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HB0254 Engrossed                               LRB9101650MWgc

 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.)

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