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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 3.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.3) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.3)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3.3. Trapping license required. Before any person |
| 8 | | shall trap any
of the mammals protected
by this Act, for which |
| 9 | | an open trapping season has been established, he shall
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| 10 | | procure a trapping license from the Department to do so. No |
| 11 | | traps
shall be placed in the field, set or unset, prior to the |
| 12 | | opening day of
the trapping season.
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| 13 | | Traps used in the taking of such mammals shall be marked or
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| 14 | | tagged with metal tags or inscribed in lettering giving the |
| 15 | | name and
address of the owner, or the customer identification |
| 16 | | number issued by the Department, and absence of such mark or |
| 17 | | tag shall be prima
facie evidence that such trap or traps are |
| 18 | | illegally used and the trap
or traps shall be confiscated and |
| 19 | | disposed of as directed by the
Department.
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| 20 | | Before any person 16 years of age or older shall trap, |
| 21 | | attempt to
trap, or sell the green hides of any mammal of the |
| 22 | | species defined as
fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which |
| 23 | | an open season is established
under this Act, he shall first |
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| 1 | | have procured a State Habitat Stamp.
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| 2 | | Before a trapping license shall be issued to any person |
| 3 | | under the age of
sixteen years, such person shall obtain the |
| 4 | | written consent of his father,
mother or legally constituted |
| 5 | | guardian to obtain such license.
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| 6 | | Beginning January 1, 2016, no trapping license shall be |
| 7 | | issued to any
person born on or after January 1, 1998 unless he |
| 8 | | or she presents to the authorized issuer of the license |
| 9 | | evidence that he or she has a
certificate of competency |
| 10 | | provided for in this Section.
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| 11 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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| 12 | | personnel of the Department,
or volunteer instructors, found by |
| 13 | | the Department to be competent,
to provide instruction in |
| 14 | | courses on trapping techniques and ethical trapping
behavior as |
| 15 | | needed throughout the State, which courses shall be at least
8 |
| 16 | | hours in length. Persons so authorized shall provide |
| 17 | | instruction in such
courses to individuals at no charge, and |
| 18 | | shall issue to individuals
successfully completing such |
| 19 | | courses certificates of competency in basic
trapping |
| 20 | | techniques. The Department shall cooperate in establishing |
| 21 | | such
courses with any reputable association or organization |
| 22 | | which has as one of
its objectives the promotion of the ethical |
| 23 | | use of legal fur harvesting
devices and techniques. The |
| 24 | | Department shall furnish information on the
requirements of the |
| 25 | | trapper education program to be distributed free of
charge to |
| 26 | | applicants for trapping licenses by the persons appointed and
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| 1 | | authorized to issue licenses.
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| 2 | | The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of farm lands, |
| 3 | | and their
children actually residing on such lands, shall have |
| 4 | | the right to trap
mammals protected by this Act, for which an |
| 5 | | open trapping season has been
established, upon such lands, |
| 6 | | without procuring licenses, provided that
such mammals are |
| 7 | | taken during the periods of time and with such devices as
are |
| 8 | | permitted by this Act.
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| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-913, eff. 1-1-15; 99-868, eff. 1-1-17.)
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| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 11 | | becoming law.
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