Full Text of HB5407 94th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 3.1 and by adding Section 3.1-5 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.1) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.1)
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| Sec. 3.1. License and stamps required.
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| (a) Before any person shall take or attempt to take any of | 9 |
| the species
protected by Section 2.2 for which an open season | 10 |
| is established under this
Act, he shall first have procured and | 11 |
| possess a valid hunting license , except as provided in Section | 12 |
| 3.1-5 of this Code .
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| Before any person 16 years of age or older shall take or
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| attempt to take any bird of the species defined as migratory | 15 |
| waterfowl by
Section 2.2, including coots, he shall first have | 16 |
| procured a State
Migratory Waterfowl Stamp.
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| Before any person 16 years of age or older takes, attempts | 18 |
| to take, or
pursues any species of wildlife protected by this | 19 |
| Code, except migratory
waterfowl, coots, and hand-reared birds | 20 |
| on licensed game breeding and hunting
preserve areas and state | 21 |
| controlled pheasant hunting areas, he or she shall
first obtain | 22 |
| a State Habitat Stamp. Disabled veterans and former prisoners | 23 |
| of
war shall not be required to obtain State Habitat Stamps. | 24 |
| Any person who
obtained a lifetime license before January 1, | 25 |
| 1993, shall not be required to
obtain State Habitat Stamps. | 26 |
| Income from the sale of State Furbearer Stamps and
State | 27 |
| Pheasant Stamps received after the effective date of this | 28 |
| amendatory Act
of 1992 shall be deposited into the State | 29 |
| Furbearer Fund and State Pheasant
Fund, respectively.
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| Before any person 16 years of age or older shall take, | 31 |
| attempt to
take, or sell the green hide of any mammal of the | 32 |
| species defined as
fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which |
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| an open season is established
under this Act, he shall first | 2 |
| have procured a State Habitat Stamp.
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| (b) Before any person who is a non-resident of the State of | 4 |
| Illinois
shall take or attempt to take any of the species | 5 |
| protected by Section
2.2
for which an open season is | 6 |
| established under this Act, he shall,
unless specifically | 7 |
| exempted by law, first procure a non-resident
license as | 8 |
| provided by this Act for the taking of any wild game.
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| Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take | 10 |
| white-tailed deer,
he shall first have procured a Deer Hunting | 11 |
| Permit as defined in Section
2.26 of this Code.
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| Before a nonresident shall take or attempt to take wild | 13 |
| turkeys, he
shall have procured a Wild Turkey Hunting Permit as | 14 |
| defined in Section 2.11
of this Code.
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| (c) The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of, farm | 16 |
| lands and their
children, parents, brothers, and sisters | 17 |
| actually permanently residing on
their lands shall have the | 18 |
| right to hunt any of the species protected by
Section 2.2 upon | 19 |
| their lands and waters without procuring hunting licenses;
but | 20 |
| the hunting shall be done only during periods of time and with | 21 |
| devices
and by methods as are permitted by this Act. Any person | 22 |
| on active duty
with the Armed Forces of the United States who | 23 |
| is now and who was at the
time of entering the Armed Forces a | 24 |
| resident of Illinois and who entered
the Armed Forces from this | 25 |
| State, and who is presently on ordinary leave
from the Armed | 26 |
| Forces, and any resident of Illinois who is disabled may hunt
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| any of the species protected by Section 2.2 without procuring a | 28 |
| hunting
license, but the hunting shall be done only during such | 29 |
| periods of time and
with devices and by methods as are | 30 |
| permitted by this Act. For the purpose of
this Section a person | 31 |
| is disabled when that person has a Type 1 or Type 4,
Class 2 | 32 |
| disability as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois | 33 |
| Identification Card
Act. For purposes of this Section, an | 34 |
| Illinois Disabled Person Identification
Card issued pursuant | 35 |
| to the Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that
the | 36 |
| person named has a Type 1 or Type 4, Class 2 disability shall |
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| be adequate
documentation of the disability.
