Full Text of HB5514 98th General Assembly
HB5514 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5514 Introduced , by Rep. John D. Cavaletto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 520 ILCS 5/2.30 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.30 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that trapped beaver, river otter, weasel, mink, or muskrat may be killed with a .22 caliber or a smaller rifle. Effective immediately.
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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 | | to hunt
with gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, | 9 | | red fox,
raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, and opossum | 10 | | except during
the open season which will be set annually by the | 11 | | Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight, | 12 | | February 15, both inclusive.
| 13 | | It is unlawful for any person to take bobcat
in this State | 14 | | at any time.
| 15 | | It is unlawful to pursue any fur-bearing mammal with a dog | 16 | | or dogs
between the hours of sunset and sunrise during the 10 | 17 | | day period
preceding the opening date of the raccoon hunting | 18 | | season and the 10 day
period following the closing date of the | 19 | | raccoon hunting season except
that the Department may issue | 20 | | field trial permits in accordance with Section
2.34 of this | 21 | | Act. A non-resident from a state with more restrictive
| 22 | | fur-bearer pursuit regulations for any particular species than | 23 | | provided for
that species in this Act may not pursue that |
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| 1 | | species in Illinois except
during the period of time that | 2 | | Illinois residents are allowed to pursue
that species in the | 3 | | non-resident's state of residence. Hound running areas | 4 | | approved by the Department shall be exempt from the
provisions | 5 | | of this Section.
| 6 | | It shall be unlawful to take beaver, river otter, weasel, | 7 | | mink or muskrat except during
the open season set annually by | 8 | | the Director, and then, only with traps. Trapped beaver, river | 9 | | otter, weasel, mink, or muskrat may be killed with a .22 | 10 | | caliber or a smaller rifle.
| 11 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to trap beaver or river | 12 | | otter with traps except during
the open season which will be | 13 | | set annually by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1st | 14 | | and 12:00 midnight, March 31, both inclusive.
| 15 | | Coyote may be taken by trapping methods only during the | 16 | | period from
September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | 17 | | hunting methods at any time.
| 18 | | Striped skunk may be taken by trapping methods only during | 19 | | the period
from September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | 20 | | hunting methods at
any time.
| 21 | | Muskrat may be taken by trapping methods during an open | 22 | | season set annually by the Director. | 23 | | For the purpose of taking fur-bearing mammals, the State | 24 | | may be
divided into management zones by administrative rule.
| 25 | | It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the | 26 | | season limit or possession limit of fur-bearing mammals that |
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| 1 | | shall be set annually by the Director. The season limit for | 2 | | river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per | 3 | | season. Possession limits shall not apply to fur buyers, | 4 | | tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists, as defined by this | 5 | | Act, who possess fur-bearing mammals in accordance with laws | 6 | | governing such activities. | 7 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the taking or | 8 | | possessing of fur-bearing mammals found dead or | 9 | | unintentionally killed by a vehicle along a roadway during the | 10 | | open season provided the person who possesses such fur-bearing | 11 | | mammals has all appropriate licenses, stamps, or permits; the | 12 | | season for which the species possessed is open; and that such | 13 | | possession and disposal of such fur-bearing mammals is | 14 | | otherwise subject to the provisions of this Section. | 15 | | The provisions of this Section are subject to modification | 16 | | by administrative rule. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 97-19, eff. 6-28-11; 97-31, eff. 6-28-11; 97-628, | 18 | | eff. 11-10-11; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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