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Rep. Mike Bost
Filed: 3/22/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 151
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 151, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 3.2 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
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| Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. |
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| Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, |
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| incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any |
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| other person authorized or designated
by the Department to |
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| issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any |
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| person, the person shall file his application with the |
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| Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a |
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| form provided by the
Department and further give definite proof |
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| of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk |
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| designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish |
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| the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
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| names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his |
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| duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and |
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| stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was |
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| elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized to |
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| furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other business |
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| establishment. Each
application shall be executed and sworn to |
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| and shall set forth the name
and description of the applicant |
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| and place of residence.
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| No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or |
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| after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized |
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| to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting |
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| license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a |
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| prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this |
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| Section. Persons under 16 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime |
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| Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under |
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| Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not |
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| be entitled to hunt
unless they have a certificate of |
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| competency as provided in this Section and
they shall have the |
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| certificate in their possession while hunting.
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| The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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| personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors |
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| to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in |
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| firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow |
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| and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
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| the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall |
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| receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural |
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| Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association |
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| or organization in establishing
courses if the organization has |
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| as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the |
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| handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
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| The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
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| person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the |
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| handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The |
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| persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and |
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| upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person |
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| instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of |
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| firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
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| made for any course of instruction except for materials or |
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| ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
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| furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety |
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| education programs to be distributed
free of charge to |
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| applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and |
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| authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
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| firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee |
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| charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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| The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a |
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| resident of
Illinois is $7. For residents age 65 or older, the |
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| fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a hunting license to |
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| hunt all species for a resident of
Illinois. Nonresidents shall |
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| be charged $50 for a hunting license.
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| If any person who is currently serving on active-duty as a |
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| member of the Armed Forces of the United States or any reserve |
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| component of the Armed Forces of the Unites States has a valid |
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| Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or the equivalent issued |
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| by another state, issued in his or her name, then there is no |
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| fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for that person. |
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| The Department shall establish standards for the verification |
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| of active-duty service under this paragraph. The active-duty |
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| military member shall provide verification of active-duty |
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| service to the Department at the Department's office in |
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| Springfield.
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| Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license |
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| for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the |
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| State and shall
be charged a fee of $28.
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| A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a |
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| nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding |
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| and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section 3.27, |
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| shall be issued upon proper
application being made and payment |
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| of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. The |
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| expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date each |
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| year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area licenses |
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| expire.
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| Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, |
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| regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee |
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| of $10 and
shall receive a stamp. Except as provided under
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| Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp |
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| shall be signed by the person or affixed to his license
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| permit in a space designated by the Department for that |
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| purpose.
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| Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of his |
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| residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and shall |
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| receive a
stamp. Except as provided under Section 20-45 of the |
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| Fish and Aquatic Life
Code, the stamp shall be signed by the |
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| person or affixed to his license or
permit in a space |
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| designated by the Department for that purpose.
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| Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require |
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| the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person |
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| in any one license year.
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| The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting |
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| licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession |
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| of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may |
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| consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used as |
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| the Department may order.
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| All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall |
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| expire upon
March 31 of each year.
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| Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued |
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| under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his |
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| possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the |
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| officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any |
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| sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
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| demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department |
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| owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters |