Bill Text: IL SB1704 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes it unlawful to place, set, or maintain a body-gripping trap (other than an underwater set) within 30 feet of bait that is not completely covered and concealed from sight and (ii) to place, set, use, or maintain certain types of traps within one-quarter mile of a residence, school, picnic area, playground, beach, campground, road, highway, public trail, golf course, or parking lot. Exempts certain government employees as well as their duly authorized agents from the latter of these prohibitions if certain conditions are met. Redefines the term "bait" to include certain types of oils. Effective July 1, 2011.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1704 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1704-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 Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2.33a as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.33a) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33a)
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7 | Sec. 2.33a.
(a) It is unlawful to fail to visit and remove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | all animals
from traps staked out, set, used, tended, placed or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | maintained at least
once each calendar day.
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10 | (b) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction on land, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | that has a jaw spread
of larger than 6 1/2 inches (16.6 CM), or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction having a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | jaw spread larger than 7 inches (17.8 CM) on
a side if square | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | and 8 inches (20.4 CM) if round;
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16 | (c) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | maintain a
leghold trap or one of similar construction in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | water, that has a jaw spread
of larger than 7 1/2 inches (19.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | CM), or a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | having a jaw spread larger than 10 inches (25.4 CM) on
a side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | if square and 12 inches (30.5 CM) if round;
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22 | (d) It is unlawful to use any trap with saw-toothed, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | spiked, or toothed jaws;
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1 | (e) It is unlawful to destroy, disturb or in any manner | ||||||
2 | interfere with
dams, lodges, burrows or feed beds of beaver | ||||||
3 | while trapping for beaver or
to set a trap inside a muskrat | ||||||
4 | house or beaver lodge, except that this shall
not apply to | ||||||
5 | Drainage Districts who are acting pursuant to the provisions
of | ||||||
6 | Section 2.37;
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7 | (f) It is unlawful to trap beaver with: (1) a leghold trap | ||||||
8 | or one of similar
construction having a jaw spread of less than | ||||||
9 | 5 1/2 inches (13.9 CM) or
more than 7 1/2 inches (19.1 CM), or | ||||||
10 | (2) a body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction having | ||||||
11 | a jaw spread of less than 7 inches (17.7 CM) or
more than 10 | ||||||
12 | inches (25.4 CM) on a side if square and 12 inches (30.5 CM) if
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13 | round, except that these restrictions shall not apply during
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14 | the open season for trapping muskrats;
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15 | (g) It is unlawful to set traps closer than 10 feet (3.05 | ||||||
16 | M) from any
hole or den which may be occupied by a game mammal | ||||||
17 | or fur-bearing mammal
except that this restriction shall not | ||||||
18 | apply to water sets.
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19 | (h) It is unlawful to trap or attempt to trap any | ||||||
20 | fur-bearing mammal
with any colony, cage, box, or stove-pipe | ||||||
21 | trap designed to take more than one
mammal at a single setting.
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22 | (i) It is unlawful for any person to set or place any trap | ||||||
23 | designed to
take any fur-bearing mammal protected by this Act | ||||||
24 | during the closed
trapping season. Proof that any trap was | ||||||
25 | placed during the closed trapping
season shall be deemed prima | ||||||
26 | facie evidence of a violation of this provision.
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1 | (j) It is unlawful to place, set, or maintain any leghold | ||||||
2 | or body-gripping trap or one of
similar construction within | ||||||
3 | thirty (30) feet (9.14 m) of bait placed in
such a manner or | ||||||
4 | position that it is not completely covered and concealed
from | ||||||
5 | sight, except that this shall not apply to underwater sets. | ||||||
6 | Bait shall
mean and include any bait composed of mammal, bird, | ||||||
7 | or fish oils, flesh, fur,
hide, entrails , or feathers.
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8 | (k) It shall be unlawful for hunters or trappers to have | ||||||
9 | the green hides
of fur-bearing mammals, protected by this Act, | ||||||
10 | in their possession except
during the open season and for an | ||||||
11 | additional period of 10 days succeeding
such open season.
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12 | (l) It is unlawful for any person to place, set, use or | ||||||
13 | maintain a
snare trap or one of similar construction in water, | ||||||
14 | that has a loop
diameter exceeding 15 inches (38.1 CM) or a | ||||||
15 | cable or wire diameter of more
than 1/8 inch (3.2 MM) or less | ||||||
16 | than 5/64 inch (2.0 MM), that is constructed
of stainless steel | ||||||
17 | metal cable or wire, and that does not have a mechanical
lock, | ||||||
18 | anchor swivel and stop device to prevent the mechanical lock | ||||||
19 | from
closing the noose loop to a diameter of less than 2 1/2 | ||||||
20 | inches (6.4 CM). | ||||||
21 | (m) It is unlawful to place, set, use, or maintain a | ||||||
22 | body-crushing conibear kill-type trap, a leg-hold trap, or a | ||||||
23 | trap of similar construction to either of those traps within | ||||||
24 | one-quarter mile of a residence, school, picnic area, | ||||||
25 | playground, beach, campground, road, highway, public trail, | ||||||
26 | golf course, or parking lot. However, it is not unlawful for |
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1 | federal, State, county, or municipal government employees | ||||||
2 | acting in the course of their employment or duly authorized | ||||||
3 | agents of those persons to engage in these activities if doing | ||||||
4 | so is the only method available to protect public health and | ||||||
5 | safety.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 85-152; 86-1354.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
8 | 2011.
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