102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1941

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Tony McCombie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/2.11  from Ch. 61, par. 2.11

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall create a pilot program during the annual 2-weekend, youth-only spring wild turkey hunting season to allow for youth wild turkey hunting permits that are valid statewide, excluding those counties or portions of counties closed to firearm turkey hunting. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement the pilot program. Provides that nothing shall be construed to prohibit the Department from issuing Special Hunt Area Permits for the youth-only wild turkey hunting season or establishing, through administrative rule, additional requirements pertaining to the youth-only wild turkey hunting season on Department-owned or Department-managed sites, including site-specific quotas or drawings. Provides that the provision becomes inoperative on January 1, 2024. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing
5Section 2.11 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/2.11)  (from Ch. 61, par. 2.11)
7    Sec. 2.11. Wild turkey hunting permits. Before any person
8may lawfully hunt wild turkey, he shall first obtain a "Wild
9Turkey Hunting Permit" in accordance with the prescribed
10regulations set forth in an administrative rule of the
11Department. The fee for a Resident Wild Turkey Hunting Permit
12shall not exceed $15.
13    Upon submitting suitable evidence of legal residence in
14any other state, non-residents shall be charged a fee not to
15exceed $125 for wild turkey hunting permits.
16    The Department may by administrative rule allocate and
17issue non-resident Wild Turkey Permits and establish fees for
18such permits.
19    The Department shall create a pilot program during the
20annual 2-weekend, youth-only spring wild turkey hunting season
21to allow for youth wild turkey hunting permits that are valid
22statewide, excluding those counties or portions of counties
23closed to firearm turkey hunting. The Department shall adopt

 

 

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1rules to implement the pilot program. Nothing in this
2paragraph shall be construed to prohibit the Department from
3issuing Special Hunt Area Permits for the youth-only spring
4wild turkey hunting season or establishing, through
5administrative rule, additional requirements pertaining to the
6youth-only spring wild turkey hunting season on
7Department-owned or Department-managed sites, including
8site-specific quotas or drawings. The provisions of this
9paragraph are inoperative on and after January 1, 2024.
10    It shall be unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a
11bow and arrow or a shotgun of not larger than 10 nor smaller
12than 20 gauge with shot size not larger than No. 4, and no
13person while attempting to so take wild turkey may have in his
14possession any other gun.
15    It shall be unlawful to take, or attempt to take wild
16turkey except during the time from 1/2 hour before sunrise to
171/2 hour after sunset or during such lesser period of time as
18may be specified by administrative rule, during those days for
19which an open season is established.
20    It shall be unlawful for any person to take, or attempt to
21take, wild turkey by use of dogs, horses, automobiles,
22aircraft or other vehicles, or conveyances, or by the use or
23aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes of this
24Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or solid,
25including food, salt, minerals, and other products, except
26pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered in such

 

 

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1a manner as to attract or lure wild turkeys. "Baiting" means
2the placement or scattering of bait to attract wild turkeys.
3An area is considered as baited during the presence of and for
410 consecutive days following the removal of the bait.
5    It is unlawful for any person to take in Illinois or have
6in his or her possession more than one wild turkey per valid
7permit.
8    For the purposes of calculating acreage under this
9Section, the Department shall, after determining the total
10acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land, round
11remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal
12to half of an acre up to the next whole acre.
13    For the purposes of taking wild turkey, nothing in this
14Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation,
15including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal
16agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or
17normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting,
18and maintenance such as cultivating. Such manipulation for the
19purpose of taking wild turkey may be further modified by
20administrative rule.
21(Source: P.A. 98-180, eff. 8-5-13; 99-869, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.