Full Text of HB3097 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 3.27, 3.28, and 3.29 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.27) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.27)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.27.
Any person owning, holding or controlling, by | 8 | | lease, which
possession must be for a term of 5 or more years, | 9 | | any contiguous tract
of land having an area of not less than | 10 | | 200 acres, and not more
than 1280 acres, with at least 100 | 11 | | acres of suitable wildlife habitat,
who desires to establish a | 12 | | game breeding and hunting
preserve area, to propagate, preserve | 13 | | and hunt game birds shall make
application to the Department | 14 | | for a license as herein provided. Such
application shall be | 15 | | made under oath of the applicant or under oath of
one of its | 16 | | principal officers if the applicant is an association, club
or | 17 | | corporation. In the case of releasing and harvesting hand | 18 | | reared
mallards, the tract of land, with the approval of the | 19 | | Department, may be
smaller than that required in this Section | 20 | | but in all other respects the
applicant shall conform to the | 21 | | provisions of this Act. The application
shall be accompanied by | 22 | | a license fee of not to exceed $100 for a Class A
license or a | 23 | | license fee not to exceed $200 for a Class B license.
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| 1 | | Every licensee under this Section shall release not less | 2 | | than 250 , either individually or in aggregate, of the species | 3 | | authorized to be released and taken in Section 3.28 of this Act
| 4 | | Bobwhite quail or pheasants each hunting season for Class A | 5 | | game breeding and hunting preserve areas or during the license | 6 | | year for Class B game breeding and hunting preserve areas .
| 7 | | Upon receipt of such application, the Department shall | 8 | | inspect the
proposed licensed area described in such | 9 | | application and the premises
and facilities where game birds | 10 | | are to be propagated and the cover for
game birds and the | 11 | | ability of the applicant to operate a property of
this | 12 | | character. If the Department finds that the area meets the
| 13 | | requirements of all applicable laws and administrative rules | 14 | | and that
the game birds are reasonably healthy and disease | 15 | | free; and that the
issuing of the license will otherwise be in | 16 | | the public interest; the
Department shall approve the | 17 | | application and issue the license for the
operation of the | 18 | | property described in the application with the rights
and | 19 | | subject to the limitations in this Act prescribed.
| 20 | | All game breeding and hunting preserve area licenses expire | 21 | | on April
30 of each year.
| 22 | | Upon receipt of such license, the licensee shall promptly | 23 | | post such
licensed areas at intervals of not more than 500 feet | 24 | | with signs to be
prescribed by the Department. The boundaries | 25 | | of such licensed game
breeding and hunting preserve areas shall | 26 | | also be clearly defined by
natural or artificial boundaries and |
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| 1 | | by signs.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 93-554, eff. 8-20-03.)
| 3 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.28) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.28)
| 4 | | Sec. 3.28.
The licensee of any licensed game breeding and | 5 | | hunting preserve area
may take, or authorize to be taken, on | 6 | | licensed areas and within the season
fixed and designated, and | 7 | | in such numbers as herein provided, the
following: (a) 100% of | 8 | | each of the following species of game
birds released within the | 9 | | said season: hand reared Ring-necked pheasants,
Bobwhite | 10 | | quail, Hungarian
partridges, Chukar partridges, Coturnix
and | 11 | | wild turkeys; and (b) hand reared mallard
ducks may be released
| 12 | | at any time of the year for shooting purposes and 100% of those | 13 | | released
may be harvested by shooting.
| 14 | | All the foregoing birds so released ,
except Coturnix, shall | 15 | | be at least 16 weeks of age before releasing the
same and shall | 16 | | possess full plumage.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 84-150.)
| 18 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.29) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.29)
| 19 | | Sec. 3.29.
For the purpose of this Act, game birds shall be | 20 | | released
upon licensed game breeding and hunting preserve areas | 21 | | in
a manner satisfactory to the
Department. The licensee shall | 22 | | keep a register on forms prescribed by the
Department which | 23 | | shall clearly show the
number and kind of game birds released | 24 | | each year, the
month of release, and also the number and kind |
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| 1 | | of game birds
taken, the month when taken and the disposition | 2 | | made of such game
birds, and shall submit such reports under | 3 | | oath as to game birds released and taken, to the
Department not | 4 | | later than 10 days following the end of each month during the
| 5 | | season. The Department shall keep an adequate record of the | 6 | | number of birds
released on each licensed game breeding and | 7 | | hunting
preserve area in each year and of the birds taken.
| 8 | | The Department shall prepare special tags suitable for use | 9 | | upon legs of
game birds, including hand reared mallard ducks, | 10 | | which tags shall be of a
type not removable without breaking | 11 | | and mutilating the tag, such tags to be
used to designate birds | 12 | | taken upon a licensed game breeding and hunting
preserve area, | 13 | | and such tag shall remain upon the leg of such game bird
until | 14 | | such bird is finally prepared for consumption. Those licensed | 15 | | areas
which dress game birds may affix the tag to the bag in | 16 | | which the dressed
game birds are contained or include the tag | 17 | | in the bag containing game birds that tag to be clearly visible | 18 | | from the outside of the bag . Upon application and
payment of a | 19 | | fee of 10 cents for each such tag, the Department shall
furnish | 20 | | licensees with such tags. All game birds harvested on licensed | 21 | | areas that will be taken from the licensed areas in feather by | 22 | | persons authorized to take those game birds
are to be
properly | 23 | | banded on the same day they are taken. All game birds harvested | 24 | | on licensed areas that will be taken or shipped from those | 25 | | licensed areas as dressed game birds in bags shall have one tag | 26 | | either affixed to the bag or placed in the bag when the game |
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| 1 | | birds are placed in the bag.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 93-554, eff. 8-20-03.)
| 3 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.31 rep.)
| 4 | | Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by repealing | 5 | | Section 3.31.
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