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Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
Filed: 3/1/2023
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2461
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2461 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
5 | | Sections 2.33a, 2.36, 2.37, and 3.5 as follows:
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6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.33a) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33a)
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7 | | Sec. 2.33a. Trapping. |
8 | | (a) It is unlawful to fail to visit and remove all animals
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9 | | from traps staked out, set, used, tended, placed or maintained |
10 | | at least
once each calendar day.
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11 | | (b) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or |
12 | | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction on |
13 | | land, that has a jaw spread
of larger than 6 1/2 inches (16.6 |
14 | | CM), or a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction |
15 | | having a jaw spread larger than 7 inches (17.8 CM) on
a side if |
16 | | square and 8 inches (20.4 CM) if round.
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1 | | (c) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or |
2 | | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction in |
3 | | water, that has a jaw spread
of larger than 7 1/2 inches (19.1 |
4 | | CM), or a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction |
5 | | having a jaw spread larger than 10 inches (25.4 CM) on
a side |
6 | | if square and 12 inches (30.5 CM) if round.
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7 | | (d) It is unlawful to use any trap with saw-toothed, |
8 | | spiked, or toothed jaws.
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9 | | (e) It is unlawful to destroy, disturb or in any manner |
10 | | interfere with
dams, lodges, burrows or feed beds of beaver |
11 | | while trapping for beaver or
to set a trap inside a muskrat |
12 | | house or beaver lodge, except that this shall
not apply to |
13 | | individuals who Drainage Districts that are acting pursuant to |
14 | | the provisions
of Section 2.37 or as provided for by |
15 | | administrative rule .
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16 | | (f) It is unlawful to trap beaver or river otter with: (1) |
17 | | a leghold trap or one of similar
construction having a jaw |
18 | | spread of less than 5 1/2 inches (13.9 CM) or
more than 7 1/2 |
19 | | inches (19.1 CM), or (2) a body-gripping trap or one of
similar |
20 | | construction having a jaw spread of less than 7 inches (17.7 |
21 | | CM) or
more than 10 inches (25.4 CM) on a side if square and 12 |
22 | | inches (30.5 CM) if
round, except that these restrictions |
23 | | shall not apply during
the open season for trapping raccoons.
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24 | | (g) It is unlawful to set traps closer than 10 feet (3.05 |
25 | | M) from any
hole or den which may be occupied by a game mammal |
26 | | or fur-bearing mammal
except that this restriction shall not |
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1 | | apply to water sets.
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2 | | (h) It is unlawful to trap or attempt to trap any |
3 | | fur-bearing mammal
with any colony, cage, box, or stove-pipe |
4 | | trap designed to take more than one
mammal at a single setting.
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5 | | (i) It is unlawful for any person to set or place any trap |
6 | | designed to
take any fur-bearing mammal protected by this Act |
7 | | during the closed
trapping season. Proof that any trap was |
8 | | placed during the closed trapping
season shall be deemed prima |
9 | | facie evidence of a violation of this provision.
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10 | | (j) It is unlawful to place, set, or maintain any leghold |
11 | | trap or one of
similar construction within thirty (30) feet |
12 | | (9.14 m) of bait placed in
such a manner or position that it is |
13 | | not completely covered and concealed
from sight, except that |
14 | | this shall not apply to underwater sets. Bait shall
mean and |
15 | | include any bait composed of mammal, bird, or fish flesh, fur,
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16 | | hide, entrails or feathers.
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17 | | (k) (Blank).
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18 | | (l) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use or |
19 | | maintain a
snare trap or one of similar construction in water, |
20 | | that has a loop
diameter exceeding 15 inches (38.1 CM) or a |
21 | | cable or wire diameter of more
than 1/8 inch (3.2 MM) or less |
22 | | than 5/64 inch (2.0 MM), that is constructed
of stainless |
23 | | steel metal cable or wire, and that does not have a mechanical
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24 | | lock, anchor swivel and stop device to prevent the mechanical |
25 | | lock from
closing the noose loop to a diameter of less than 2 |
26 | | 1/2 inches (6.4 CM).
