Full Text of HB6018 99th General Assembly
HB6018 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB6018 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 520 ILCS 5/2.30 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.30 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the taking of various animals.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 2.30 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.30) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.30)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.30. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap or | 8 | | or to hunt
with gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray | 9 | | fox, red fox,
raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, bobcat, | 10 | | and opossum except during
the open season which will be set | 11 | | annually by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1 to | 12 | | 12:00 midnight, February 15, both inclusive.
| 13 | | It is unlawful to pursue any fur-bearing mammal with a dog | 14 | | or dogs
between the hours of sunset and sunrise during the 10 | 15 | | day period
preceding the opening date of the raccoon hunting | 16 | | season and the 10 day
period following the closing date of the | 17 | | raccoon hunting season except
that the Department may issue | 18 | | field trial permits in accordance with Section
2.34 of this | 19 | | Act. A non-resident from a state with more restrictive
| 20 | | fur-bearer pursuit regulations for any particular species than | 21 | | provided for
that species in this Act may not pursue that | 22 | | species in Illinois except
during the period of time that | 23 | | Illinois residents are allowed to pursue
that species in the |
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| 1 | | non-resident's state of residence. Hound running areas | 2 | | approved by the Department shall be exempt from the
provisions | 3 | | of this Section.
| 4 | | It shall be unlawful to take beaver, river otter, weasel, | 5 | | mink, or muskrat except during
the open season set annually by | 6 | | the Director, and then, only with traps, except that a firearm, | 7 | | pistol, or airgun of a caliber not larger than a .22 long rifle | 8 | | may be used to remove the animal from the trap.
| 9 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to trap beaver or river | 10 | | otter with traps except during
the open season which will be | 11 | | set annually by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1st | 12 | | and 12:00 midnight, March 31, both inclusive.
| 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.
| 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.
| 19 | | Muskrat may be taken by trapping methods during an open | 20 | | season set annually by the Director. | 21 | | For the purpose of taking fur-bearing mammals, the State | 22 | | may be
divided into management zones by administrative rule.
| 23 | | It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the | 24 | | season limit or possession limit of fur-bearing mammals that | 25 | | shall be set annually by the Director. The season limit for | 26 | | river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per |
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| 1 | | season. The season limit for bobcat shall not exceed one bobcat | 2 | | per permit. Possession limits shall not apply to fur buyers, | 3 | | tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists, as defined by this | 4 | | Act, who possess fur-bearing mammals in accordance with laws | 5 | | governing such activities. | 6 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the taking or | 7 | | possessing of fur-bearing mammals found dead or | 8 | | unintentionally killed by a vehicle along a roadway during the | 9 | | open season provided the person who possesses such fur-bearing | 10 | | mammals has all appropriate licenses, stamps, or permits; the | 11 | | season for which the species possessed is open; and that such | 12 | | possession and disposal of such fur-bearing mammals is | 13 | | otherwise subject to the provisions of this Section. | 14 | | The provisions of this Section are subject to modification | 15 | | by administrative rule. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-924, eff. 8-15-14; | 17 | | 99-33, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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