Bill Text: IL HB5186 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. In provisions concerning special deer, turkey, and combination hunting licenses, provides that one or more of the following shall constitute evidence of land ownership: a current property tax bill for the property showing that the hunter is the owner of the property; a current income tax return filed with the Department of Revenue by the hunter showing that the hunter is the owner of the property; or a current Conservation Reserve Program credit award from the United States Department of Agriculture, naming the individual hunter as the credit awardee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5186 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5186-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3.1-6 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/3.1-6) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3.1-6. Special deer, turkey, and combination hunting | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | licenses. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) For the purpose of this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Bona fide equity member" means an individual who: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (1) (i) became a member upon the formation of the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | limited liability company or (ii) has purchased a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | distributional interest in a limited liability company for | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | a value equal to the percentage of the appraised value of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the LLC assets represented by the distributional interest | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | in the LLC and subsequently becomes a member of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | company under Article 30 of the Limited Liability Company | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Act; and | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (2) intends to retain the membership for at least 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | years. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Bona fide equity partner" means an individual who: | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (1) (i) became a partner, either general or limited, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | upon the formation of a partnership or limited |
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1 | partnership, or (ii) has purchased, acquired, or been | ||||||
2 | gifted a partnership interest accurately representing his | ||||||
3 | or her percentage distributional interest in the profits, | ||||||
4 | losses, and assets of a partnership or limited | ||||||
5 | partnership; | ||||||
6 | (2) intends to retain ownership of the partnership | ||||||
7 | interest for at least 5 years; and | ||||||
8 | (3) is a resident of this State. | ||||||
9 | "Bona fide equity shareholder" means an individual who: | ||||||
10 | (1) purchased, for market price, publicly sold stock | ||||||
11 | shares in a corporation, purchased shares of a | ||||||
12 | privately-held corporation for a value equal to the | ||||||
13 | percentage of the appraised value of the corporate assets | ||||||
14 | represented by the ownership in the corporation, or is a | ||||||
15 | member of a closely-held family-owned corporation and has | ||||||
16 | purchased or been gifted with shares of stock in the | ||||||
17 | corporation accurately reflecting his or her percentage of | ||||||
18 | ownership; and | ||||||
19 | (2) intends to retain the ownership of the shares of | ||||||
20 | stock for at least 5 years. | ||||||
21 | (b) Landowner Deer, Turkey, and combination permits shall | ||||||
22 | be issued without charge to: | ||||||
23 | (1) Illinois landowners residing in this State who own | ||||||
24 | at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish to hunt upon | ||||||
25 | their land only; | ||||||
26 | (2) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of |
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1 | commercial agricultural land where they will hunt; and | ||||||
2 | (3) bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation, | ||||||
3 | bona fide equity members of a limited liability company, | ||||||
4 | or bona fide equity partners of a general or limited | ||||||
5 | partnership which owns at least 40 acres of land in a | ||||||
6 | county in this State who wish to hunt on the | ||||||
7 | corporation's, company's, or partnership's land only. One | ||||||
8 | permit shall be issued without charge to one bona fide | ||||||
9 | equity shareholder, one bona fide equity member, or one | ||||||
10 | bona fide equity partner for each 40 acres of land owned by | ||||||
11 | the corporation, company, or partnership in a county; | ||||||
12 | however, the number of permits issued without charge to | ||||||
13 | bona fide equity shareholders of any corporation or bona | ||||||
14 | fide equity members of a limited liability company in any | ||||||
15 | county shall not exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the | ||||||
16 | case of bona fide equity partners of a partnership. | ||||||
17 | One or more of the following shall constitute evidence of | ||||||
18 | land ownership for the purposes of this Section: a current | ||||||
19 | property tax bill for the property showing that the hunter is | ||||||
20 | the owner of the property; a current income tax return filed | ||||||
21 | with the Department of Revenue by the hunter showing that the | ||||||
22 | hunter is the owner of the property; or a current Conservation | ||||||
23 | Reserve Program credit award from the United States Department | ||||||
24 | of Agriculture, naming the individual hunter as the credit | ||||||
25 | awardee. | ||||||
26 | Bona fide landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt |
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