Bill Text: IL HB3905 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code or Department of Natural Resources rule to the contrary, the Department shall add one extra day to the deer hunting season to the second weekend of that hunting season.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3905 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3905-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3905 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/1.3
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code or Department of Natural Resources rule to the contrary, the Department shall add one extra day to the deer hunting season to the second weekend of that hunting season.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning wildlife.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
Section 1.3 as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/1.3)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-1114)
Sec. 1.3. The Department shall have the authority to
manage wildlife and regulate the taking of wildlife for the
purposes of providing public recreation and controlling
wildlife populations. The seasons during which wildlife may be
taken, the methods for taking wildlife, the daily bag limits,
and the possession limits shall be established by the
Department through administrative rule, but the Department may
not provide for a longer season, a larger daily bag limit, or a
larger possession limit than is provided in this Code.
The Natural Resources Advisory Board may also recommend to
the Director of Natural Resources any reductions or increases
of seasons and bag or possession limits or the closure of any
season when research and inventory data indicate the need for
such changes.
The Department is authorized to establish seasons for the
taking of migratory birds within the dates established

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annually by Proclamation of the Secretary, United States
Department of the Interior, known as the "Rules and
Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting" (50 CFR 20 et seq.).
When the biological balance of any species is affected, the
Director may with the approval of the Conservation Advisory
Board, by administrative rule, lengthen, shorten or close the
season during which waterfowl may be taken within the federal
limitations prescribed. If the Department does not adopt an
administrative rule establishing a season, then the season
shall be as set forth in the current "Rules and Regulations for
Migratory Bird Hunting". The Department shall advise the
public by reasonable means of the dates of the various
seasons.
The Department may utilize the services of the staff of
the Illinois Natural History Survey of the University of
Illinois for making investigations as to the population status
of the various species of wildlife.
Employees or agents of any state, federal, or municipal
government or body when engaged in investigational work and
law enforcement, may with prior approval of the Director, be
exempted from the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-346, eff. 8-14-13.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-1114)
Sec. 1.3. The Department shall have the authority to
manage wildlife and regulate the taking of wildlife for the

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purposes of providing public recreation and controlling
wildlife populations. The seasons during which wildlife may be
taken, the methods for taking wildlife, the daily bag limits,
and the possession limits shall be established by the
Department through administrative rule, but the Department may
not provide for a longer season, a larger daily bag limit, or a
larger possession limit than is provided in this Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
Department rule to the contrary, the Department shall add one
extra day to the deer hunting season to the second weekend of
that hunting season.
The Department is authorized to establish seasons for the
taking of migratory birds within the dates established
annually by Proclamation of the Secretary, United States
Department of the Interior, known as the "Rules and
Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting" (50 CFR 20 et seq.).
When the biological balance of any species is affected, the
Director may, by administrative rule, lengthen, shorten or
close the season during which waterfowl may be taken within
the federal limitations prescribed. If the Department does not
adopt an administrative rule establishing a season, then the
season shall be as set forth in the current "Rules and
Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting". The Department shall
advise the public by reasonable means of the dates of the
various seasons.
The Department may utilize the services of the staff of

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the Illinois Natural History Survey of the University of
Illinois for making investigations as to the population status
of the various species of wildlife.
Employees or agents of any state, federal, or municipal
government or body when engaged in investigational work and
law enforcement, may with prior approval of the Director, be
exempted from the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-1114, eff. 6-1-23.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.