Bill Text: IL HB4604 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Changes the name of the fee from "Public Hunting Grounds for Pheasants" to "Public Hunting Grounds for Game Birds". Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may permit hunters to take bobwhite quail, chukar partridge, and gray partridge on public hunting grounds. Authorizes the Department to set the hunting season for game birds by administrative rule between the dates of September 1st and March 31st, both inclusive.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0866 [HB4604 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4604-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 099-0866 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
1.13 as follows:
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(520 ILCS 5/1.13) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.13)
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Sec. 1.13. The Department is authorized to issue a "Public | ||||
Hunting Grounds
for Waterfowl" daily usage stamp at a fee not | ||||
to exceed $10
for duck hunting areas, and not to exceed $15 for | ||||
Canada goose
hunting areas; and assess a daily "Public Hunting | ||||
Grounds for Game Birds Pheasants " fee not to exceed $25 ($35 | ||||
for non-residents) in 2008 and increasing by $5 every third | ||||
year until the maximum fee is $50 ($60 for non-residents).
Each | ||||
person shall obtain such a stamp from the Department to be | ||||
attached
to the permit
assigned to a person, or pay the daily | ||||
fee to hunt game birds pheasants , under the provisions of the | ||||
rules and regulations made
by the Department for the operation | ||||
of State Public Hunting Grounds. Rulemaking authority to | ||||
implement this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, if | ||||
any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | ||||
with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||
Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | ||||
Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for |
whatever reason, is unauthorized.
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The Department is authorized to permit hunters to harvest | ||
both male and
female hand reared pheasants , bobwhite quail, | ||
chukar partridge, and gray partridge released on such public | ||
hunting grounds. The Department may permit hunters to harvest | ||
hand-reared game birds on State Public Hunting Grounds during a | ||
season set by administrative rule between the dates of | ||
September 1st and March 31st, both inclusive.
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The Department shall cause an administrative rule, setting
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forth the rules
and regulations for the operation of Public | ||
Hunting Areas on lands and waters
owned or leased by this | ||
State.
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(Source: P.A. 95-1037, eff. 2-17-09.)
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