Full Text of HB0331 095th General Assembly
HB0331 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0331
Introduced 1/22/2007, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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515 ILCS 5/20-45 |
from Ch. 56, par. 20-45 |
515 ILCS 5/20-50 |
from Ch. 56, par. 20-50 |
515 ILCS 5/20-51 |
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520 ILCS 5/2.11 |
from Ch. 61, par. 2.11 |
520 ILCS 5/2.26 |
from Ch. 61, par. 2.26 |
520 ILCS 5/3.2 |
from Ch. 61, par. 3.2 |
520 ILCS 5/3.39 |
from Ch. 61, par. 3.39 |
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Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code. Provides that State residents, age 65 or older, may not be charged a fee for: (1) a non-commercial sport fishing or spearing license, (2) a salmon stamp, (3) an inland trout stamp, (4) a Deer Hunting Permit, (5) a hunting license to hunt all species, (6) a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, (7) a State Habitat Stamp, or (8) a sportsmen's combination license. Effective immediately.
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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 Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 20-45, 20-50, and 20-51 as follows:
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| (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)
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| Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | 8 |
| for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:
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| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | 10 |
| sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | 11 |
| spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110 the fee is | 12 |
| $12.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old , and
one-half of | 13 |
| the current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | 14 |
| older,
commencing with the 1994 license year . For residents | 15 |
| age 65 or older, no fee shall be charged for a sport | 16 |
| fishing or spearing license.
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| (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing | 18 |
| device shall
obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee | 19 |
| for which shall be $35.
Each and every commercial device | 20 |
| used shall be licensed by a resident
commercial fisherman | 21 |
| as follows:
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| (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, | 23 |
| of seine
the fee is $18. For each minnow seine, minnow |
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| trap, or net for commercial
purposes the fee is $20.
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| (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot | 3 |
| line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | 4 |
| is $3.
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| (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | 6 |
| the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | 7 |
| gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional | 8 |
| lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.
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| fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the water | 10 |
| or on drying
reels on the shore.
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| (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction thereof, | 12 |
| of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.
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| (c) Residents of the State of Illinois may obtain a | 14 |
| sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the | 15 |
| holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as | 16 |
| residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) | 17 |
| of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 18 |
| residents holding a license to hunt all species as
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| described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | 20 |
| sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any | 21 |
| individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing | 22 |
| or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination | 23 |
| license fee shall be $18.50.
For residents age 65 or older, | 24 |
| no fee shall be
the fee is one-half of the fee charged for | 25 |
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sportsmen's combination license.
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| (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices
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| defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as defined | 2 |
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10-110 the fee is $5. This license exempts the | 3 |
| licensee from the
requirement for a salmon or inland trout | 4 |
| stamp. The licenses provided for
by this subsection
are not | 5 |
| required for residents of the State of Illinois who have | 6 |
| obtained the
license provided for in subsection (a) of this | 7 |
| Section.
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| (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | 9 |
| device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | 10 |
| for which shall be $50.
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| (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing | 12 |
| residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a | 13 |
| lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime | 14 |
| sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | 15 |
| holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | 16 |
| residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) | 17 |
| of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 18 |
| residents holding a license to hunt all species as | 19 |
| described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | 20 |
| sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or | 21 |
| retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for | 22 |
| either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either | 23 |
| upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an | 24 |
| individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | 25 |
| privileges
rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing | 26 |
| license fees shall be as follows:
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| (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | 2 |
| license fee.
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| (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | 4 |
| license fee.
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| (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | 6 |
| the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.
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| Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | 8 |
| be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | 9 |
| may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use of | 10 |
| lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime | 11 |
| license issued under this Section for violations of
those rules | 12 |
| or regulations or other provisions under this Code or the
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| Wildlife Code. Individuals under 16 years of age who possess a | 14 |
| lifetime
hunting or sportsmen's combination license shall have | 15 |
| in their possession,
while in the field, a certificate of | 16 |
| competency as required under Section
3.2 of the Wildlife Code. | 17 |
| Any lifetime license issued under this Section
shall not exempt | 18 |
| individuals from obtaining additional stamps or permits
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| required under the provisions of this Code or the Wildlife | 20 |
| Code.
