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91_HB0254
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1 AN ACT to amend the Wildlife Code by changing Section
2 3.36.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
6 Section 3.36 as follows:
7 (520 ILCS 5/3.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.36)
8 Sec. 3.36. Revocation and suspension.
9 (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person
10 under this Act, and the holder thereof is found guilty of any
11 misrepresentation in obtaining such license or permit or of a
12 violation of any of the provisions of this Act, including
13 administrative rules, his license or permit may be revoked by
14 the Department, and the Department may refuse to issue any
15 permit or license to such person and may suspend the person
16 from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or license
17 for a period of time not to exceed 5 years following such
18 revocation.
19 Department revocation procedures shall be established by
20 Administrative rule.
21 (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a
22 license or a permit under the provisions of this Code is
23 found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this Code,
24 including administrative rules, the Department may refuse to
25 issue any permit or license to that person, and suspend that
26 person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or
27 license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years.
28 (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates
29 any of the provisions of this Act, including administrative
30 rules, during such period when his license or permit is
31 revoked or denied by virtue of this Section or during the
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1 time he is suspended under subsection (b), shall be guilty of
2 a Class A misdemeanor.
3 (d) Licenses and permits authorized to be issued under
4 the provisions of this Act shall be prepared by the
5 Department and be in such form as prescribed by the
6 Department. The information required on each license shall be
7 completed thereon by the issuing agent or his sub-agent at
8 the time of issuance and each license shall be signed by the
9 licensee, or initialed by the designated purchaser and then
10 signed immediately upon receipt by the licensee, and
11 countersigned by the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the
12 time of issuance. All such licenses shall be supplied by the
13 Department, subject to such rules and regulations as the
14 Department may prescribe. Any license not properly prepared,
15 obtained and signed as required by this Act shall be void.
16 (e) A person whose license or permit to engage in any
17 activity regulated by this Code has been suspended or revoked
18 or who has been refused such a license or permit by the
19 Department may not, during the period of the suspension or
20 revocation or until obtaining such a license or permit, (i)
21 be in the company of any person engaging in an activity
22 regulated by this Code or (ii) serve as a guide, outfitter,
23 or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to
24 engage in an activity regulated by this Code.
25 (f) No person may be issued a license or permit or
26 engage in any activity regulated by this Code during the time
27 that the person's privilege to engage in the same or similar
28 activities is suspended or revoked by another state or by a
29 province of Canada.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-225, eff. 7-25-97.)