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1 | | (m) It is unlawful to trap muskrat or mink with (1) a |
2 | | leghold trap or one of similar construction or (2) a |
3 | | body-gripping trap or one of similar construction unless the |
4 | | body-gripping trap or similar trap is completely submerged |
5 | | underwater when set. These restrictions shall not apply during |
6 | | the open season for trapping raccoons. |
7 | | (Source: P.A. 99-33, eff. 1-1-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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8 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.36)
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9 | | Sec. 2.36. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell or barter, or |
10 | | offer to buy,
sell or
barter, and for a commercial |
11 | | institution, other than a regularly
operated refrigerated |
12 | | storage establishment, to have in its possession
any of the |
13 | | wild birds, or any part thereof (and their eggs), or wild
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14 | | mammals or any parts thereof, protected by this Act unless
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15 | | done as hereinafter provided:
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16 | | Game birds or any parts thereof (and their eggs), may be |
17 | | held,
possessed, raised and sold, or otherwise dealt with, as |
18 | | provided in
Section 3.23 of this Act or when legally produced |
19 | | under similar special
permit in another state or country and |
20 | | legally transported into the
State of Illinois; provided that |
21 | | such imported game birds or any parts
thereof, shall be marked |
22 | | with permanent irremovable tags, or similar
devices, to |
23 | | establish and retain their origin and identity;
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24 | | Rabbits may be legally taken and possessed as provided in |
25 | | Sections
3.23, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act;
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1 | | Deer, or any parts thereof, may be held, possessed, sold |
2 | | or otherwise
dealt with as provided in this Section and |
3 | | Sections 3.23 and 3.24 of this Act;
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4 | | If a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat |
5 | | processing facility, the meat processor at the facility is an |
6 | | active member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger |
7 | | program, and the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the |
8 | | processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the |
9 | | licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer |
10 | | wants the processed deer, then the deer meat may be given away |
11 | | by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to |
12 | | any other charitable organization or community food bank that |
13 | | receives wild game meat. The licensed meat processing facility |
14 | | may charge the person receiving the deer meat a reasonable and |
15 | | customary processing fee; |
16 | | Meat processors who are active members of the Illinois |
17 | | Sportsmen Against Hunger program shall keep written records of |
18 | | all deer received. Records shall include the following |
19 | | information: |
20 | | (1) the date the deer was received; |
21 | | (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the
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22 | | person from whom the deer was received; |
23 | | (3) whether the deer was received as a whole carcass
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24 | | or as deboned meat; if the deer was brought to the
meat |
25 | | processor as deboned meat, the processor shall include the |
26 | | weight of the meat; |
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1 | | (4) the number and state of issuance of the permit of
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2 | | the person from whom the deer was received; in
the absence |
3 | | of a permit number, the meat processor
may rely on the |
4 | | written certification of the
person from whom the deer was |
5 | | received that the
deer was legally taken or obtained; and |
6 | | (5) if the person who originally delivered the deer to
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7 | | the meat processor fails to collect or make
arrangements |
8 | | for the packaged deer meat to be
collected and the meat |
9 | | processor gives all or part
of the unclaimed deer meat to |
10 | | another person, the
meat processor shall maintain a record |
11 | | of the exchange;
the meat processor's records shall |
12 | | include the
customer's name, physical address, telephone
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13 | | number, as well as the quantity and type of deer
meat given |
14 | | to the customer. The meat processor
shall also include the |
15 | | amount of compensation
received for the deer meat in his |
16 | | or her records. |
17 | | Meat processor records for unclaimed deer meat shall be |
18 | | open for inspection by any peace officer at any reasonable |
19 | | hour. Meat processors shall maintain records for a period of 2 |
20 | | years after the date of receipt of the wild game or for as long |
21 | | as the specimen or meat remains in the meat processors |
22 | | possession, whichever is longer; |
23 | | No meat processor shall have in his or her possession any |
24 | | deer that is not listed in his or her written records and |
25 | | properly tagged or labeled; |
26 | | All licensed meat processors who ship any deer or parts of |
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1 | | deer that have been held, possessed, or otherwise dealt with |
2 | | shall tag or label the shipment, and the tag or label shall |
3 | | state the name of the meat processor; |
4 | | Nothing in this Section removes meat processors from |
5 | | responsibility for the observance of any State or federal |
6 | | laws, rules, or regulations that may apply to the meat |
7 | | processing business; |
8 | | Fur-bearing mammals, or any parts thereof, may be held, |
9 | | possessed,
sold or otherwise dealt with as provided in |
10 | | Sections 3.16, 3.24, and 3.26 of
this Act or when legally taken |
11 | | and possessed in Illinois or
legally taken and possessed in |
12 | | and transported from other
states or countries;
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13 | | It is unlawful for any person to act as a nuisance wildlife |
14 | | control operator without a permit as provided in subsection |
15 | | (b) of Section 2.37 of this Act. |
16 | | The inedible parts of game mammals may be held, possessed, |
17 | | sold or
otherwise dealt with when legally taken, in Illinois |
18 | | or legally taken and
possessed in and transported
from other |
19 | | states or countries.
