Full Text of HB0128 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 Section | 5 | | 2.11 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.11) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.11)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.11. Before any person may lawfully hunt wild turkey, | 8 | | he shall first
obtain a "Wild Turkey Hunting Permit" in | 9 | | accordance with the prescribed
regulations set forth in an | 10 | | administrative rule of the Department. The
fee for a Resident | 11 | | Wild Turkey Hunting Permit shall not exceed $15.
| 12 | | Upon submitting suitable evidence of legal residence in any | 13 | | other state,
non-residents shall be charged a fee not to exceed | 14 | | $125 for wild
turkey hunting
permits, except as provided below | 15 | | for non-resident land owners.
| 16 | | Permits shall be issued without charge to:
| 17 | | (a) Illinois landowners residing in Illinois who own at | 18 | | least 40 acres of
Illinois land and wish to hunt on their | 19 | | land only,
| 20 | | (b) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of commercial
| 21 | | agricultural land, and
| 22 | | (c) bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation,
| 23 | | bona fide
equity
members of a limited liability
company, or |
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| 1 | | 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
| 9 | | permits issued without charge to bona fide equity | 10 | | shareholders of any
corporation or bona fide equity members
| 11 | | 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.
| 14 | | In addition to the wild turkey hunting permits issued | 15 | | without charge, the Department shall make one additional permit | 16 | | available per parcel of land for the standard fee to a resident | 17 | | landowner who is a co-owner of a parcel of Illinois land of at | 18 | | least 40 acres but no more than 79 acres and, under Department | 19 | | rules, is unable to receive a permit without charge for a | 20 | | specific period of the wild turkey hunting season. These | 21 | | additional wild turkey hunting permits shall be valid for the | 22 | | entire wild turkey hunting season. | 23 | | The turkey hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid | 24 | | on all lands
upon which the person to whom it is issued owns, | 25 | | leases or rents, except
that in the case of a permit issued | 26 | | without charge to a shareholder of a
corporation, the permit |
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| 1 | | shall be valid on all lands owned by the
corporation in the | 2 | | county.
| 3 | | The Department may by administrative rule allocate and | 4 | | issue non-resident
Wild Turkey Permits and establish fees for | 5 | | such permits.
| 6 | | It shall be unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a | 7 | | bow and arrow
or a shotgun of not larger than 10 nor smaller | 8 | | than 20 gauge with shot
size not larger than No. 4, and no | 9 | | person while attempting to so take
wild turkey may have in his | 10 | | possession any other gun.
| 11 | | It shall be unlawful to take, or attempt to take wild | 12 | | turkey except
during the time from 1/2 hour before sunrise to | 13 | | 1/2 hour after sunset or during
such lesser period of time as | 14 | | may be specified by administrative rule,
during those days for | 15 | | which an open season is established.
| 16 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take, or attempt to | 17 | | take, wild
turkey by use of dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft | 18 | | or other vehicles,
or conveyances, or by the use or aid of bait | 19 | | or baiting of any kind. For the purposes of this Section, | 20 | | "bait" means any material, whether liquid or solid, including | 21 | | food, salt, minerals, and other products, except pure water, | 22 | | that can be ingested, placed, or scattered in such a manner as | 23 | | to attract or lure wild turkeys. "Baiting" means the placement | 24 | | or scattering of bait to attract wild turkeys. An area is | 25 | | considered as baited during the presence of and for 10 | 26 | | consecutive days following the removal of the bait.
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| 1 | | It is unlawful for any person to take in Illinois or have | 2 | | in his possession
more than one wild turkey per valid permit. | 3 | | For purposes of this Section "bona fide equity | 4 | | shareholder", "bona fide equity member", and "bona fide equity | 5 | | partner" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section | 6 | | 2.26 of this Act.
| 7 | | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this Section, | 8 | | the Department shall, after determining the total acreage of | 9 | | the applicable tract or tracts of land, round remaining | 10 | | fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of | 11 | | an acre up to the next whole acre. | 12 | | For the purposes of taking wild turkey, nothing in this | 13 | | Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation, | 14 | | including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal | 15 | | agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or | 16 | | normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting, | 17 | | and maintenance such as cultivating. Such manipulation for the | 18 | | purpose of taking wild turkey may be further modified by | 19 | | administrative rule. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 97-564, eff. 8-25-11; 98-180, eff. 8-5-13.)
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