 2 | | parent, grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or | 3 | | older and has a valid Illinois hunting license. | 4 | | At age 19 years or when the youth chooses to hunt by | 5 | | himself or herself, he or she is required to successfully | 6 | | complete a hunter safety course approved by the Department | 7 | | prior to being able to obtain a full hunting license and | 8 | | subsequently hunt by himself or herself. | 9 | | In order to be approved for the Youth Hunting License, the | 10 | | applicant must request a Youth Hunting License from the | 11 | | Department and submit a $7 fee, which shall be separate from | 12 | | and additional to any other stamp, permit, tag, or license fee | 13 | | that may be required for hunting under this Code. The | 14 | | Department shall adopt rules for the administration of the | 15 | | program, but shall not require any certificate of competency or | 16 | | other hunting education as a condition of the Youth Hunting | 17 | | License.
| 18 | | (b) Any resident youth age 18 and under may apply to the | 19 | | Department for a Youth Trapping License, which extends limited | 20 | | trapping privileges. The Youth Trapping License shall be a | 21 | | renewable license that shall expire on the March 31 following | 22 | | the date of issuance. | 23 | | For youth age 18 and under, the Youth Trapping License | 24 | | shall entitle the licensee to trap while supervised by a | 25 | | parent, grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or | 26 | | older and has a valid Illinois trapping license. Possession of |
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| 1 | | a Youth Trapping License shall serve in lieu of a valid | 2 | | trapping license, but does not exempt the licensee from | 3 | | compliance with the requirements of this Code and any rules | 4 | | adopted under this Code. | 5 | | A youth licensed under this subsection (b) shall not trap | 6 | | or carry a hunting device, including, but not limited to, a | 7 | | firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow unless the youth is | 8 | | accompanied by and under the close personal supervision of a | 9 | | parent, grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or | 10 | | older and has a valid Illinois trapping license. | 11 | | At age 19 years or when the youth chooses to trap by | 12 | | himself or herself, he or she is required to successfully | 13 | | complete a trapper safety course approved by the Department | 14 | | prior to being able to obtain a full trapping license and | 15 | | subsequently trap by himself or herself. | 16 | | In order to be approved for the Youth Trapping License, the | 17 | | applicant must request a Youth Trapping License from the | 18 | | Department and submit a $7 fee, which shall be separate from | 19 | | and additional to any other stamp, permit, tag, or license fee | 20 | | that may be required for trapping under this Code. The | 21 | | Department shall adopt rules for the administration of the | 22 | | program, but shall not require any certificate of competency or | 23 | | other trapping education as a condition of the Youth Trapping | 24 | | License. | 25 | | | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 98-620, eff. 1-7-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-307, |
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| 1 | | eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 2 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.3) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.3)
| 3 | | Sec. 3.3. Trapping license required. Before any person | 4 | | shall trap any
of the mammals protected
by this Act, for which | 5 | | an open trapping season has been established, he shall
first | 6 | | procure a trapping license from the Department to do so. No | 7 | | traps
shall be placed in the field, set or unset, prior to the | 8 | | opening day of
the trapping season.
| 9 | | Traps used in the taking of such mammals shall be marked or
| 10 | | tagged with metal tags or inscribed in lettering giving the | 11 | | name and
address of the owner, and absence of such mark or tag | 12 | | shall be prima
facie evidence that such trap or traps are | 13 | | illegally used and the trap
or traps shall be confiscated and | 14 | | disposed of as directed by the
Department.
| 15 | | Before any person 16 years of age or older shall trap, | 16 | | attempt to
trap, or sell the green hides of any mammal of the | 17 | | species defined as
fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which | 18 | | an open season is established
under this Act, he shall first | 19 | | have procured a State Habitat Stamp.
| 20 | | Before a trapping license shall be issued to any person | 21 | | under the age of
sixteen years, such person shall obtain the | 22 | | written consent of his father,
mother or legally constituted | 23 | | guardian to obtain such license.
| 24 | | Beginning January 1, 2016 2015 , no trapping license shall | 25 | | be issued to any
person born on or after January 1, 1998 2015 |
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| 1 | | or who has not previously held a valid trapping license issued | 2 | | by this State or another state within the 3 years immediately | 3 | | preceding the application unless he or she presents to the | 4 | | authorized issuer of the license evidence that he or she has a
| 5 | | certificate of competency provided for in this Section.
| 6 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
| 7 | | personnel of the Department,
or volunteer instructors, found by | 8 | | the Department to be competent,
to provide instruction in | 9 | | courses on trapping techniques and ethical trapping
behavior as | 10 | | needed throughout the State, which courses shall be at least
8 | 11 | | hours in length. Persons so authorized shall provide | 12 | | instruction in such
courses to individuals at no charge, and | 13 | | shall issue to individuals
successfully completing such | 14 | | courses certificates of competency in basic
trapping | 15 | | techniques. The Department shall cooperate in establishing | 16 | | such
courses with any reputable association or organization | 17 | | which has as one of
its objectives the promotion of the ethical | 18 | | use of legal fur harvesting
devices and techniques. The | 19 | | Department shall furnish information on the
requirements of the | 20 | | trapper education program to be distributed free of
charge to | 21 | | applicants for trapping licenses by the persons appointed and
| 22 | | authorized to issue licenses.
| 23 | | The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of farm lands, | 24 | | and their
children actually residing on such lands, shall have | 25 | | the right to trap
mammals protected by this Act, for which an | 26 | | open trapping season has been
established, upon such lands, |
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| 1 | | without procuring licenses, provided that
such mammals are | 2 | | taken during the periods of time and with such devices as
are | 3 | | permitted by this Act.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-913, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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