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20 | | Failure to establish proof of the legality of possession |
21 | | in another
state or country and importation into the State of |
22 | | Illinois, shall be
prima facie evidence that such game birds |
23 | | or any parts thereof, and
their eggs, game mammals and |
24 | | fur-bearing mammals, or any parts thereof,
were taken within |
25 | | the State of Illinois.
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26 | | (Source: P.A. 97-567, eff. 8-25-11.)
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1 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.37) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.37)
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2 | | Sec. 2.37. Authority to kill wildlife responsible for |
3 | | damage. |
4 | | (a) Subject to
federal regulations and Section 3 of the |
5 | | Illinois Endangered Species Act, the Department may authorize |
6 | | owners
and
tenants of lands or their agents , who are |
7 | | performing the service without fee or compensation, to remove |
8 | | or destroy any wild bird
or wild mammal when the wild bird or
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9 | | wild mammal
is known to be destroying property or causing a |
10 | | risk to human health or
safety upon his or her land.
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11 | | Upon receipt by the Department of information from the |
12 | | owner, tenant,
or sharecropper that any one or more species of |
13 | | wildlife is damaging dams, levees, ditches, cattle pastures, |
14 | | or other
property on the land on which he resides or controls, |
15 | | together with a
statement regarding location of the property |
16 | | damages, the nature and
extent of the damage, and the |
17 | | particular species of wildlife committing
the damage, the |
18 | | Department shall make an investigation.
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19 | | If, after investigation, the Department finds
that damage |
20 | | does exist and
can be abated only by removing or destroying
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21 | | that wildlife, a permit shall be
issued by the Department to |
22 | | remove or destroy the species responsible for causing
the |
23 | | damage.
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24 | | A permit to control
the damage shall be for a period of up |
25 | | to 90 days,
shall specify the means and methods by which and |
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1 | | the person or persons
by whom the wildlife may be removed or |
2 | | destroyed, without fee or compensation, and shall set forth |
3 | | the
disposition procedure to be made of all wildlife taken and |
4 | | other
restrictions the Director
considers necessary and |
5 | | appropriate in the
circumstances of the particular case. |
6 | | Whenever possible, the specimens
destroyed shall be given to a |
7 | | bona-fide public or State scientific,
educational, or |
8 | | zoological institution.
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9 | | The permittee shall advise the
Department in writing, |
10 | | within 10 days after the expiration date of
the permit, of the |
11 | | number of individual species of wildlife
taken, disposition |
12 | | made of them, and any other information which
the Department |
13 | | may consider necessary.
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14 | | (b) Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the |
15 | | Illinois Endangered
Species Act, the Department may grant to |
16 | | an individual,
who is providing such service for a fee or |
17 | | compensation, corporation,
association or a governmental body |
18 | | the authority
to control species protected by this Code |
19 | | pursuant to the issuance of a Nuisance Wildlife Control |
20 | | Permit. The Department
shall set forth applicable regulations
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21 | | in an Administrative Order and may require periodic reports |
22 | | listing species
taken, numbers of each species taken, dates |
23 | | when taken, and other pertinent
information.
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24 | | Any person operating under a Nuisance Wildlife Control |
25 | | Permit who subcontracts the operation of nuisance wildlife |
26 | | control to another is responsible to ensure that such |
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1 | | subcontractor possesses a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control |
2 | | Permit issued by the Department. The person must maintain a |
3 | | record of the subcontractor including the subcontractor's |
4 | | name, address, and phone number, and type of work to be |
5 | | performed, for a period of not less than 2 years from the date |
6 | | the subcontractor is no longer performing services on behalf |
7 | | of the person. The records shall be presented to an authorized |
8 | | employee of the Department or law enforcement officer upon |
9 | | request for inspection. |
10 | | Any person operating without the required permit as |
11 | | outlined under this subsection (b) or in violation of this |
12 | | subsection (b) is deemed to be taking, attempting to take, |
13 | | disturbing, or harassing wildlife contrary to the provisions |
14 | | of this Code, including the taking or attempting to take such |
15 | | species for commercial purposes as outlined in Sections 2.36 |
16 | | and 2.36a of this Code. Any devices and equipment, including |
17 | | vehicles, used in violation of this subsection (b) may be |
18 | | subject to the provisions of Section 1.25 of this Code. |
19 | | (c) Except when operating under subsection (b) of this |
20 | | Section, drainage districts Drainage Districts shall have the |
21 | | authority to control beaver provided
that they must notify the |
22 | | Department in writing that a problem exists and
of their |
23 | | intention to trap the animals at least 7 days before the |
24 | | trapping
begins. The district District must identify traps |
25 | | used in beaver control outside
the dates of the furbearer |
26 | | trapping season with metal tags with the district's
name |
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1 | | legibly inscribed upon them. During the fur trapping |
2 | | furtrapping season, traps
must be identified as prescribed by |
3 | | law. Conibear traps at least size 330
shall be used except |
4 | | during the statewide furbearer trapping season. During
that |
5 | | time trappers may use any device that is legal according to the |
6 | | Wildlife
Code. Except during the statewide furbearer trapping |
7 | | season, beaver traps
must be set in water at least 10 inches |
8 | | deep. Except during the statewide
furbearer trapping season, |
9 | | traps must be set within 10 feet of an inhabited
bank burrow or |
10 | | house and within 10 feet of a dam maintained by a beaver.
