Bill Text: IL HB4237 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-11-06 - Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 12, 2024 [HB4237 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4237-Engrossed.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, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 2.11 as follows:
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| 6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.11) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.11) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2.11. Before any person may lawfully hunt wild | ||||||
| 8 | turkey, he shall first obtain a "Wild Turkey Hunting Permit" | ||||||
| 9 | in accordance with the prescribed regulations set forth in an | ||||||
| 10 | administrative rule of the Department. The fee for a Resident | ||||||
| 11 | Wild Turkey Hunting Permit shall not exceed $15. | ||||||
| 12 | Upon submitting suitable evidence of legal residence in | ||||||
| 13 | any other state, non-residents shall be charged a fee not to | ||||||
| 14 | exceed $125 for wild turkey hunting permits. | ||||||
| 15 | The Department may by administrative rule allocate and | ||||||
| 16 | issue non-resident Wild Turkey Permits and establish fees for | ||||||
| 17 | such permits. | ||||||
| 18 | It shall be unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a | ||||||
| 19 | bow and arrow or a shotgun of not larger than 10 gauge nor | ||||||
| 20 | smaller than .410 bore. The Department may, by administrative | ||||||
| 21 | rule, restrict shot size, material, or density. No 20 gauge | ||||||
| 22 | with shot size not larger than No. 4, and no person while | ||||||
| 23 | attempting to so take wild turkey may have in his possession | ||||||
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| 1 | any other gun unless in accordance with the Firearm Concealed | ||||||
| 2 | Carry Act. | ||||||
| 3 | It shall be unlawful to take, or attempt to take wild | ||||||
| 4 | turkey except during the time from 1/2 hour before sunrise to | ||||||
| 5 | 1/2 hour after sunset or during such lesser period of time as | ||||||
| 6 | may be specified by administrative rule, during those days for | ||||||
| 7 | which an open season is established. | ||||||
| 8 | It shall be unlawful for any person to take, or attempt to | ||||||
| 9 | take, wild turkey by use of dogs, horses, automobiles, | ||||||
| 10 | aircraft or other vehicles, or conveyances, or by the use or | ||||||
| 11 | aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes of this | ||||||
| 12 | Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or solid, | ||||||
| 13 | including food, salt, minerals, and other products, except | ||||||
| 14 | pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered in such | ||||||
| 15 | a manner as to attract or lure wild turkeys. "Baiting" means | ||||||
| 16 | the placement or scattering of bait to attract wild turkeys. | ||||||
| 17 | An area is considered as baited during the presence of and for | ||||||
| 18 | 10 consecutive days following the removal of the bait. | ||||||
| 19 | It is unlawful for any person to take in Illinois or have | ||||||
| 20 | in his possession more than one wild turkey per valid permit. | ||||||
| 21 | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this | ||||||
| 22 | Section, the Department shall, after determining the total | ||||||
| 23 | acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land, round | ||||||
| 24 | remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal | ||||||
| 25 | to half of an acre up to the next whole acre. | ||||||
| 26 | For the purposes of taking wild turkey, nothing in this | ||||||
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