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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    Section 2.26 as follows:

 6        (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
 7        Sec.  2.26. Deer hunting permits.  In this Section, "bona
 8    fide  equity  shareholder"  means  an  individual   who   (1)
 9    purchased,  for market price, publicly sold stock shares in a
10    corporation, purchased shares of a privately-held corporation
11    for a value equal to the percentage of the appraised value of
12    the corporate assets represented  by  the  ownership  in  the
13    corporation,  or  is  a member of a closely-held family-owned
14    corporation and has purchased or been gifted with  shares  of
15    stock  in  the  corporation  accurately reflecting his or her
16    percentage  of  ownership  and  (2)  intends  to  retain  the
17    ownership of the shares of stock for at least 5 years.
18        In this Section,  "bona  fide  equity  member"  means  an
19    individual  who (1) (i) became a member upon the formation of
20    the  limited  liability  company  or  (ii)  has  purchased  a
21    distributional interest in a limited liability company for  a
22    value  equal  to the percentage of the appraised value of the
23    LLC assets represented by the distributional interest in  the
24    LLC and subsequently becomes a member of the company pursuant
25    to  Article  30  of the Limited Liability Company Act and who
26    (2) intends to retain the membership for at least 5 years.
27        Any person attempting to take deer shall first  obtain  a
28    "Deer   Hunting   Permit"   in   accordance  with  prescribed
29    regulations  set  forth  in  an  Administrative  Rule.   Deer
30    Hunting Permits shall be issued by the Department.   The  fee
31    for  a  Deer  Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and
 
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 1    arrow or gun shall not exceed $15.00  for  residents  of  the
 2    State.  The Department may by administrative rule provide for
 3    non-resident  deer hunting permits for which the fee will not
 4    exceed  $100  except  as  provided  below  for   non-resident
 5    landowners.  Permits shall be issued without charge to:
 6             (a)  Illinois  landowners  residing  in Illinois who
 7        own at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish  to  hunt
 8        their land only,
 9             (b)  resident  tenants  of  at  least  40  acres  of
10        commercial agricultural land where they will hunt, and
11             (c)  Bona  fide equity shareholders of a corporation
12        or bona  fide  equity  members  of  a  limited  liability
13        company  which owns at least 40 acres of land in a county
14        in Illinois who wish to  hunt  on  the  corporation's  or
15        company's  land only.  One permit shall be issued without
16        charge to one bona fide equity shareholder  or  one  bona
17        fide equity member for each 40 acres of land owned by the
18        corporation  or  company in a county; however, the number
19        of permits issued without  charge  to  bona  fide  equity
20        shareholders  of  any  corporation  or  bona  fide equity
21        members of a limited  liability  company  in  any  county
22        shall not exceed 15.
23        Bona  fide  landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt
24    only on the land they own, rent or lease or bona fide  equity
25    shareholders  or  bona fide equity members who do not wish to
26    hunt only on the land owned by  the  corporation  or  limited
27    liability  company  shall  be  charged  the  same  fee as the
28    applicant who is not a landowner, tenant, or bona fide equity
29    shareholder, or bona  fide  equity  member.  Nonresidents  of
30    Illinois  who  own at least 40 acres of land and wish to hunt
31    on  their  land  only  shall  be  charged  a   fee   set   by
32    administrative  rule.  The method for obtaining these permits
33    shall be prescribed by administrative rule.
34        The deer hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid
 
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 1    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
 3    to a bona fide equity shareholder or bona fide equity member,
 4    the  permit  shall  be  valid  on  all  lands  owned  by  the
 5    corporation or limited liability company in the county.
 6        The  Department  may  set  aside,  in accordance with the
 7    prescribed regulations set forth in an administrative rule of
 8    the Department, a limited number of Deer Hunting  Permits  to
 9    be  available  to persons providing evidence of a contractual
10    arrangement to hunt on properties controlled by a  bona  fide
11    Illinois outfitter.  The number of available permits shall be
12    based on a percentage of unfilled permits remaining after the
13    previous  year's lottery.  Eligible outfitters shall be those
14    having membership  in,  and  accreditation  conferred  by,  a
15    professional   association  of  outfitters  approved  by  the
16    Department.  The association shall be responsible for setting
17    professional  standards  and  codes  of   conduct   for   its
18    membership, subject to Departmental approval.  In addition to
19    the   fee  normally  charged  for  resident  and  nonresident
20    permits, a reservation  fee  not  to  exceed  $200  shall  be
21    charged  to  the  outfitter  for  each  permit  set  aside in
22    accordance with this  Act.   The  reservation  fee  shall  be
23    deposited into the Wildlife and Fish Fund.
24        The  standards and specifications for use of guns and bow
25    and  arrow  for  deer  hunting  shall   be   established   by
26    administrative rule.
27        No  person  may  have  in  his possession any firearm not
28    authorized by administrative  rule  for  a  specific  hunting
29    season when taking deer.
30        Persons  having  a  firearm  deer hunting permit shall be
31    permitted to take deer only during the period from  1/2  hour
32    before  sunrise  to  sunset,  and  only during those days for
33    which an open season is established for the taking of deer by
34    use of shotgun or muzzle loading rifle.
 
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 1        Persons having an archery deer hunting  permit  shall  be
 2    permitted  to  take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour
 3    before sunrise to 1/2 hour  after  sunset,  and  only  during
 4    those  days  for  which an open season is established for the
 5    taking of deer by use of bow and arrow.
 6        It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer  by  use
 7    of  dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or
 8    by the use  of  salt  or  bait  of  any  kind.   An  area  is
 9    considered  as  baited  during  the  presence  of  and for 10
10    consecutive days following the removal of bait.
11        It shall be unlawful to possess  or  transport  any  wild
12    deer  which  has  been injured or killed in any manner upon a
13    public highway or public right-of-way of  this  State  unless
14    exempted by administrative rule.
15        Persons  hunting  deer  must have gun unloaded and no bow
16    and arrow device shall be  carried  with  the  arrow  in  the
17    nocked position during hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
18        It  shall  be  unlawful  for any person, having taken the
19    legal limit of deer by gun, to further participate  with  gun
20    in any deer hunting party.
21        It  shall  be  unlawful  for any person, having taken the
22    legal limit of deer by bow and arrow, to further  participate
23    with bow and arrow in any deer hunting party.
24        The  Department  may  prohibit upland game hunting during
25    the gun deer season by administrative rule.
26        It shall be legal for handicapped persons, as defined  in
27    Section  2.33,  to  utilize  a crossbow device, as defined in
28    Department rules, to take deer.
29        Any person who violates any of  the  provisions  of  this
30    Section, including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a
31    Class B misdemeanor.
32    (Source: P.A.  89-715,  eff.  2-21-97;  90-225, eff. 7-25-97;
33    90-490, eff. 8-17-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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