No |
11 | | beaver or other furbearer taken outside of the dates for the |
12 | | furbearer
trapping season may be sold. All animals must be |
13 | | given to the nearest
conservation officer or other Department |
14 | | of Natural Resources representative
within 48 hours
after they |
15 | | are caught unless otherwise instructed by the Department . |
16 | | Furbearers taken during the fur trapping season
may be sold |
17 | | provided that they are taken by persons who have valid |
18 | | trapping
licenses in their possession and are lawfully taken. |
19 | | The district District must
submit an annual report showing the |
20 | | species and numbers of animals caught.
The report must |
21 | | indicate all species which were taken. This authority only |
22 | | extends to control of beavers.
Any other protected species |
23 | | must be controlled pursuant to subsection (b) or (c).
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24 | | The location of traps or snares authorized under this |
25 | | Section, either by the Department or any other governmental |
26 | | body with the authority to control species protected by this |
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1 | | Code, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of |
2 | | Information Act. |
3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-524, eff. 8-20-21.)
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4 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.5) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.5)
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5 | | Sec. 3.5. Penalties; probation.
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6 | | (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of |
7 | | Section
2.36a,
including administrative rules, shall be guilty |
8 | | of a Class 3 felony, except
as otherwise provided in |
9 | | subsection (b) of this Section and subsection (a) of
Section |
10 | | 2.36a.
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11 | | (b) Whenever any person who has not previously been |
12 | | convicted of, or
placed
on probation or court supervision for, |
13 | | any offense under Section 1.22,
2.36, or 2.36a operating |
14 | | without a permit as prescribed in subsection (b) of Section |
15 | | 2.37 or subsection (i) or (cc) of Section
2.33, the court may, |
16 | | without entering a
judgment and with the person's consent, |
17 | | sentence the person to probation for a
violation of Section |
18 | | 2.36a.
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19 | | (1) When a person is placed on probation, the court |
20 | | shall enter an order
specifying a period of probation of |
21 | | 24 months and shall defer further
proceedings in
the case |
22 | | until the conclusion of the period or until the filing of a |
23 | | petition
alleging violation of a term or condition of |
24 | | probation.
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25 | | (2) The conditions of probation shall be that the |
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1 | | person:
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2 | | (A) Not violate
any criminal statute of any |
3 | | jurisdiction.
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4 | | (B) Perform no less than 30 hours of community |
5 | | service, provided
community
service is available in |
6 | | the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the
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7 | | county board.
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8 | | (3) The court may, in addition to other conditions:
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9 | | (A) Require that the person make a report to and |
10 | | appear in person before
or participate with the
court |
11 | | or courts, person, or social service agency as |
12 | | directed by the
court in the order of probation.
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13 | | (B) Require that the person pay a fine and costs.
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14 | | (C) Require that the person refrain from |
15 | | possessing a firearm or other
dangerous weapon.
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16 | | (D) Prohibit the person from associating with any |
17 | | person who is actively
engaged in any of the |
18 | | activities regulated by the permits issued or |
19 | | privileges
granted by the Department of Natural |
20 | | Resources.
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21 | | (4) Upon violation of a term or condition of |
22 | | probation, the
court
may enter a judgment on its original |
23 | | finding of guilt and proceed as otherwise
provided.
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24 | | (5) Upon fulfillment of the terms and
conditions of |
25 | | probation, the court shall discharge the person and |
26 | | dismiss
the proceedings against the person.
