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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 | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 2.30 and 2.31 as follows:
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| 6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.30) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.30)
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| 7 | Sec. 2.30. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap or | ||||||
| 8 | to hunt
with gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, | ||||||
| 9 | red fox,
raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, and opossum | ||||||
| 10 | except during
the open season which will be set annually by the | ||||||
| 11 | Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight, | ||||||
| 12 | February 15, both inclusive.
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| 13 | It is unlawful for any person to take bobcat or river otter
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| 14 | in this State at any time.
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| 15 | It is unlawful to pursue any fur-bearing mammal with a dog | ||||||
| 16 | or dogs
between the hours of sunset and sunrise during the 10 | ||||||
| 17 | day period
preceding the opening date of the raccoon hunting | ||||||
| 18 | season and the 10 day
period following the closing date of the | ||||||
| 19 | raccoon hunting season except
that the Department may issue | ||||||
| 20 | field trial permits in accordance with Section
2.34 of this | ||||||
| 21 | Act. A non-resident from a state with more restrictive
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| 22 | fur-bearer pursuit regulations for any particular species than | ||||||
| 23 | provided for
that species in this Act may not pursue that | ||||||
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| 1 | species in Illinois except
during the period of time that | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois residents are allowed to pursue
that species in the | ||||||
| 3 | non-resident's state of residence. Hound running areas | ||||||
| 4 | approved by the Department shall be exempt from the
provisions | ||||||
| 5 | of this Section.
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| 6 | It shall be unlawful to take beaver, weasel, mink or | ||||||
| 7 | muskrat except during
the open season set annually by the | ||||||
| 8 | Director, and then, only with traps.
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| 9 | It shall be unlawful for any person to trap beaver with | ||||||
| 10 | traps except during
the open season which will be set annually | ||||||
| 11 | by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1st and 12:00 | ||||||
| 12 | midnight, March 31.
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| 13 | Coyote may be taken by trapping methods only during the | ||||||
| 14 | period from
September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | ||||||
| 15 | hunting methods at any time.
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| 16 | Striped skunk may be taken by trapping methods only during | ||||||
| 17 | the period
from September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | ||||||
| 18 | hunting methods at
any time.
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| 19 | For the purpose of taking fur-bearing mammals, the State | ||||||
| 20 | may be
divided into management zones by administrative rule.
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| 21 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the taking or | ||||||
| 22 | possessing of fur-bearing mammals found dead or | ||||||
| 23 | unintentionally killed by a vehicle along a roadway during the | ||||||
| 24 | open season provided the person who possesses such fur-bearing | ||||||
| 25 | mammals has all appropriate licenses, stamps, or permits; the | ||||||
| 26 | season for which the species possessed is open; and that such | ||||||
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| 1 | possession and disposal of such fur-bearing mammals is | ||||||
| 2 | otherwise subject to the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
| 3 | The provisions of this Section are subject to modification | ||||||
| 4 | by
administrative rule.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 95-196, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| 6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.31) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.31)
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| 7 | Sec. 2.31.
Except as provided in Section 2.30, it It shall | ||||||
| 8 | be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take wild
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| 9 | birds or wild mammals along, upon, across, or from any public | ||||||
| 10 | right-of-way
or highway in this State.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 77-1781.)
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| 12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 13 | becoming law.
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