Public Act 1037 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2562 Enrolled LRB095 19779 RCE 46157 b

Public Act 095-1037

AN ACT concerning wildlife.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section 1.13 as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/1.13) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.13)

Sec. 1.13. The Department is authorized to issue a "Public Hunting Grounds for Waterfowl" daily usage stamp at a fee not to exceed $10 for duck hunting areas, and not to exceed $15 for Canada goose hunting areas; and assess a daily "Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants" fee daily usage stamp not to exceed $25 ($35 for non-residents) in 2008 and increasing by $5 every third year until the maximum fee is $50 ($60 for non-residents) $15, such stamp to expire at the end of the day of issue. Each person shall obtain such a stamp from the Department to be attached to the permit card assigned to a person, or pay the daily fee to hunt pheasants, under the provisions of the rules and regulations made by the Department for the operation of State Public Hunting Grounds. Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.

The Department is authorized to permit hunters to harvest both male and female hand reared pheasants released on such public hunting grounds.

The Department shall cause an administrative rule, setting forth the rules and regulations for the operation of Public Hunting Areas on lands and waters owned or leased by this State.

(Source: P.A. 87-126.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

Effective Date: 02/17/2009