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1 | | (6) A disposition of probation is considered to be a |
2 | | conviction
for the purposes of imposing the conditions of |
3 | | probation, for appeal, and for
administrative revocation |
4 | | and suspension of licenses and privileges;
however, |
5 | | discharge and dismissal under this Section is not a |
6 | | conviction for
purposes of disqualification or |
7 | | disabilities imposed by law upon conviction of
a crime.
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8 | | (7) Discharge and dismissal under this Section
may |
9 | | occur only once
with respect to any person.
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10 | | (8) If a person is convicted of an offense under this
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11 | | Act within 5 years
subsequent to a discharge and dismissal |
12 | | under this Section, the discharge and
dismissal under this |
13 | | Section shall be admissible in the sentencing proceeding
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14 | | for that conviction
as a factor in aggravation.
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15 | | (9) The Circuit Clerk shall notify the Illinois State |
16 | | Police of all
persons convicted of or placed under |
17 | | probation for violations of Section
2.36a.
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18 | | (c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of |
19 | | Sections 2.9, 2.11,
2.16, 2.18, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.29, 2.30, |
20 | | 2.31, 2.32, 2.33 (except
subsections (g), (i), (o), (p), (y), |
21 | | and (cc)), 2.33-1, 2.33a, 3.3,
3.4, 3.11 through 3.16, 3.19, |
22 | | 3.20, 3.21
(except subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (f.5), |
23 | | (g), (h), and (i)), 3.24, 3.25, and 3.26 (except subsection |
24 | | (f)), including administrative
rules, shall be guilty of a |
25 | | Class B misdemeanor.
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26 | | A person who violates Section 2.33b by using any computer |
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1 | | software or service to remotely control a weapon that takes |
2 | | wildlife by remote operation is guilty of a Class B |
3 | | misdemeanor. A person who violates Section 2.33b by |
4 | | facilitating a violation of Section 2.33b, including an owner |
5 | | of land in which remote control hunting occurs, a computer |
6 | | programmer who designs a program or software to facilitate |
7 | | remote control hunting, or a person who provides weapons or |
8 | | equipment to facilitate remote control hunting, is guilty of a |
9 | | Class A misdemeanor. |
10 | | Any person who violates any of the
provisions of Sections |
11 | | 1.22, 2.2a, 2.3,
2.4, 2.36 and 2.38, including administrative |
12 | | rules, shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor. Any second or |
13 | | subsequent violations of Sections
2.4 and 2.36 shall be a |
14 | | Class 4 felony.
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15 | | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act, |
16 | | including
administrative rules, during such period when his |
17 | | license, privileges, or
permit is revoked or denied by virtue |
18 | | of Section 3.36, shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
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19 | | Any person who violates subsection (g), (i), (o), (p), |
20 | | (y), or (cc)
of Section 2.33 shall be guilty of a Class A |
21 | | misdemeanor and subject to a
fine of no less than $500 and no |
22 | | more than $5,000 in addition to other
statutory penalties. In |
23 | | addition, the Department shall suspend the privileges, under |
24 | | this Act, of any person found guilty of violating Section |
25 | | 2.33(cc) for a period of not less than one year.
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26 | | Any person who operates without a permit in violation |
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1 | | subsection (b) of Section 2.37 is guilty of a Class A |
2 | | misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $500. Any |
3 | | other violation of subsection (b) of Section 2.37 including |
4 | | administrative rules is a Class B misdemeanor. |
5 | | Any person who violates any other of
the provisions of |
6 | | this Act
including administrative rules, unless otherwise |
7 | | stated, shall be
guilty of a petty offense. Offenses committed |
8 | | by minors under the
direct control or with the consent of a |
9 | | parent or guardian may subject
the parent or guardian to the |
10 | | penalties prescribed in this Section.
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11 | | In addition to any fines imposed pursuant to the |
12 | | provisions of this
Section or as otherwise provided in this |
13 | | Act, any person found guilty of
unlawfully taking or |
14 | | possessing any species protected by this Act, shall be
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15 | | assessed a civil penalty for such species in accordance with |
16 | | the values
prescribed in Section 2.36a of this Act. This civil |
17 | | penalty shall be
imposed by the Circuit Court for the county |
18 | | within which the offense was
committed at the time of the |
19 | | conviction. Any person found guilty of violating subsection |
20 | | (b) of Section 2.37 is subject to an additional civil penalty |
21 | | of up to $1,500. All penalties provided for in
this Section |
22 | | shall be remitted to the Department in accordance with the
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23 | | same provisions provided for in Section 1.18 of this Act , |
24 | | except that civil penalties collected for violation of |
25 | | Subsection (b) of Section 2.37 shall be remitted to the |
26 | | Department and allocated as follows: .
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