Full Text of HB3677 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning fishing and hunting.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 20-45 and 20-105 as follows:
| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45)
| 7 | | Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | 8 | | for residents
of the State of Illinois shall be as follows:
| 9 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | 10 | | sport fishing
devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | 11 | | spearing devices as defined in
Section 10-110, the fee is | 12 | | $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old,
one-half of the | 13 | | current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | 14 | | older,
and, commencing with the 2012 license year, | 15 | | one-half of the current fishing license fee for resident | 16 | | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | 17 | | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | 18 | | the United States as an active duty member of the United | 19 | | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | 20 | | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces. Veterans must | 21 | | provide to the Department acceptable verification of their | 22 | | service. The Department shall establish by administrative | 23 | | rule the procedure by which such verification of service |
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| 1 | | shall be made to the Department for the purpose of issuing | 2 | | fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee.
| 3 | | (a-3) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | 4 | | for sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | 5 | | spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, residents | 6 | | of this State may obtain a 3-year fishing license. The fee | 7 | | for a 3-year fishing license is 3 times the annual fee. For | 8 | | residents age 65 or older, the fee is one half of the fee | 9 | | charged for a 3-year fishing license. For resident | 10 | | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | 11 | | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | 12 | | the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | 13 | | for a 3-year fishing license. Veterans must provide to the | 14 | | Department, per administrative rule, verification of their | 15 | | service. The Department shall establish what constitutes | 16 | | suitable verification of service for the purpose of | 17 | | issuing 3-year fishing licenses to resident veterans at a | 18 | | reduced fee. | 19 | | (a-5) The fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be | 20 | | $1 for an annual license and 3 times the annual fee for a | 21 | | 3-year license for residents over 75 years of age. | 22 | | (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing | 23 | | device shall
obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee | 24 | | for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the | 25 | | fee for which is $14.50.
Each and every commercial device | 26 | | used shall be licensed by a resident
commercial fisherman |
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| 1 | | as follows:
| 2 | | (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | 3 | | thereof, of seine
the fee is $18. For each minnow | 4 | | seine, minnow trap, or net for commercial
purposes the | 5 | | fee is $20.
| 6 | | (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot | 7 | | line
device,
basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | 8 | | is $3.
| 9 | | (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | 10 | | the first 2000
lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | 11 | | gill net the fee is $10; and
for each 1000 additional | 12 | | lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10.
| 13 | | These fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the | 14 | | water or on drying
reels on the shore.
| 15 | | (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | 16 | | thereof, of gill net
or trammel net the fee is $18.
| 17 | | (c) Residents of this the State of Illinois may obtain | 18 | | a sportsmen's
combination license that shall entitle the | 19 | | holder to the same
non-commercial fishing privileges as | 20 | | residents holding a license as
described in subsection (a) | 21 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 22 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as
| 23 | | described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | 24 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to any | 25 | | individual who would be ineligible for
either the fishing | 26 | | or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's
combination |
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| 1 | | license fee shall be $25.50.
For residents age 65 or | 2 | | older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a
| 3 | | sportsmen's combination license. For resident veterans of | 4 | | the United States Armed Forces after returning from | 5 | | service abroad or mobilization by the President of the | 6 | | United States as an active duty member of the United | 7 | | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | 8 | | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, the fee, | 9 | | commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of the | 10 | | fee charged for a
sportsmen's combination license. | 11 | | Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable | 12 | | verification of their service. The Department shall | 13 | | establish by administrative rule the procedure by which | 14 | | such verification of service shall be made to the | 15 | | Department for the purpose of issuing sportsmen's
| 16 | | combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | 17 | | fee.
