Bill Text: IL SB3049 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Adds the Gray wolf, American black bear, and Cougar to the list of protected species under the Act.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-10)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1033 [SB3049 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3049-Engrossed.html

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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 adding Section
2.2b as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/2.2b new)
Sec. 2.2b. Imminent threat; nuisance permits.
(a) It shall not be illegal for an owner or tenant of land,
or their designated agent, to immediately take on his or her
property a gray wolf, Canis lupus; American black bear, Ursus
americanus; or cougar, Puma concolor if, at any time, the gray
wolf, American black bear, or cougar is stalking, causing an
imminent threat, or there is a reasonable expectation that it
causes an imminent threat of physical harm or death to a human,
livestock, domestic animals or harm to structures or other
property on the owner or tenant's land.
(b) The Department may grant a nuisance permit to the owner
or tenant of land, or their designated agent, for the taking of
a gray wolf, American black bear, or cougar that is causing a
threat to an owner or tenant of land or his or her property
that is not an immediate threat under subsection (a) of this
Section.
(c) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this

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