Bill Text: IL HB4563 | 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, the Department of Natural Resources shall issue nuisance deer removal permits to: (1) a person who owns or leases 1,000 or more acres of land in an unincorporated area of the State, produces agricultural products on that land, and is experiencing demonstrable damage to land or agricultural products due to nuisance deer that reside on the land; or (2) a tenant of the landowner who has been granted permission by that person to apply for a nuisance deer removal permit on that person's behalf. Provides that the number of deer permitted to be taken, the number of days for which the deer may be taken, and the total number of persons who may take deer under the permit shall be based on the number of acres of land owned. Provides that a nuisance deer removal permit shall not allow the taking of deer during any archery, firearm, muzzleloader only, special Chronic Wasting Disease, late winter, or youth firearm season. Provides that the Department shall encourage persons issued a nuisance deer removal permit to use the deer taken under the deer removal program for human consumption or for donations to zoos or other facilities where the deer can be used to feed animals. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4563 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4563-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4563 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/2.26-1 new
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, the Department of Natural Resources shall issue nuisance deer removal permits to: (1) a person who owns or leases 1,000 or more acres of land in an unincorporated area of the State, produces agricultural products on that land, and is experiencing demonstrable damage to land or agricultural products due to nuisance deer that reside on the land; or (2) a tenant of the landowner who has been granted permission by that person to apply for a nuisance deer removal permit on that person's behalf. Provides that the number of deer permitted to be taken, the number of days for which the deer may be taken, and the total number of persons who may take deer under the permit shall be based on the number of acres of land owned. Provides that a nuisance deer removal permit shall not allow the taking of deer during any archery, firearm, muzzleloader only, special Chronic Wasting Disease, late winter, or youth firearm season. Provides that the Department shall encourage persons issued a nuisance deer removal permit to use the deer taken under the deer removal program for human consumption or for donations to zoos or other facilities where the deer can be used to feed animals. Makes other changes.
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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 adding Section
2.26-1 as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/2.26-1 new)
Sec. 2.26-1. Nuisance deer removal permits.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
Department shall issue nuisance deer removal permits in
accordance with this Section to:
(1) a person who owns or leases 1,000 or more acres of
land in an unincorporated area of the State, produces
agricultural products on that land, and is experiencing
demonstrable damage to land or agricultural products due
to nuisance deer that reside on the land; or
(2) a tenant of a person described in paragraph (1)
who has been granted permission by that person to apply
for a nuisance deer removal permit on that person's
behalf.
(b) The Department shall issue nuisance deer removal
permits to eligible persons as follows:
(1) if the person described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) owns or leases at least 1,000 but less than

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5,000 acres of land in an unincorporated area of the
State, then the Department shall, upon application, issue
to that person or that person's tenant a nuisance deer
removal permit that authorizes up to 2 individuals to
collectively take up to 20 deer from that land during the
35 days following the date of the permit's issuance;
(2) if the person described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) owns or leases at least 5,000 but less than
10,000 acres of land in an unincorporated area of the
State, then the Department shall, upon application, issue
to that person or that person's tenant a nuisance deer
removal permit that authorizes up to 4 individuals to
collectively take up to 30 deer from that land during the
45 days following the date of the permit's issuance; and
(3) if the person described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) owns or leases 10,000 or more acres of land
in an unincorporated area of the State, then the
Department shall, upon application, issue to that person
or that person's tenant a nuisance deer removal permit
that authorizes up to 6 individuals to collectively take
up to 50 deer from that land during the 50 days following
the date of the permit's issuance.
(d) A nuisance deer removal permit issued under this
Section shall not allow the taking of deer during any archery,
firearm, muzzleloader only, special Chronic Wasting Disease,
late winter, or youth firearm season.

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