| 18 | | (c-5) Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year | 19 | | sportsmen's combination license that shall entitle the | 20 | | holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | 21 | | residents holding a license as described in subsection | 22 | | (a-3) and to the same hunting privileges as residents | 23 | | holding a license to hunt all species as described in | 24 | | Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. A 3-year sportsmen's | 25 | | combination license shall not be issued to any individual | 26 | | who would be ineligible for either the fishing or hunting |
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| 1 | | license separately. The 3-year sportsmen's combination | 2 | | license fee shall be 3 times the annual fee. For residents | 3 | | age 65 or older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for | 4 | | a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. For resident | 5 | | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | 6 | | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | 7 | | the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | 8 | | for a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. Veterans | 9 | | must provide to the Department, per administrative rule, | 10 | | verification of their service. The Department shall | 11 | | establish what constitutes suitable verification of | 12 | | service for the purpose of issuing 3-year sportsmen's | 13 | | combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | 14 | | fee. | 15 | | (d) For 24 hours of fishing
by sport fishing devices
| 16 | | as defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as | 17 | | defined in Section
10-110 the fee is $5. This license does | 18 | | not exempt the licensee from the
requirement for a salmon | 19 | | or inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for
by this | 20 | | subsection
are not required for residents of the State of | 21 | | Illinois who have obtained the
license provided for in | 22 | | subsection (a) or (a-3) of this Section.
| 23 | | (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | 24 | | device shall
obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | 25 | | for which shall be $50.
| 26 | | (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing |
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| 1 | | residency as required
by the Department, may obtain a | 2 | | lifetime hunting or fishing license or
lifetime | 3 | | sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | 4 | | holder to
the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | 5 | | residents holding a license
as described in paragraph (a) | 6 | | of this Section and to the same hunting
privileges as | 7 | | residents holding a license to hunt all species as | 8 | | described
in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | 9 | | sportsmen's combination
license shall be issued to or | 10 | | retained by any individual
who would be ineligible for | 11 | | either the fishing or hunting license
separately, either | 12 | | upon issuance, or in any year a violation would
subject an | 13 | | individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | 14 | | privileges
rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing | 15 | | license fees shall be as follows:
| 16 | | (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | 17 | | license fee.
| 18 | | (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | 19 | | license fee.
| 20 | | (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | 21 | | the current
sportsmen's combination license fee.
| 22 | | Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | 23 | | be charged
for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | 24 | | may establish rules and
regulations for the issuance and use | 25 | | of lifetime licenses and may suspend
or revoke any lifetime | 26 | | license issued under this Section for violations of
those |
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| 1 | | rules or regulations or other provisions under this Code or , | 2 | | the
Wildlife Code, or a violation of the United States Code | 3 | | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | 4 | | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any fish or | 5 | | aquatic life protected by this Code or the taking, possessing, | 6 | | killing, harvesting, transportation, selling, exporting, or | 7 | | importing any fauna protected by the Wildlife Code when any | 8 | | part of the United States Code violation occurred in Illinois. | 9 | | Individuals under 16 years of age who possess a lifetime
| 10 | | hunting or sportsmen's combination license shall have in their | 11 | | possession,
while in the field, a certificate of competency as | 12 | | required under Section
3.2 of the Wildlife Code. Any lifetime | 13 | | license issued under this Section
shall not exempt individuals | 14 | | from obtaining additional stamps or permits
required under the | 15 | | provisions of this Code or the Wildlife Code.
Individuals | 16 | | required to purchase additional stamps shall sign the stamps
| 17 | | and have them in their possession while fishing or hunting | 18 | | with a lifetime
license. All fees received from the issuance
| 19 | | of lifetime licenses shall be deposited in the Fish and | 20 | | Wildlife Endowment
Fund.
| 21 | | Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this | 22 | | Section, all
licenses provided for in this Section shall | 23 | | expire on March 31 of
each year, except that the license | 24 | | provided for in subsection (d) of
this Section shall expire 24 | 25 | | hours after the effective date and time listed
on the face of | 26 | | the license. Licenses issued under subsection (a-3) or (c-5) |
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| 1 | | shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in | 2 | | which the license is issued.
| 3 | | The Department shall by administrative rule provide for | 4 | | the automatic renewal of a fishing license upon the request of | 5 | | the applicant. | 6 | | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 7 | | license provided
for in subsection (a) , (a-3), or (d) of this | 8 | | Section shall be fined according to the
provisions of Section | 9 | | 20-35 of this Code.
