Full Text of SB3073 96th General Assembly
SB3073 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3073
Introduced 2/8/2010, by Sen. Tim Bivins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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520 ILCS 5/2.2 |
from Ch. 61, par. 2.2 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change to a provision that identifies species protected by the Code.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2.2 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/2.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.2)
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| Sec. 2.2. This Act shall apply only to the the wild birds | 8 |
| and parts of
wild birds (their nests and eggs), and wild | 9 |
| mammals and parts
of wild mammals, which shall include their | 10 |
| green hides, in the State of
Illinois, or which may be brought | 11 |
| into the State, that are hereby defined
as follows:
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| All birds, both game and non-game (except the House | 13 |
| Sparrow, Passer
domesticus; European Starling, Sturnus | 14 |
| vulgaris; and Rock Dove or Domestic
Pigeon, Columba livia). | 15 |
| GAME BIRDS-Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus;
Sharp-tailed | 16 |
| grouse, Pediocetes phasianellus; Bobwhite quail, Colinus
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| virginianus; Hungarian Partridge, Perdix perdix; Chukar | 18 |
| Partridge,
Alectoris graeca; Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus | 19 |
| colchicus; Greater
Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido; Wild | 20 |
| Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS-Waterfowl | 21 |
| including brant, wild ducks, geese and
swans, Anatidae; rails, | 22 |
| gallinules and coots, Rallidae; snipe, Gallinago
gallinago; | 23 |
| woodcock, Scolopax minor; pigeons, including doves and wild
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| pigeons (except domestic pigeons), Columbidae; and crows, | 2 |
| Corvidae.
RESIDENT AND MIGRATORY NON-GAME BIRDS-Loons, | 3 |
| Gaviidae; grebes,
Podicipedidae; pelicans, Pelecanidae; | 4 |
| cormorants, Phalacrocoracidae;
herons, bitterns and egrets, | 5 |
| Ardeidae; ibises and spoonbills,
Threskiornithidae; storks, | 6 |
| Ciconiidae; vultures, Cathartidae; kites, hawks
and eagles, | 7 |
| Accipitridae; ospreys, Pandionidae; falcons, including the
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| Peregrine Falcon, Falconidae; cranes, Gruidae; rails and | 9 |
| gallinules,
Rallidae; all shorebirds of the families | 10 |
| Charadriidae, Scolopacidae,
Recurvirostridae and | 11 |
| Phalaropodidae; jaegers, Stercorariidae; gulls and
terns, | 12 |
| Laridae; cuckoos, Cuculidae; owls, Tytonidae and Strigidae;
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| whip-poor-wills and nighthawks, Caprimulgidae; swifts, | 14 |
| Apodidae;
hummingbirds, Trochilidae, Kingfishers, Alcedinidae; | 15 |
| woodpeckers, Picidae;
kingbirds and flycatchers, Tyrannidae; | 16 |
| larks, Alaudidae; swallows and
martins, Hirundinidae; crows, | 17 |
| magpies and jays, Corvidae; chickadees and
titmice, Paridae; | 18 |
| nuthatches, Sittidae; creepers, Certhiidae; wrens,
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| Troglodytidae; mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers, Mimidae; | 20 |
| robins,
bluebirds and thrushes, Turdidae; gnatcatchers and | 21 |
| kinglets, Sylviidae;
pipits, Motacillidae; waxwings, | 22 |
| Bombycillidae; shrikes, Laniidae; vireos,
Vireonidae; | 23 |
| warblers, Parulidae; European Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus;
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| blackbirds, meadowlarks and orioles, Icteridae; tanagers, | 25 |
| thraupidae;
cardinals, grosbeaks, finches, towhees, | 26 |
| dickcissels, sparrows, juncos,
buntings and longspurs, |
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| Fringillidae. GAME MAMMALS-Woodchuck, Marmota
monax; Gray | 2 |
| squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis; Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger;
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| White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii; Eastern cottontail, | 4 |
| Sylvilagus
floridanus; Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus; | 5 |
| White-tailed deer,
Odocoileus virginianus. FUR-BEARING | 6 |
| MAMMALS-Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus;
Beaver, Castor | 7 |
| canadensis; Raccoon, Procyon lotor; Opossum, Didelphis
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| marsupialis; Least weasel, Mustela rixosa; Long-tailed weasel, | 9 |
| Mustela
frenata; Mink, Mustela vison; River otter, Lutra | 10 |
| canadensis; Striped skunk,
Mephitis mephitis; Badger, Taxidea | 11 |
| taxus; Red fox, Vulpes vulpes; Gray fox,
Urocyon | 12 |
| cinereoagenteus; Coyote, Canis latrans; Bobcat, Lynx rufus. | 13 |
| OTHER
MAMMALS-Flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans; Red squirrel, | 14 |
| Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus; Eastern Woodrat, Neotoma floridana; | 15 |
| Golden Mouse, Ochrotomys
nuttalli; Rice Rat, Oryzomys | 16 |
| palustris; Bats, Vespertilionidae.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to take, | 18 |
| possess, sell,
or offer for sale, any of these wild birds (dead | 19 |
| or alive) and parts of
wild birds (including their nests and | 20 |
| eggs), wild mammals (dead or alive)
and parts of wild mammals, | 21 |
| including their green hides contrary to the
provisions of this | 22 |
| Act. However, nothing in this Act shall prohibit
bona-fide | 23 |
| public or state scientific, educational or zoological
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| institutions from receiving, holding and displaying wildlife | 25 |
| specimens that
were salvaged or legally obtained.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into the State |
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| of Illinois
for the purpose of holding, releasing, propagating | 2 |
| or selling any other
living wild animal not covered by this Act | 3 |
| without first obtaining a permit
from the Director. The permit | 4 |
| shall be granted only upon satisfactory proof
that the specific | 5 |
| animals intended to be imported are free of communicable
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| disease at the time of importation, will not become a nuisance, | 7 |
| and will
not cause damage to any existing wild or domestic | 8 |
| species. Application for
this permit shall be filed with the | 9 |
| Director not less than 30 days in
advance of the proposed date | 10 |
| of importation. The Director may incorporate
in the permit any | 11 |
| restrictions as he may deem appropriate. These
provisions shall | 12 |
| not apply to any animal imported into this State for the
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| purpose of being confined and exhibited in any zoo or other | 14 |
| public display
of animals nor to any other animals or groups of | 15 |
| animals that the
Department of Natural Resources may exempt by
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| administrative rule.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person to take any other | 18 |
| living wild
animal not covered by this Act without the | 19 |
| permission of the landowner
or tenant.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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