Full Text of HB2576 101st General Assembly
HB2576ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Michael J. Zalewski Filed: 4/3/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2576
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2576 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2.26 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. Any person attempting to | 8 | | take deer shall first obtain a "Deer
Hunting Permit" issued by | 9 | | the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
| 10 | | Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following | 11 | | types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination | 12 | | permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one | 13 | | antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit, | 14 | | and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer | 15 | | Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
| 16 | | shall not exceed $25.00 for residents of the State. The |
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| 1 | | Department may by
administrative rule provide for non-resident | 2 | | deer hunting permits for which the
fee will not exceed $300 in | 3 | | 2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as | 4 | | provided below for non-resident landowners
and non-resident | 5 | | archery hunters. The Department may by
administrative rule | 6 | | provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting
of | 7 | | not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325 | 8 | | in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter.
The | 9 | | fees for a youth resident and non-resident archery deer permit | 10 | | shall be the same.
| 11 | | Youth deer hunting permits issued by the Department for the | 12 | | special 3-day, youth-only season shall be valid statewide, | 13 | | excluding those counties or portions of counties closed to | 14 | | firearm deer hunting. Unfilled youth deer hunting permits shall | 15 | | again be valid only during the following harvest periods | 16 | | authorized by Section 2.25: (i) the separate harvest period for | 17 | | the purpose of managing or eradicating disease that has been | 18 | | found in the deer herd; and (ii) the separate harvest period at | 19 | | specific sites within the State for the purpose of harvesting | 20 | | surplus deer that cannot be taken during the regular season | 21 | | provided for the taking of deer. Unfilled youth deer hunting | 22 | | permits used during these separate harvest periods shall only | 23 | | be valid in those counties opened to those harvest periods by | 24 | | the Department through administrative rule. Nothing in this | 25 | | Section shall be construed to prohibit the Department from | 26 | | issuing Special Hunt Area Permits for the youth-only deer |
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| 1 | | hunting season or establishing, through administrative rule, | 2 | | additional regulations pertaining to the youth-only deer | 3 | | hunting season on Department-owned or Department-managed | 4 | | sites, including site-specific quotas or drawings. | 5 | | The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow | 6 | | and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by | 7 | | administrative rule.
| 8 | | No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not | 9 | | authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting season | 10 | | when taking deer.
| 11 | | Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be | 12 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 13 | | before sunrise to
1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those | 14 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | 15 | | deer by use of shotgun, handgun, or muzzle
loading
rifle.
| 16 | | Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be | 17 | | permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 18 | | before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those | 19 | | days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | 20 | | deer by use of bow and arrow.
| 21 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of | 22 | | dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by | 23 | | the use
or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes | 24 | | of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or | 25 | | solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products, | 26 | | except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered |
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| 1 | | in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer. | 2 | | "Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract | 3 | | deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence
of | 4 | | and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait. | 5 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to | 6 | | track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking wounded | 7 | | deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all times by | 8 | | means of a maximum 50 foot lead attached to the dog's collar or | 9 | | harness. Tracking wounded deer is permissible at night, but at | 10 | | no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or seasons shall | 11 | | any person handling or accompanying a dog being used for | 12 | | tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm or | 13 | | archery device. Persons tracking wounded deer with a dog during | 14 | | the firearm deer seasons shall wear blaze orange or solid blaze | 15 | | pink color as required. Dog handlers tracking wounded deer with | 16 | | a dog are exempt from hunting license and deer permit | 17 | | requirements so long as they are accompanied by the licensed | 18 | | deer hunter who wounded the deer.
| 19 | | It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer | 20 | | which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public | 21 | | highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted by | 22 | | administrative rule.
| 23 | | Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and | 24 | | arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked | 25 | | position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
| 26 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal |
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| 1 | | limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in any | 2 | | deer hunting party.
| 3 | | It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | 4 | | limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate with bow | 5 | | and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
| 6 | | The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the | 7 | | gun deer
season by administrative rule.
| 8 | | The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident, | 9 | | either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
| 10 | | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this | 11 | | Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a | 12 | | Class B misdemeanor.
| 13 | | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this Section, | 14 | | the Department shall, after determining the total acreage of | 15 | | the applicable tract or tracts of land, round remaining | 16 | | fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of | 17 | | an acre up to the next whole acre. | 18 | | For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in | 19 | | this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation, | 20 | | including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal | 21 | | agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or | 22 | | normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting, | 23 | | and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products | 24 | | designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or | 25 | | liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or | 26 | | lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking |
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| 1 | | white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative | 2 | | rule. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-869, eff. 1-1-17; | 4 | | 100-691, eff. 1-1-19; 100-949, eff. 1-1-19; revised | 5 | | 10-9-18.)".
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