| 10 | | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | 11 | | licenses
provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this | 12 | | Section shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.
| 13 | | (g) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | 14 | | verification" means official documentation from the Department | 15 | | of Defense
or the appropriate Major Command showing | 16 | | mobilization dates or service abroad
dates, including: (i) a | 17 | | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of
Military | 18 | | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | 19 | | letter
from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | 20 | | Armed Forces Reserve,
(iv) a letter from the Major Command | 21 | | covering Illinois for active duty
members, (v) personnel | 22 | | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any
other | 23 | | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | 24 | | deems
acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | 25 | | abroad. | 26 | | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service |
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| 1 | | abroad" means active
duty service outside of the 50 United | 2 | | States and the District of Columbia, and
includes all active | 3 | | duty service in territories and possessions of the United
| 4 | | States. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-780, eff. 5-13-22; 102-837, eff. 5-13-22; | 6 | | revised 7-26-22.)
| 7 | | (515 ILCS 5/20-105) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-105)
| 8 | | Sec. 20-105. Revocation and suspension; refusal to issue.
| 9 | | (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person | 10 | | under this Code
and its holder is found guilty of any | 11 | | misrepresentation in obtaining the
license or permit or of a | 12 | | violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a | 13 | | violation of any of the provisions of this Code,
including | 14 | | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | 15 | | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | 16 | | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any aquatic | 17 | | life protected by this Code when any part of the United States | 18 | | Code violation occurred in Illinois, the license or permit may | 19 | | be revoked by the
Department and the Department may refuse to | 20 | | issue any permit or license to
that person and may suspend the | 21 | | person from engaging in the activity
requiring the permit or | 22 | | license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years
following | 23 | | the revocation. Department revocation procedure shall be
| 24 | | established by administrative rule.
| 25 | | (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license |
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| 1 | | or a permit
under the provisions of this Code is found guilty | 2 | | of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or | 3 | | a violation of the
provisions of this Code, including | 4 | | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | 5 | | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | 6 | | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any aquatic | 7 | | life protected by this Code when any part of the United States | 8 | | Code violation occurred in Illinois, the Department may
refuse | 9 | | to issue any permit or license to that person, and suspend that
| 10 | | person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | 11 | | license for a
period of time not to exceed 5 years.
| 12 | | (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any
| 13 | | of the provisions of this Code, including administrative | 14 | | rules, during the
5 years following the revocation of his or | 15 | | her license or permit under
subsection (a) or during the time | 16 | | he is suspended under subsection
(b), shall be guilty of a | 17 | | Class A misdemeanor as provided in Section 20-35. The | 18 | | penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code | 19 | | of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section.
| 20 | | (d) A person whose license or permit to engage in any | 21 | | activity regulated
by this
Code has been suspended or revoked | 22 | | may not, during the period of the suspension
or
revocation or | 23 | | until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company
| 24 | | of any person
engaging in the activity covered by the | 25 | | suspension or revocation or (ii) serve
as a guide,
outfitter, | 26 | | or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to |
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| 1 | | engage in
the activity
covered by the suspension or | 2 | | revocation.
| 3 | | (e) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit | 4 | | or engage in any
activity regulated by this Code during the | 5 | | time that the person's privilege to
engage in the
same or | 6 | | similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, | 7 | | by a
federal agency,
or by a province of Canada.
| 8 | | (f) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any | 9 | | other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or | 10 | | revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to | 11 | | the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, | 12 | | is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. | 13 | | Any person failing to comply with this subsection by | 14 | | possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit | 15 | | issued by the Department after having received written notice | 16 | | from the Department or any other State agency or department of | 17 | | such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A | 18 | | misdemeanor. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.)
