103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3905

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Katie Stuart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/1.3

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code or Department of Natural Resources rule to the contrary, the Department shall add one extra day to the deer hunting season to the second weekend of that hunting season.


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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 1.3 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/1.3)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-1114)
8    Sec. 1.3. The Department shall have the authority to
9manage wildlife and regulate the taking of wildlife for the
10purposes of providing public recreation and controlling
11wildlife populations. The seasons during which wildlife may be
12taken, the methods for taking wildlife, the daily bag limits,
13and the possession limits shall be established by the
14Department through administrative rule, but the Department may
15not provide for a longer season, a larger daily bag limit, or a
16larger possession limit than is provided in this Code.
17    The Natural Resources Advisory Board may also recommend to
18the Director of Natural Resources any reductions or increases
19of seasons and bag or possession limits or the closure of any
20season when research and inventory data indicate the need for
21such changes.
22    The Department is authorized to establish seasons for the
23taking of migratory birds within the dates established

 

 

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1annually by Proclamation of the Secretary, United States
2Department of the Interior, known as the "Rules and
3Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting" (50 CFR 20 et seq.).
4When the biological balance of any species is affected, the
5Director may with the approval of the Conservation Advisory
6Board, by administrative rule, lengthen, shorten or close the
7season during which waterfowl may be taken within the federal
8limitations prescribed. If the Department does not adopt an
9administrative rule establishing a season, then the season
10shall be as set forth in the current "Rules and Regulations for
11Migratory Bird Hunting". The Department shall advise the
12public by reasonable means of the dates of the various
13seasons.
14    The Department may utilize the services of the staff of
15the Illinois Natural History Survey of the University of
16Illinois for making investigations as to the population status
17of the various species of wildlife.
18    Employees or agents of any state, federal, or municipal
19government or body when engaged in investigational work and
20law enforcement, may with prior approval of the Director, be
21exempted from the provisions of this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 98-346, eff. 8-14-13.)
 
23    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-1114)
24    Sec. 1.3. The Department shall have the authority to
25manage wildlife and regulate the taking of wildlife for the

 

 

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1purposes of providing public recreation and controlling
2wildlife populations. The seasons during which wildlife may be
3taken, the methods for taking wildlife, the daily bag limits,
4and the possession limits shall be established by the
5Department through administrative rule, but the Department may
6not provide for a longer season, a larger daily bag limit, or a
7larger possession limit than is provided in this Code.
8    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
9Department rule to the contrary, the Department shall add one
10extra day to the deer hunting season to the second weekend of
11that hunting season.
12    The Department is authorized to establish seasons for the
13taking of migratory birds within the dates established
14annually by Proclamation of the Secretary, United States
15Department of the Interior, known as the "Rules and
16Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting" (50 CFR 20 et seq.).
17When the biological balance of any species is affected, the
18Director may, by administrative rule, lengthen, shorten or
19close the season during which waterfowl may be taken within
20the federal limitations prescribed. If the Department does not
21adopt an administrative rule establishing a season, then the
22season shall be as set forth in the current "Rules and
23Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting". The Department shall
24advise the public by reasonable means of the dates of the
25various seasons.
26    The Department may utilize the services of the staff of

 

 

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1the Illinois Natural History Survey of the University of
2Illinois for making investigations as to the population status
3of the various species of wildlife.
4    Employees or agents of any state, federal, or municipal
5government or body when engaged in investigational work and
6law enforcement, may with prior approval of the Director, be
7exempted from the provisions of this Act.
8(Source: P.A. 102-1114, eff. 6-1-23.)
 
9    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
10changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
11that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
12represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
13not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
14made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
15Public Act.