Bill Text: IL SB1337 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for the hunting and trapping of river otters. Provides that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Provides that possession limits shall be 10 per person per season limit except that this restriction shall not apply to fur buyers, tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists. Requires that the pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulations. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of tagging pelts in administrative rules. Sets fees for registration and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1337 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1337-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for the hunting and trapping of river otters. Provides that the season limit for river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per season. Provides that possession limits shall be 10 per person per season limit except that this restriction shall not apply to fur buyers, tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists. Requires that the pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulations. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of tagging pelts in administrative rules. Sets fees for registration and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1337 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1337-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 | ||||||
5 | Sections 2.30 and 2.33a and by adding Section 2.30b as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.30) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.30)
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7 | Sec. 2.30. It shall be unlawful for any person to trap or | ||||||
8 | to hunt
with gun, dog, dog and gun, or bow and arrow, gray fox, | ||||||
9 | red fox,
raccoon, weasel, mink, muskrat, badger, and opossum | ||||||
10 | except during
the open season which will be set annually by the | ||||||
11 | Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1 to 12:00 midnight, | ||||||
12 | February 15, both inclusive.
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13 | It is unlawful for any person to take bobcat or river otter
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14 | in this State at any time.
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15 | It is unlawful to pursue any fur-bearing mammal with a dog | ||||||
16 | or dogs
between the hours of sunset and sunrise during the 10 | ||||||
17 | day period
preceding the opening date of the raccoon hunting | ||||||
18 | season and the 10 day
period following the closing date of the | ||||||
19 | raccoon hunting season except
that the Department may issue | ||||||
20 | field trial permits in accordance with Section
2.34 of this | ||||||
21 | Act. A non-resident from a state with more restrictive
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22 | fur-bearer pursuit regulations for any particular species than | ||||||
23 | provided for
that species in this Act may not pursue that |
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1 | species in Illinois except
during the period of time that | ||||||
2 | Illinois residents are allowed to pursue
that species in the | ||||||
3 | non-resident's state of residence. Hound running areas | ||||||
4 | approved by the Department shall be exempt from the
provisions | ||||||
5 | of this Section.
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6 | It shall be unlawful to take beaver, river otter, weasel, | ||||||
7 | mink or muskrat except during
the open season set annually by | ||||||
8 | the Director, and then, only with traps.
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9 | It shall be unlawful for any person to trap beaver or river | ||||||
10 | otter with traps except during
the open season which will be | ||||||
11 | set annually by the Director between 12:01
a.m., November 1st | ||||||
12 | and 12:00 midnight, March 31 , both inclusive .
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13 | Coyote may be taken by trapping methods only during the | ||||||
14 | period from
September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | ||||||
15 | hunting methods at any time.
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16 | Striped skunk may be taken by trapping methods only during | ||||||
17 | the period
from September 1 to March 1, both inclusive, and by | ||||||
18 | hunting methods at
any time.
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19 | For the purpose of taking fur-bearing mammals, the State | ||||||
20 | may be
divided into management zones by administrative rule.
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21 | The provisions of this Section are subject to modification | ||||||
22 | by
administrative rule.
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23 | It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the | ||||||
24 | season limit or possession limit of fur-bearing mammals that | ||||||
25 | shall be set annually by the Director. The season limit for | ||||||
26 | river otter shall not exceed 5 river otters per person per |
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1 | season. Possession limits shall not apply to fur buyers, | ||||||
2 | tanners, manufacturers, and taxidermists, as defined by this | ||||||
3 | Act, who possess fur-bearing mammals in accordance with laws | ||||||
4 | governing such activities. | ||||||
5 | The provisions of this Section are subject to modification | ||||||
6 | by administrative rule. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 95-196, eff. 1-1-08.)
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8 | (520 ILCS 5/2.30b new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 2.30b. River otter pelts. The pelts of river otters | ||||||
10 | shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulation 50 CFR | ||||||
11 | 23.69(e). The Department may require harvest registration and | ||||||
12 | set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of | ||||||
13 | tagging pelts in administrative rules. Fees for registration | ||||||
14 | and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt.
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15 | (520 ILCS 5/2.33a) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33a)
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16 | Sec. 2.33a.
(a) It is unlawful to fail to visit and remove | ||||||
17 | all animals
from traps staked out, set, used, tended, placed or | ||||||
18 | maintained at least
once each calendar day.