| 20 | | Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 21 | | Sections 3.2, 3.4, and 3.36 as follows:
| 22 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2)
| 23 | | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | 24 | | Before the
Department or any county, city, village, township, |
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| 1 | | incorporated town clerk
or his duly designated agent or any | 2 | | other person authorized or designated
by the Department to | 3 | | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license
to any | 4 | | person, the person shall file his application with the | 5 | | Department or
other party authorized to issue licenses on a | 6 | | form provided by the
Department and further give definite | 7 | | proof of identity and place of legal
residence. Each clerk | 8 | | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps
shall furnish | 9 | | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the
| 10 | | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | 11 | | duly
designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | 12 | | stamps only
within the territorial area for which he was | 13 | | elected or appointed. No duly
designated agent is authorized | 14 | | to furnish licenses or stamps for
issuance by any other | 15 | | business establishment. Each
application shall be executed and | 16 | | sworn to and shall set forth the name
and description of the | 17 | | applicant and place of residence.
| 18 | | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | 19 | | after January
1,
1980
unless he presents the person authorized | 20 | | to issue the license
evidence that he has held a hunting | 21 | | license issued by the State of Illinois
or another state in a | 22 | | prior year, or a certificate of competency as
provided in this | 23 | | Section. Persons under 18 years of age may be issued a
Lifetime | 24 | | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | 25 | | Section
20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | 26 | | be entitled to hunt alone, without the supervision of an adult |
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| 1 | | age 21 or older,
unless they have a certificate of competency | 2 | | as provided in this Section and
the certificate is in their | 3 | | possession while hunting.
| 4 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
| 5 | | personnel of the
Department or certified volunteer instructors | 6 | | to conduct courses, of not
less than 10 hours in length, in | 7 | | firearms and hunter safety, which may include
training in bow | 8 | | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout
| 9 | | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | 10 | | receive a
certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | 11 | | Resources may further
cooperate with any reputable association | 12 | | or organization in establishing
courses if the organization | 13 | | has as one of its objectives the promotion of
safety in the | 14 | | handling of firearms or bow and arrow.
| 15 | | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any
| 16 | | person found by it
to be competent to give instruction in the | 17 | | handling of firearms, hunter
safety, and bow and arrow. The | 18 | | persons so appointed shall give the
course of instruction and | 19 | | upon the successful completion shall
issue to the person | 20 | | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe
handling of | 21 | | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall
be | 22 | | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | 23 | | ammunition
consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall
| 24 | | furnish information on
the requirements of hunter safety | 25 | | education programs to be distributed
free of charge to | 26 | | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons
appointed and |
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| 1 | | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of
| 2 | | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | 3 | | charged
for the Firearm Owners Identification Card.
| 4 | | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | 5 | | resident of
Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | 6 | | and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | 7 | | of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | 8 | | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States | 9 | | as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the | 10 | | Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States | 11 | | Armed Forces, the fee is one-half of the
fee charged for a | 12 | | hunting license to hunt all species for a resident of
| 13 | | Illinois. Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable | 14 | | verification of their service. The Department shall establish | 15 | | by administrative rule the procedure by which such | 16 | | verification of service shall be made to the Department for | 17 | | the purpose of issuing resident veterans hunting
licenses at a | 18 | | reduced fee. The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species | 19 | | shall be $1 for residents over 75 years of age. Nonresidents | 20 | | shall be charged $57 for a hunting license.
| 21 | | Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year hunting | 22 | | license to hunt all species as described in Section 3.1 for 3 | 23 | | times the annual fee. For residents age 65 or older and | 24 | | resident veterans of the United States Armed Forces after | 25 | | returning from service abroad or mobilization by the President | 26 | | of the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged |
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| 1 | | for a 3-year hunting license to hunt all species as described | 2 | | in Section 3.1 for a resident of this State. Veterans must | 3 | | provide to the Department, per administrative rule, | 4 | | verification of their service. The Department shall establish | 5 | | what constitutes suitable verification of service for the | 6 | | purpose of issuing resident veterans 3-year hunting licenses | 7 | | at a reduced fee. | 8 | | Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | 9 | | for a
period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | 10 | | State and shall
be charged a fee of $35.