Individuals required to purchase additional stamps shall | 21 |
| sign the stamps
and have them in their possession while fishing | 22 |
| or hunting with a lifetime
license. All fees received from the | 23 |
| issuance
of lifetime licenses shall be deposited in the Fish | 24 |
| and Wildlife Endowment
Fund.
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| Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this | 26 |
| Section, all
licenses provided for in this Section shall expire |
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| on March 31 of
each year, except that the license provided for | 2 |
| in subsection (d) of
this Section shall expire 24 hours after | 3 |
| the effective date and time listed
on the face of the license.
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| All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 5 |
| license provided
for in subsection (a) or (d) of this Section | 6 |
| shall be fined according to the
provisions of Section 20-35 of | 7 |
| this Code.
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| All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 9 |
| licenses
provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this | 10 |
| Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96; 90-225, eff. 7-25-97; 90-743, | 12 |
| eff.
1-1-99.)
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| (515 ILCS 5/20-50) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-50)
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| Sec. 20-50. Salmon stamp fee. The fee for a salmon stamp | 15 |
| shall be $6 for
both resident and non-resident licensees. Every | 16 |
| person shall sign the salmon
stamp or affix the salmon stamp to | 17 |
| his or her license. These stamps shall
expire on March 31 of | 18 |
| each year. All individuals required to have and failing
to have | 19 |
| a salmon stamp as provided in Section 20-10 of this Code shall | 20 |
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guilty of a petty offense. For residents age 65 or older, no | 21 |
| fee shall be charged for a salmon stamp under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-833; 88-91.)
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| (515 ILCS 5/20-51)
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| Sec. 20-51. Inland trout stamp. The fee for an inland trout |
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| stamp shall
be $6 for both resident and nonresident licensees. | 2 |
| These stamps shall expire
on March 31 of each year. All | 3 |
| individuals required to have and who fail to
have an inland | 4 |
| trout stamp, as provided in Section 20-11 of this Code, shall | 5 |
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guilty of a petty offense. For residents age 65 or older, no | 6 |
| fee shall be charged for an inland trout stamp under this | 7 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-91.)
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| Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 10 |
| Sections 2.11, 2.26, 3.2 and 3.39 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, | 13 |
| he shall first
obtain a "Wild Turkey Hunting Permit" in | 14 |
| accordance with the prescribed
regulations set forth in an | 15 |
| administrative rule of the Department. The
fee for a Resident | 16 |
| Wild Turkey Hunting Permit shall not exceed $15. For residents | 17 |
| age 65 or older, no fee shall be charged for a Resident Wild | 18 |
| Turkey Hunting Permit under this Section.
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| Upon submitting suitable evidence of legal residence in any | 20 |
| other state,
non-residents shall be charged a fee not to exceed | 21 |
| $125 for wild
turkey hunting
permits, except as provided below | 22 |
| 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 |
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| least 40 acres of
Illinois land and wish to hunt on their | 2 |
| 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 | 7 |
| bona fide equity partners of a general or limited | 8 |
| partnership
which owns at least 40 acres of land
in a | 9 |
| county in Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's, | 10 |
| company's, or partnership's land only.
One permit shall be | 11 |
| issued without charge to one bona fide equity
shareholder, | 12 |
| one bona fide equity member, or one bona fide equity | 13 |
| partner for each 40
acres of land owned by the corporation, | 14 |
| company, or partnership in
a county; however, the number of
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| permits issued without charge to bona fide equity | 16 |
| shareholders of any
corporation or bona fide equity members
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| of a limited
liability company in any
county shall not | 18 |
| exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the case of bona fide | 19 |
| equity partners of a partnership.
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| The turkey hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid | 21 |
| on all lands
upon which the person to whom it is issued owns, | 22 |
| leases or rents, except
that in the case of a permit issued | 23 |
| without charge to a shareholder of a
corporation, the permit | 24 |
| shall be valid on all lands owned by the
corporation in the | 25 |
| county.
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| The Department may by administrative rule allocate and |
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| issue non-resident
Wild Turkey Permits and establish fees for | 2 |
| such permits.
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| It shall be unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a | 4 |
| bow and arrow
or a shotgun of not larger than 10 nor smaller | 5 |
| than 20 gauge with shot
size not larger than No. 4, and no | 6 |
| person while attempting to so take
wild turkey may have in his | 7 |
| possession any other gun.