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19 | (b) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or | ||||||
20 | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction on land, | ||||||
21 | that has a jaw spread
of larger than 6 1/2 inches (16.6 CM), or | ||||||
22 | a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction having a | ||||||
23 | jaw spread larger than 7 inches (17.8 CM) on
a side if square | ||||||
24 | and 8 inches (20.4 CM) if round;
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1 | (c) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or | ||||||
2 | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction in | ||||||
3 | water, that has a jaw spread
of larger than 7 1/2 inches (19.1 | ||||||
4 | CM), or a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction | ||||||
5 | having a jaw spread larger than 10 inches (25.4 CM) on
a side | ||||||
6 | if square and 12 inches (30.5 CM) if round;
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7 | (d) It is unlawful to use any trap with saw-toothed, | ||||||
8 | spiked, or toothed jaws;
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9 | (e) It is unlawful to destroy, disturb or in any manner | ||||||
10 | interfere with
dams, lodges, burrows or feed beds of beaver | ||||||
11 | while trapping for beaver or
to set a trap inside a muskrat | ||||||
12 | house or beaver lodge, except that this shall
not apply to | ||||||
13 | Drainage Districts who are acting pursuant to the provisions
of | ||||||
14 | Section 2.37;
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15 | (f) It is unlawful to trap beaver or river otter with: (1) | ||||||
16 | a leghold trap or one of similar
construction having a jaw | ||||||
17 | spread of less than 5 1/2 inches (13.9 CM) or
more than 7 1/2 | ||||||
18 | inches (19.1 CM), or (2) a body-gripping trap or one of
similar | ||||||
19 | construction having a jaw spread of less than 7 inches (17.7 | ||||||
20 | CM) or
more than 10 inches (25.4 CM) on a side if square and 12 | ||||||
21 | inches (30.5 CM) if
round, except that these restrictions shall | ||||||
22 | not apply during
the open season for trapping muskrats;
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23 | (g) It is unlawful to set traps closer than 10 feet (3.05 | ||||||
24 | M) from any
hole or den which may be occupied by a game mammal | ||||||
25 | or fur-bearing mammal
except that this restriction shall not | ||||||
26 | apply to water sets.
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1 | (h) It is unlawful to trap or attempt to trap any | ||||||
2 | fur-bearing mammal
with any colony, cage, box, or stove-pipe | ||||||
3 | trap designed to take more than one
mammal at a single setting.
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4 | (i) It is unlawful for any person to set or place any trap | ||||||
5 | designed to
take any fur-bearing mammal protected by this Act | ||||||
6 | during the closed
trapping season. Proof that any trap was | ||||||
7 | placed during the closed trapping
season shall be deemed prima | ||||||
8 | facie evidence of a violation of this provision.
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9 | (j) It is unlawful to place, set, or maintain any leghold | ||||||
10 | trap or one of
similar construction within thirty (30) feet | ||||||
11 | (9.14 m) of bait placed in
such a manner or position that it is | ||||||
12 | not completely covered and concealed
from sight, except that | ||||||
13 | this shall not apply to underwater sets. Bait shall
mean and | ||||||
14 | include any bait composed of mammal, bird, or fish flesh, fur,
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15 | hide, entrails or feathers.
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16 | (k) It shall be unlawful for hunters or trappers to have | ||||||
17 | the green hides
of fur-bearing mammals, protected by this Act, | ||||||
18 | in their possession except
during the open season and for an | ||||||
19 | additional period of 10 days succeeding
such open season.
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20 | (l) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use or | ||||||
21 | maintain a
snare trap or one of similar construction in water, | ||||||
22 | that has a loop
diameter exceeding 15 inches (38.1 CM) or a | ||||||
23 | cable or wire diameter of more
than 1/8 inch (3.2 MM) or less | ||||||
24 | than 5/64 inch (2.0 MM), that is constructed
of stainless steel | ||||||
25 | metal cable or wire, and that does not have a mechanical
lock, | ||||||
26 | anchor swivel and stop device to prevent the mechanical lock |
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1 | from
closing the noose loop to a diameter of less than 2 1/2 | ||||||
2 | inches (6.4 CM).
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3 | (Source: P.A. 85-152; 86-1354.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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