| 11 | | A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | 12 | | nonresident to
take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | 13 | | and hunting preserve
area only, established under Section | 14 | | 3.27, shall be issued upon proper
application being made and | 15 | | payment of a fee equal to that for a resident
hunting license. | 16 | | The expiration date of this license shall be on the same
date | 17 | | each year that game breeding and hunting preserve
area | 18 | | licenses expire.
| 19 | | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | 20 | | regardless of
his residence or other condition, shall pay a | 21 | | fee of $15 and
shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State | 22 | | Migratory Waterfowl Stamp shall be waived for residents over | 23 | | 75 years of age. Except as provided under
Section 20-45 of the | 24 | | Fish and Aquatic Life Code,
the stamp shall be signed by the | 25 | | person or affixed to his license
or permit in a space | 26 | | designated by the Department for that purpose.
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| 1 | | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of | 2 | | his residence
or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and | 3 | | shall receive a
stamp. The fee for a State Habitat Stamp shall | 4 | | be waived for residents over 75 years of age. Except as | 5 | | provided under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life
| 6 | | Code, the stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his | 7 | | license or
permit in a space designated by the Department for | 8 | | that purpose.
| 9 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | 10 | | the purchase
of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | 11 | | in any one license year.
| 12 | | The fees for State Pheasant Stamps and State Furbearer | 13 | | Stamps shall be waived for residents over 75 years of age. | 14 | | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | 15 | | licenses and stamps
with an insignia as evidence of possession | 16 | | of license, or license and
stamp, as the Department may | 17 | | consider advisable. The insignia shall be
exhibited and used | 18 | | as the Department may order.
| 19 | | All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | 20 | | expire upon
March 31 of each year. Three-year hunting licenses | 21 | | shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in | 22 | | which the license is issued.
| 23 | | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | 24 | | under the
provisions of this Act shall have it in his | 25 | | possession for immediate
presentation for inspection to the | 26 | | officers and authorized employees of
the Department, any |
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| 1 | | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making
a | 2 | | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | 3 | | owned or
managed sites where it is required that all hunters | 4 | | deposit their license,
permit, or Firearm Owner's | 5 | | Identification Card at the check station upon
entering the | 6 | | hunting areas.
| 7 | | For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | 8 | | verification" means official documentation from the Department | 9 | | of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing | 10 | | mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a | 11 | | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military | 12 | | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | 13 | | letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | 14 | | Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | 15 | | covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | 16 | | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | 17 | | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | 18 | | deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | 19 | | abroad. | 20 | | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | 21 | | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | 22 | | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | 23 | | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | 24 | | States. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-780, eff. 5-13-22.)
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| 1 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.4) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.4)
| 2 | | Sec. 3.4. Trapping licenses. Before a trapping license | 3 | | shall be issued
to any person, such person shall make | 4 | | application to the Department or any
county, city, village, | 5 | | township or incorporated town clerk or his or her duly
| 6 | | designated agent upon an application form provided by the | 7 | | Department.
This application shall be executed and sworn to | 8 | | and shall set forth the
name and description of the applicant | 9 | | and his or her place of residence.
| 10 | | Residents of this State may obtain a one-year trapping | 11 | | license. | 12 | | The fee for a one-year trapping license for a resident of
| 13 | | this State shall be $10.00.
| 14 | | Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year trapping | 15 | | license. The fee for a 3-year trapping license for a resident | 16 | | of this State shall be 3 times the annual fee for a one-year | 17 | | trapping license. | 18 | | The Department may provide for a one-year non-resident | 19 | | trapping license provided
that any non-resident shall be | 20 | | charged a fee of $175,
and if the state in which the applicant
| 21 | | resides does not provide for trapping mammals by Illinois
| 22 | | residents, then the fee shall be $250.
