101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4254

 

Introduced 1/27/2020, by Rep. Nathan D. Reitz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/3.4c new

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a veteran who is at least 10% disabled with service-related disabilities or who is in receipt of a total disability pension is not required to procure a trapping license in order to trap any of the permitted species identified in the Code during such times and with such devices and by such methods as permitted by the Code. Effective immediately.


LRB101 17698 CMG 67125 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4254LRB101 17698 CMG 67125 b

1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section
53.4c as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/3.4c new)
7    Sec. 3.4c. Veterans who, according to the determination of
8the Veterans' Administration as certified by the Department of
9Veterans' Affairs, are at least 10% disabled with
10service-related disabilities or in receipt of total disability
11pensions may trap any of the species protected by Section 2.2,
12during such times, with such devices and by such methods as are
13permitted by this Act, without procuring trapping licenses, on
14the condition that their respective disabilities do not prevent
15them from trapping in a manner which is safe to themselves and
16others.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.