Bill Text: IL HB3249 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that if a permit is issued to control any deer that are causing a nuisance or damage, then the permittee may have any usable deer carcasses processed and may donate the processed venison to a food pantry or recognized charitable organization. Provides that any unusable deer carcasses must be disposed of in accordance with the Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Act or shall be given to a bona-fide public or State scientific, educational, or zoological institution.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3249 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3249-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2.37 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.37) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.37)
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7 | Sec. 2.37. Authority to kill wildlife responsible for | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | damage. Subject to
federal regulations and Section 3 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Illinois Endangered Species Act, the Department may authorize | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | owners
and
tenants of lands or their agents to remove or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | destroy any wild bird
or wild mammal when the wild bird or
wild | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | mammal
is known to be destroying property or causing a risk to | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | human health or
safety upon his or her land.
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14 | Upon receipt by the Department of information from the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | owner, tenant,
or sharecropper that any one or more species of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | wildlife is damaging dams, levees, ditches, or other
property | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | on the land on which he resides or controls, together with a
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18 | statement regarding location of the property damages, the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | nature and
extent of the damage, and the particular species of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | wildlife committing
the damage, the Department shall make an | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | investigation.
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22 | If, after investigation, the Department finds
that damage | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | does exist and
can be abated only by removing or destroying
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1 | that wildlife, a permit shall be
issued by the Department to | ||||||
2 | remove or destroy the species responsible for causing
the | ||||||
3 | damage.
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4 | A permit to control
the damage shall be for a period of up | ||||||
5 | to 90 days,
shall specify the means and methods by which and | ||||||
6 | the person or persons
by whom the wildlife may be removed or | ||||||
7 | destroyed, and shall set forth the
disposition procedure to be | ||||||
8 | made of all wildlife taken and other
restrictions the Director
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9 | considers necessary and appropriate in the
circumstances of the | ||||||
10 | particular case. Whenever possible, the specimens
destroyed | ||||||
11 | shall be given to a bona-fide public or State scientific,
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12 | educational, or zoological institution.
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13 | If a permit is issued to control any deer that are causing | ||||||
14 | a nuisance or damage, then the permittee may have any usable | ||||||
15 | deer carcasses processed at a State or federally licensed and | ||||||
16 | inspected meat processing facility and may donate the processed | ||||||
17 | venison to a food pantry or recognized charitable organization | ||||||
18 | unless the Department currently requires the permittee to | ||||||
19 | donate the venison. Any unusable deer carcasses must be | ||||||
20 | disposed of in accordance with the Illinois Dead Animal | ||||||
21 | Disposal Act or shall be given to a bona-fide public or State | ||||||
22 | scientific, educational, or zoological institution. | ||||||
23 | The permittee shall advise the
Department in writing, | ||||||
24 | within 10 days after the expiration date of
the permit, of the | ||||||
25 | number of individual species of wildlife
taken, disposition | ||||||
26 | made of them, and any other information which
the Department |
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1 | may consider necessary.
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2 | Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Endangered
Species Act, the Department may grant to an | ||||||
4 | individual,
corporation,
association or a governmental body | ||||||
5 | the authority
to control species protected by this Code. The | ||||||
6 | Department
shall set forth applicable regulations
in an | ||||||
7 | Administrative Order and may require periodic reports listing | ||||||
8 | species
taken, numbers of each species taken, dates when taken, | ||||||
9 | and other pertinent
information.
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10 | Drainage Districts shall have the authority to control | ||||||
11 | beaver provided
that they must notify the Department in writing | ||||||
12 | that a problem exists and
of their intention to trap the | ||||||
13 | animals at least 7 days before the trapping
begins. The | ||||||
14 | District must identify traps used in beaver control outside
the | ||||||
15 | dates of the furbearer trapping season with metal tags with the | ||||||
16 | district's
name legibly inscribed upon them. During the | ||||||
17 | furtrapping season, traps
must be identified as prescribed by | ||||||
18 | law. Conibear traps at least size 330
shall be used except | ||||||
19 | during the statewide furbearer trapping season. During
that | ||||||
20 | time trappers may use any device that is legal according to the | ||||||
21 | Wildlife
Code. Except during the statewide furbearer trapping | ||||||
22 | season, beaver traps
must be set in water at least 10 inches | ||||||
23 | deep. Except during the statewide
furbearer trapping season, | ||||||
24 | traps must be set within 10 feet of an inhabited
bank burrow or | ||||||
25 | house and within 10 feet of a dam maintained by a beaver.
No | ||||||
26 | beaver or other furbearer taken outside of the dates for the |
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1 | furbearer
trapping season may be sold. All animals must be | ||||||
2 | given to the nearest
conservation officer or other Department | ||||||
3 | of Natural Resources representative
within 48 hours
after they | ||||||
4 | are caught. Furbearers taken during the fur trapping season
may | ||||||
5 | be sold provided that they are taken by persons who have valid | ||||||
6 | trapping
licenses in their possession and are lawfully taken. | ||||||
7 | The District must
submit an annual report showing the species | ||||||
8 | and numbers of animals caught.
The report must indicate all | ||||||
9 | species which were taken.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 91-654, eff. 12-15-99.)
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