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| It shall be unlawful to take, or attempt to take wild | 9 |
| turkey except
during the time from 1/2 hour before sunrise to | 10 |
| 1/2 hour after sunset or during
such lesser period of time as | 11 |
| may be specified by administrative rule,
during those days for | 12 |
| which an open season is established.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person to take, or attempt to | 14 |
| take, wild
turkey by use of dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft | 15 |
| or other vehicles,
or conveyances, or by the use of bait of any | 16 |
| kind.
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| It is unlawful for any person to take in Illinois or have | 18 |
| in his possession
more than one wild turkey per valid permit. | 19 |
| For purposes of this Section "bona fide equity | 20 |
| shareholder", "bona fide equity member", and "bona fide equity | 21 |
| partner" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section | 22 |
| 2.26 of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-753, eff. 5-10-06.)
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| (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
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| Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. In this Section,
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| fide equity shareholder" means an individual who (1) purchased, | 2 |
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market price, publicly sold stock shares in a corporation,
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| purchased shares of a privately-held corporation for a value
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| equal to the percentage of the appraised value of the corporate | 5 |
| assets
represented by the ownership in the corporation, or is a | 6 |
| member of a
closely-held family-owned corporation and has | 7 |
| purchased or been gifted with
shares of stock in the | 8 |
| corporation accurately reflecting his or her
percentage of | 9 |
| ownership and (2) intends to retain the ownership of the
shares | 10 |
| of stock for at least 5 years.
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| In this Section, "bona fide equity member" means an | 12 |
| individual who (1) (i)
became a member
upon
the formation of | 13 |
| the limited liability company or (ii) has purchased a
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| distributional interest in a limited liability company for a | 15 |
| value equal to the
percentage of the appraised value of the LLC | 16 |
| assets represented by the
distributional interest in the LLC | 17 |
| and subsequently becomes a member of the
company
pursuant to | 18 |
| Article 30 of the Limited Liability Company Act and who (2)
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| intends to retain the membership for at least 5 years.
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| In this Section, "bona fide equity partner" means an | 21 |
| individual who (1) (i) became a partner, either general or | 22 |
| limited, upon the formation of a partnership or limited | 23 |
| partnership, or (ii) has purchased, acquired, or been gifted a | 24 |
| partnership interest accurately representing his or her | 25 |
| percentage distributional interest in the profits, losses, and | 26 |
| assets of a partnership or limited partnership, (2) intends to |
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| retain ownership of the partnership interest for at least 5 | 2 |
| years, and (3) is a resident of Illinois.
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| Any person attempting to take deer shall first obtain a | 4 |
| "Deer
Hunting Permit" in accordance with prescribed | 5 |
| regulations set forth in an
Administrative Rule. Deer Hunting | 6 |
| Permits shall be issued by the Department.
The fee for a Deer | 7 |
| Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
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| shall not exceed $15.00 for residents of the State. For | 9 |
| residents age 65 or older, no fee shall be charged for a Deer | 10 |
| Hunting Permit under this Section. The Department may by
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| administrative rule provide for non-resident deer hunting | 12 |
| permits for which the
fee will not exceed $300 in 2005, $350 in | 13 |
| 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as provided below | 14 |
| for non-resident landowners
and non-resident archery hunters. | 15 |
| The Department may by
administrative rule provide for a | 16 |
| non-resident archery deer permit consisting
of not more than 2 | 17 |
| harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325 in 2005, $375 | 18 |
| in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter.
Permits shall be | 19 |
| issued without charge to:
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| (a) Illinois landowners residing in Illinois who own at | 21 |
| least 40 acres of
Illinois land and wish to hunt their land | 22 |
| only,
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| (b) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of commercial | 24 |
| agricultural land
where they will hunt, 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 |
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| bona fide equity partners of a general or limited | 2 |
| partnership
which owns at least 40 acres of land
in a | 3 |
| county in Illinois who wish to hunt on the corporation's, | 4 |
| company's, or partnership's land only.
