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Public Act 095-0529
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| HB3425 Enrolled |
LRB095 10014 CMK 32159 b |
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AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section |
2.39 as follows:
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(520 ILCS 5/2.39 new) |
Sec. 2.39. Local control of deer population. A municipality |
or other unit of local government that conducts a scientific |
study, of at least 4 years and approved by the Department, on |
controlling the deer population, using a method in addition to |
taking of the deer, in that municipality or other unit of local |
government and concludes, as a result of that study, that the |
deer population of the municipality or other unit of local |
government may be managed, using that alternative method, in a |
way that results in sustainable deer populations, then the |
Department must permit the municipality or other unit of local |
government to implement the alternative method of deer |
population control on the lands of that municipality or other |
unit of local government at the municipality's or unit of local |
government's own expense. The municipality or unit of local |
government must report to the Department, on an annual basis, |
the local deer population count, as required by administrative |
rule. |