Full Text of HB1648 98th General Assembly
HB1648eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning animals.
| 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 | | 2.34 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.34) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.34)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.34. Dog Trials.
| 8 | | (a) Dogs of any breed may be trained the year round in | 9 | | accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
| 10 | | (b) During the periods of time when it is unlawful to take | 11 | | species protected
by this Act, the only firearms which shall be | 12 | | used in the training of
dogs from sunrise to sunset shall be | 13 | | pistols with blank cartridges. No
other gun or ammunition may | 14 | | be in immediate possession during this time.
No person or | 15 | | persons in, along with, or accompanying the dog training
party, | 16 | | shall be in possession of any firearm or live ammunition, | 17 | | except
pistols capable of firing only blank cartridges during | 18 | | the hours from
sunset to sunrise. All organized field trials or | 19 | | training grounds approved by
the Department shall be exempt | 20 | | from this provision.
| 21 | | (c) No field trial shall be held without a permit from the
| 22 | | Department.
| 23 | | The following Department areas shall be designated as |
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| 1 | | horseback field
trial sites; Lee County Conservation Area, Des | 2 | | Plaines Conservation Area,
Moraine View State Park, Middle Fork | 3 | | Fish and Wildlife Area, Hamilton
County Conservation Area, and | 4 | | Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park. The Department
shall provide and | 5 | | maintain quality wildlife habitat on these sites.
| 6 | | Field trials shall be scheduled only from September 1 | 7 | | through April 30
in the Northern Zone and September 1 through | 8 | | April 15 in the Southern Zone.
The Department maintains the | 9 | | authority to schedule and administer field
trials. The boundary | 10 | | between the Northern Zone and the Southern
Zone shall be U.S. | 11 | | Route 36. However, (i) if the opening date of the field
trial | 12 | | season falls on Sunday, the season will begin on Saturday of | 13 | | that
weekend; and (ii) if the closing date of the field trial | 14 | | season falls on
Saturday, the season will conclude on Sunday of | 15 | | that weekend; and (iii) if
during the final days of the field | 16 | | trial season a field trial organization
begins a field trial | 17 | | which is subsequently interrupted due to inclement
weather, the | 18 | | field trial organization may complete the trial, subject to the
| 19 | | Department's approval, even though the field trial season has | 20 | | ended. The field
trial organization must complete the trial on | 21 | | the first possible day or days.
Field trials for the retrieving | 22 | | breeds are exempt from these field trials
season provisions and | 23 | | shall have no closed season.
| 24 | | The fee for field trials shall be established by the | 25 | | Department by rule.
| 26 | | (d) The Department is authorized to designate dog training
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| 1 | | areas and to grant permits for all field trials including those | 2 | | field
trials where game birds reared under Section 3.23 are | 3 | | released and taken
in accordance with the rules and regulations | 4 | | set forth by the
Department. Applications for permits for such | 5 | | trials and training areas
shall be accompanied by detailed | 6 | | information as to the date and the location of
the grounds | 7 | | where such trial area or training grounds is located. | 8 | | Applicants
for field trial or dog training permits must have | 9 | | the consent of the
landowner prior to applying for such permit. | 10 | | Fees and other regulations
will be set by administrative rule.
| 11 | | (e) All permits for designated dog training areas shall | 12 | | expire March 31st of
each year.
| 13 | | (f) Permit holders for designated dog training areas must | 14 | | possess a wild
game breeder's permit or a game breeding and | 15 | | hunting preserve area permit and
may utilize live bird recall | 16 | | devices on such areas.
| 17 | | (g) Nothing shall prevent an individual from using a dog in | 18 | | the taking of
squirrel during the open season.
| 19 | | (h) All hand reared game released and shot at field trials | 20 | | shall
be properly identified with tags as provided for by this | 21 | | Act and such
birds shall be banded before they are removed from | 22 | | the field trial area.
| 23 | | (i) Prior to holding any organized coonhound event with at | 24 | | least 25 participants, the individual or organization | 25 | | responsible for the event is required to notify adjacent | 26 | | landowners of the upcoming event except when an organized |
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| 1 | | coonhound event involves only local organizers, same day | 2 | | registration, and the event reasonably expects fewer than 25 | 3 | | participants. The local organizers of an organized coonhound | 4 | | event meeting the notification exception requirements of this | 5 | | subsection shall not be in violation of this subsection if more | 6 | | than 25 participants are registered at the start of the event. | 7 | | The notice, in writing, shall be delivered to the adjacent | 8 | | landowners 30 days prior to the organized coonhound event by | 9 | | certified mail. The notice shall include the name of the | 10 | | sanctioning individual or organization responsible for the | 11 | | organized coonhound event, the date or dates, the hours of the | 12 | | events, the locations the events are to be held and a valid, | 13 | | operational phone number of the sanctioning individual or | 14 | | organization for the day of the event, which shall not exceed | 15 | | 14 consecutive days. | 16 | | For the purposes of this subsection "participant" means a | 17 | | coonhound. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-920; 87-1051.)
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