One permit shall be | 5 |
| issued without charge to one bona fide equity
shareholder, | 6 |
| one bona fide equity member, or one bona fide equity | 7 |
| partner for each 40
acres of land owned by the corporation, | 8 |
| company, or partnership in
a county; however, the number of
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| permits issued without charge to bona fide equity | 10 |
| shareholders of any
corporation or bona fide equity members
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| of a limited
liability company in any
county shall not | 12 |
| exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the case of bona fide | 13 |
| equity partners of a partnership.
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| Bona fide landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt | 15 |
| only on the land
they own, rent, or lease or bona fide equity | 16 |
| shareholders, bona fide
equity
members, or bona fide equity | 17 |
| partners who do not wish to hunt
only on the
land owned by the | 18 |
| corporation, limited liability company, or partnership
shall | 19 |
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charged the same fee as the
applicant who is not a | 20 |
| landowner, tenant, bona fide equity
shareholder,
bona fide | 21 |
| equity member, or bona fide equity partner. Nonresidents
of
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| Illinois who own at least 40 acres of land and wish to hunt on | 23 |
| their land only
shall be charged a fee set by administrative | 24 |
| rule. The method for
obtaining these permits shall be | 25 |
| prescribed by administrative rule.
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| The deer hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid |
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| on
all farm lands which the person to whom it is issued owns, | 2 |
| leases or rents,
except that in the case of a permit issued to | 3 |
| a bona fide equity
shareholder, bona fide equity member, or | 4 |
| bona fide equity partner, the
permit shall
be valid on all | 5 |
| lands owned by the corporation, limited liability
company, or | 6 |
| partnership in the county.
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| The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow | 8 |
| and arrow for
deer hunting shall be established by | 9 |
| administrative rule.
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| No person may have in his possession any firearm not | 11 |
| authorized by
administrative rule for a specific hunting season | 12 |
| when taking deer.
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| Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be | 14 |
| permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 15 |
| before sunrise to
sunset, and only during those days for which | 16 |
| an open season is
established for the taking of deer by use of | 17 |
| shotgun, handgun, or muzzle
loading
rifle.
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| Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be | 19 |
| permitted to
take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour | 20 |
| before sunrise to 1/2 hour
after sunset, and only during those | 21 |
| days for which an open season is
established for the taking of | 22 |
| deer by use of bow and arrow.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of | 24 |
| dogs,
horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by | 25 |
| the use of salt
or bait of any kind. An area is considered as | 26 |
| baited during the presence
of and for 10 consecutive days |
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| following the removal of bait. Nothing in this Section shall | 2 |
| prohibit the use of a dog to track wounded deer. Any person | 3 |
| using a dog for tracking wounded deer must maintain physical | 4 |
| control of the dog at all times by means of a maximum 50 foot | 5 |
| lead attached to the dog's collar or harness. Tracking wounded | 6 |
| deer is permissible at night, but at no time outside of legal | 7 |
| deer hunting hours or seasons shall any person handling or | 8 |
| accompanying a dog being used for tracking wounded deer be in | 9 |
| possession of any firearm or archery device. Persons tracking | 10 |
| wounded deer with a dog during the firearm deer seasons shall | 11 |
| wear blaze orange as required. Dog handlers tracking wounded | 12 |
| deer with a dog are exempt from hunting license and deer permit | 13 |
| requirements so long as they are accompanied by the licensed | 14 |
| deer hunter who wounded the deer.
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| It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer | 16 |
| which has
been injured or killed in any manner upon a public | 17 |
| highway or public
right-of-way of this State unless exempted by | 18 |
| administrative rule.
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| Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and | 20 |
| arrow
device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked | 21 |
| position during
hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | 23 |
| limit of
deer by gun, to further participate with gun in any | 24 |
| deer hunting party.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal | 26 |
| limit
of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate with bow |
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| and arrow in any
deer hunting party.
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| The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the | 3 |
| gun deer
season by administrative rule.
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| The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident | 5 |
| either sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
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| It shall be legal for handicapped persons, as defined in | 7 |
| Section 2.33, to
utilize a crossbow device, as defined in | 8 |
| Department rules, to take deer.
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| Any person who violates any of the provisions of this | 10 |
| Section,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a | 11 |
| Class B misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-554, eff. 8-20-03; 93-807, eff. 7-24-04; | 13 |
| 93-823, eff. 1-1-05; 94-10, eff. 6-7-05.)
