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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 Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    Sec. 7.5. Statutory Exemptions. To the extent provided for
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
9from inspection and copying:
10    (a) All information determined to be confidential under
11Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and Development Act.
12    (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
13library users with specific materials under the Library Records
14Confidentiality Act.
15    (c) Applications, related documents, and medical records
16received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
17Board and any and all documents or other records prepared by
18the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures Board or its
19staff relating to applications it has received.
20    (d) Information and records held by the Department of
21Public Health and its authorized representatives relating to
22known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible disease or
23any information the disclosure of which is restricted under the

 

 

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1Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act.
2    (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted under
3Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
4    (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of the
5Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications
6Based Selection Act.
7    (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted and
8exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act.
9    (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted under
10the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and records of
11any lawfully created State or local inspector general's office
12that would be exempt if created or obtained by an Executive
13Inspector General's office under that Act.
14    (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy plan
15submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
16emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under Section
1711-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
18    (j) Information and data concerning the distribution of
19surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless carriers
20under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act.
21    (k) Law enforcement officer identification information or
22driver identification information compiled by a law
23enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation under
24Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
25    (l) Records and information provided to a residential
26health care facility resident sexual assault and death review

 

 

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1team or the Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review
2Team Act.
3    (m) Information provided to the predatory lending database
4created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential Real Property
5Disclosure Act, except to the extent authorized under that
6Article.
7    (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
8compensation and expenses for court appointed trial counsel as
9provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital Crimes
10Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply until the
11conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the prosecution
12chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior to trial or
13sentencing.
14    (o) Information that is prohibited from being disclosed
15under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances
16Registry Act.
17    (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
18investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
19information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
20Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
21Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair County
22Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety Act.
23    (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
24Personnel Records Review Act.
25    (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
26Illinois School Student Records Act.

 

 

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1    (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted under
2Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
3    (t) All identified or deidentified health information in
4the form of health data or medical records contained in, stored
5in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from the Illinois
6Health Information Exchange, and identified or deidentified
7health information in the form of health data and medical
8records of the Illinois Health Information Exchange in the
9possession of the Illinois Health Information Exchange
10Authority due to its administration of the Illinois Health
11Information Exchange. The terms "identified" and
12"deidentified" shall be given the same meaning as in the Health
13Insurance Accountability and Portability Act of 1996, Public
14Law 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
15regulations promulgated thereunder.
16    (u) Records and information provided to an independent team
17of experts under Brian's Law.
18    (v) Names and information of people who have applied for or
19received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under the
20Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
21    (w) Personally identifiable information which is exempted
22from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section 19.1 of the
23Toll Highway Act.
24    (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure under
25Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section 8-11-21 of the
26Illinois Municipal Code.

 

 

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1    (y) Information which is exempted from disclosure under
2Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
3(Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1235, eff. 1-1-11;
496-1331, eff. 7-27-10; 97-80, eff. 7-5-11; 97-333, eff.
58-12-11; 97-342, eff. 8-12-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-976,
6eff. 1-1-13.)
 
7    Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
8Section 2.37 as follows:
 
9    (520 ILCS 5/2.37)  (from Ch. 61, par. 2.37)
10    Sec. 2.37. Authority to kill wildlife responsible for
11damage. Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the
12Illinois Endangered Species Act, the Department may authorize
13owners and tenants of lands or their agents to remove or
14destroy any wild bird or wild mammal when the wild bird or wild
15mammal is known to be destroying property or causing a risk to
16human health or safety upon his or her land.
17    Upon receipt by the Department of information from the
18owner, tenant, or sharecropper that any one or more species of
19wildlife is damaging dams, levees, ditches, cattle pastures, or
20other property on the land on which he resides or controls,
21together with a statement regarding location of the property
22damages, the nature and extent of the damage, and the
23particular species of wildlife committing the damage, the
24Department shall make an investigation.

 

 

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1    If, after investigation, the Department finds that damage
2does exist and can be abated only by removing or destroying
3that wildlife, a permit shall be issued by the Department to
4remove or destroy the species responsible for causing the
5damage.
6    A permit to control the damage shall be for a period of up
7to 90 days, shall specify the means and methods by which and
8the person or persons by whom the wildlife may be removed or
9destroyed, and shall set forth the disposition procedure to be
10made of all wildlife taken and other restrictions the Director
11considers necessary and appropriate in the circumstances of the
12particular case. Whenever possible, the specimens destroyed
13shall be given to a bona-fide public or State scientific,
14educational, or zoological institution.
15    The permittee shall advise the Department in writing,
16within 10 days after the expiration date of the permit, of the
17number of individual species of wildlife taken, disposition
18made of them, and any other information which the Department
19may consider necessary.
20    Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the
21Illinois Endangered Species Act, the Department may grant to an
22individual, corporation, association or a governmental body
23the authority to control species protected by this Code. The
24Department shall set forth applicable regulations in an
25Administrative Order and may require periodic reports listing
26species taken, numbers of each species taken, dates when taken,

 

 

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1and other pertinent information.
2    Drainage Districts shall have the authority to control
3beaver provided that they must notify the Department in writing
4that a problem exists and of their intention to trap the
5animals at least 7 days before the trapping begins. The
6District must identify traps used in beaver control outside the
7dates of the furbearer trapping season with metal tags with the
8district's name legibly inscribed upon them. During the
9furtrapping season, traps must be identified as prescribed by
10law. Conibear traps at least size 330 shall be used except
11during the statewide furbearer trapping season. During that
12time trappers may use any device that is legal according to the
13Wildlife Code. Except during the statewide furbearer trapping
14season, beaver traps must be set in water at least 10 inches
15deep. Except during the statewide furbearer trapping season,
16traps must be set within 10 feet of an inhabited bank burrow or
17house and within 10 feet of a dam maintained by a beaver. No
18beaver or other furbearer taken outside of the dates for the
19furbearer trapping season may be sold. All animals must be
20given to the nearest conservation officer or other Department
21of Natural Resources representative within 48 hours after they
22are caught. Furbearers taken during the fur trapping season may
23be sold provided that they are taken by persons who have valid
24trapping licenses in their possession and are lawfully taken.
25The District must submit an annual report showing the species
26and numbers of animals caught. The report must indicate all

 

 

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1species which were taken.
2    The location of traps or snares authorized under this
3Section either by the Department or any other governmental body
4with the authority to control species protected by this Code
5shall be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
6Information Act.
7(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-959, eff. 8-15-12.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.