Date	Chamber	Action
3/10/2023	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

520 ILCS 5/2.37

from Ch. 61, par. 2.37

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Wildlife Code. Removes provisions authorizing, under certain conditions, drainage districts to control beaver populations. Provides that a drainage district, road district or similar body, landowner, tenant, or the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant is exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance raccoons, opossums, muskrats, skunks, coyotes, or beavers if all applicable provisions for licenses are complied with and any trap types and sizes used are in compliance with the Act, including marking or identification. Provides that landowners, tenants, or their designees may remove cottontail rabbits or grey or fox squirrels from their property, but only by means of a live trap, if the cottontail rabbits and grey or fox squirrels are released alive and unharmed in a suitable habitat that is not within any city or town and not within any park. Provides that the designee of a drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant must have a signed and dated written authorization from the drainage district, landowner, or tenant in possession at all times when conducting animal control activities. Provides that the exemption from obtaining a permit is valid only upon property owned, leased, or controlled by the drainage district, road district, landowner, or tenant. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Travis Weaver
2/14/2023	House	First Reading
2/14/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/23/2023	House	Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
3/10/2023	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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