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
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| Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | 16 |
| Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, | 17 |
| incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any | 18 |
| other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | 19 |
| issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | 20 |
| person, the person shall file his application with the | 21 |
| Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | 22 |
| form provided by the
Department and further give definite proof | 23 |
| of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | 24 |
| designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | 25 |
| the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
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| names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | 2 |
| duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | 3 |
| stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | 4 |
| elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized to | 5 |
| furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other business | 6 |
| establishment. Each
application shall be executed and sworn to | 7 |
| and shall set forth the name
and description of the applicant | 8 |
| and place of residence.
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| No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | 10 |
| after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | 11 |
| to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | 12 |
| license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | 13 |
| prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | 14 |
| Section. Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime | 15 |
| Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | 16 |
| Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | 17 |
| be entitled to hunt
unless they have a certificate of | 18 |
| competency as provided in this Section and
they shall have the | 19 |
| certificate in their possession while hunting.
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| The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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| personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | 22 |
| to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | 23 |
| firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | 24 |
| and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
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| the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | 26 |
| receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural |
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| Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | 2 |
| or organization in establishing
courses if the organization has | 3 |
| as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | 4 |
| handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
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| The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
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| person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the | 7 |
| handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | 8 |
| persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | 9 |
| upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | 10 |
| instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | 11 |
| firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | 12 |
| made for any course of instruction except for materials or | 13 |
| ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
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| furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety | 15 |
| education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | 16 |
| applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and | 17 |
| authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
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| firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | 19 |
| charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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| The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | 21 |
| resident of
Illinois is $7. For residents age 65 or older, no | 22 |
| fee shall be
the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a | 23 |
| hunting license to hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. | 24 |
| Nonresidents shall be charged $50 for a hunting license.
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| Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | 26 |
| for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the |
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| State and shall
be charged a fee of $28.
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| A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | 3 |
| nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | 4 |
| and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section 3.27, | 5 |
| shall be issued upon proper
application being made and payment | 6 |
| of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. The | 7 |
| expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date each | 8 |
| year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area licenses | 9 |
| expire.
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| Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | 11 |
| regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee | 12 |
| of $10 and
shall receive a stamp. For residents age 65 or | 13 |
| older, no fee shall be charged for a State Migratory Waterfowl | 14 |
| Stamp under this Section. Except as provided under
Section | 15 |
| 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp shall be | 16 |
| signed by the person or affixed to his license
or permit in a | 17 |
| space designated by the Department for that purpose.
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| Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of his | 19 |
| residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and shall | 20 |
| receive a
stamp. For residents age 65 or older, no fee shall be | 21 |
| charged for a State Habitat Stamp under this Section. Except as | 22 |
| provided under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, | 23 |
| the stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his | 24 |
| license or
permit in a space designated by the Department for | 25 |
| that purpose.
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| Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require |
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| the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | 2 |
| in any one license year.
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| The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | 4 |
| licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession | 5 |
| of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | 6 |
| consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used as | 7 |
| the Department may order.
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| All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | 9 |
| expire upon
March 31 of each year.
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| Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | 11 |
| under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | 12 |
| possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | 13 |
| officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any | 14 |
| sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a | 15 |
| demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | 16 |
| owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | 17 |
| deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | 18 |
| Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | 19 |
| hunting areas.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-554, eff. 8-20-03.)
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.39) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.39)
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| Sec. 3.39. Residents of the State of Illinois may obtain a | 23 |
| Sportsmen's
Combination License which shall entitle the holder | 24 |
| to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as residents | 25 |
| holding a fishing license
described in subparagraph (a) of |
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| Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, and to the | 2 |
| same hunting privileges as residents holding a license to
hunt | 3 |
| all species, as described in Section 3.1 of this Act. However, | 4 |
| no
Sportsmen's Combination License shall be issued to any | 5 |
| person who would be
ineligible for either the fishing or | 6 |
| hunting license separately. The
Sportsmen's Combination | 7 |
| License fee shall be $18.50.
For residents age 65 or older, no | 8 |
| fee shall be
the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a
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| Sportsmen's Combination License.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-743, eff. 1-1-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 |
| becoming law.
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