| 23 | | Every person trapping mammals shall make a report properly
| 24 | | sworn to, to the Department, upon blanks supplied by the | 25 | | Department for
such purpose, of all hides of mammals taken, | 26 | | sold, shipped
or dealt in, during the open seasons for mammals |
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| 1 | | together with
the names and addresses of the parties to whom
| 2 | | the same were sold or shipped. Such report shall be made to the
| 3 | | Department within 15 days after the close of the trapping
| 4 | | season. Failure to report or filing false reports shall | 5 | | subject the person
to the penalties provided in Section 3.5. | 6 | | Further, the Department may
refuse to issue a trapping license | 7 | | for the following year to any person who
has failed to file | 8 | | such a report.
| 9 | | One-year All trapping licenses shall expire on March 31 of | 10 | | each year. Three-year trapping licenses shall expire on March | 11 | | 31 of the second year after the year in which the trapping | 12 | | license is issued.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 100-123, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 14 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.36)
| 15 | | Sec. 3.36. Revocation and suspension.
| 16 | | (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person
| 17 | | under this Act, and the holder thereof is found guilty of any
| 18 | | misrepresentation in obtaining such license or permit or of a | 19 | | violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a | 20 | | violation of
any of the provisions of this Act, including | 21 | | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | 22 | | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | 23 | | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any wildlife | 24 | | protected by this Code when any part of the United States Code | 25 | | violation occurred in Illinois, his
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| 1 | | revoked by the Department, and the Department may
refuse to | 2 | | issue any permit or license to such person and may suspend the
| 3 | | person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | 4 | | license for a
period of time not to exceed 5 years following | 5 | | such revocation.
| 6 | | Department revocation procedures shall be established by | 7 | | Administrative
rule.
| 8 | | (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license | 9 | | or a permit
under the provisions of this Code is found guilty | 10 | | of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or | 11 | | a violation of the
provisions of this Code, including | 12 | | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | 13 | | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | 14 | | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any wildlife | 15 | | protected by this Code when any part of the United States Code | 16 | | violation occurred in Illinois, the Department may
refuse to | 17 | | issue any permit or license to that person, and suspend that
| 18 | | person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | 19 | | license for a
period of time not to exceed 5 years.
| 20 | | (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any | 21 | | of the
provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, | 22 | | during such period
when his license or permit is revoked or | 23 | | denied by virtue of this Section
or during the time he is | 24 | | suspended under subsection (b), shall be guilty of
a Class A | 25 | | misdemeanor. The penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of | 26 | | the Criminal Code of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section.
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| 1 | | (d) Licenses and permits authorized to be issued under the | 2 | | provisions of
this Act shall be prepared by the Department and | 3 | | be in such form as
prescribed by the Department. The | 4 | | information required on each license
shall be completed | 5 | | thereon by the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the
time of | 6 | | issuance and each license shall be signed by the licensee, or
| 7 | | initialed by the designated purchaser and then signed | 8 | | immediately upon receipt
by the licensee, and
countersigned by | 9 | | the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the time of
issuance. All | 10 | | such licenses shall be supplied by the Department, subject to
| 11 | | such rules and regulations as the Department may prescribe. | 12 | | Any license not
properly prepared, obtained and signed as | 13 | | required by this Act shall be
void.
| 14 | | (e) A person whose license or permit to engage in any | 15 | | activity regulated
by
this
Code has been suspended or revoked | 16 | | may not, during the period of the suspension
or
revocation or | 17 | | until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company
| 18 | | of any person
engaging in the activity covered by the | 19 | | suspension or revocation or (ii) serve
as a guide,
outfitter, | 20 | | or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to | 21 | | engage in
the activity
covered by the suspension or | 22 | | revocation.
| 23 | | (f) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit | 24 | | or engage in any
activity
regulated by this Code during the | 25 | | time that the person's privilege to engage in
the same
or | 26 | | similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, |
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agency, or by a
province of Canada.
| 2 | | (g) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any | 3 | | other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or | 4 | | revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to | 5 | | the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, | 6 | | is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. | 7 | | Any person failing to comply with this subsection by | 8 | | possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit | 9 | | issued by the Department after having received written notice | 10 | | from the Department or any other State agency or department of | 11 | | such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A | 12 | | misdemeanor. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.)
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