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| (d) A courtesy non-resident license, permit, or stamp for | 3 |
| taking game
may be issued at the
discretion of the Director, | 4 |
| without fee, to any person officially employed
in the game and | 5 |
| fish or conservation department of another state or of the
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| United States who is within the State to assist or consult or | 7 |
| cooperate
with the Director; or to the officials of other | 8 |
| states, the United States,
foreign countries, or officers or | 9 |
| representatives of conservation
organizations or publications | 10 |
| while in the State as guests of the Governor
or Director. The | 11 |
| Director may provide to nonresident participants and
official | 12 |
| gunners at field trials an exemption from licensure while
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| participating in a field trial.
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| (e) State Migratory Waterfowl Stamps shall be required for | 15 |
| those persons
qualifying under subsections (c) and (d) who | 16 |
| intend to hunt migratory
waterfowl, including coots, to the | 17 |
| extent that hunting licenses of the
various types are | 18 |
| authorized and required by this Section for those persons.
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| (f) Registration in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Migratory | 20 |
| Bird Harvest
Information Program shall be required for those | 21 |
| persons who are required to
have a hunting license before | 22 |
| taking
or attempting to take any bird of the species defined as | 23 |
| migratory game birds
by Section 2.2, except that this | 24 |
| subsection shall not apply to crows in this
State
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| hand-reared birds on licensed game breeding and hunting | 26 |
| preserve areas, for
which an open season is established by this | 27 |
| Act. Persons registering with the
Program must carry proof of | 28 |
| registration with them while migratory bird
hunting.
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| The Department shall publish suitable prescribed | 30 |
| regulations pertaining to
registration by the migratory bird | 31 |
| hunter in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Migratory Bird | 32 |
| Harvest Information Program.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-177, eff. 7-27-01.)
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.1-5 new) | 35 |
| Sec. 3.1-5. Apprentice Hunter License Program. |
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| (a) Beginning 120 days after the effective date of this | 2 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Department | 3 |
| shall establish an Apprentice Hunter License Program. The | 4 |
| purpose of this Program shall be to extend limited hunting | 5 |
| privileges, in lieu of obtaining a valid hunting license, to | 6 |
| persons interested in learning about hunting sports. | 7 |
| (b) Any resident who is at least 10 years old may apply to | 8 |
| the Department for an Apprentice Hunter License. The Apprentice | 9 |
| Hunter License shall be a one-time, non-renewable license that | 10 |
| shall expire on the March 31 following the date of issuance. | 11 |
| (c) For persons aged 10 through 17, the Apprentice Hunter | 12 |
| License shall entitle the licensee to hunt while supervised by | 13 |
| a validly licensed resident parent, guardian, or grandparent. | 14 |
| For persons 18 or older, the Apprentice Hunter License shall | 15 |
| entitle the licensee to hunt while supervised by a validly | 16 |
| licensed resident hunter. Possession of an Apprentice Hunter | 17 |
| License shall serve in lieu of a valid hunting license, but | 18 |
| does not exempt the licensee from compliance with the | 19 |
| requirements of this Code and any rules and regulations adopted | 20 |
| pursuant to this Code.
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| (d) In order to be approved for the Apprentice Hunter | 22 |
| License, the applicant must be a resident of Illinois, request | 23 |
| an Apprentice Hunter License on a form designated and made | 24 |
| available by the Department, and submit a $7 fee, which shall | 25 |
| be separate from and additional to any other stamp, permit, | 26 |
| tag, or license fee that may be required for hunting under this | 27 |
| Code. The Department shall adopt suitable administrative rules | 28 |
| that are reasonable and necessary for the administration of the | 29 |
| program, but shall not require any certificate of competency or | 30 |
| other hunting education as a condition of the Apprentice Hunter | 31 |
| License.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 33 |
| becoming law. |
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