Bill Text: IL SB2160 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Human Services Act. Provides for grants to food banks for venison. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for an optional Hunter Food Bank Stamp to have hunters help end hunger in Illinois. In a provision regarding a separate harvest period for deer, directs the Department of Natural Resources to adopt rules that will cause a county to be open for hunting during the special harvest period if more than 5 deer removal permit requests were made in the county in the preceding year. Provides that, at the request of a landowner or tenant, the Department shall transfer to that individual an unused firearm deer permit from the regular season for the taking of deer to be used during the separate harvest period to hunt upon the individual's land only and for the taking of antlerless deer only, and that transferred permit shall be transferable in the same manner as permits under certain provisions regarding special deer, turkey, and combination hunting licenses for landowners. In a provision regarding authority to kill wildlife responsible for damage, provides that the holder of a deer removal permit issued by the Department may transfer the permit to any individual meeting certain requirements. Provides that the Department shall make publicly available on its website applications for deer removal permits and instructions on how to apply for those permits. Provides that the Department shall acknowledge receipt of each application for a deer removal permit within one business day, complete any investigation required, and issue or deny the requested deer removal permit within 5 business days. Provides that, in the event of failure to deny an application for a deer removal permit within 5 business days, the application shall be deemed approved. Provides that a deer removal permit issued by the Department is valid from the date of its issuance until December 31 of the same calendar year. Makes technical changes. Makes conforming changes in the State Finance Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Referred to Assignments [SB2160 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2160-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2160 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Human Services Act. Provides for grants to food banks for venison. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for an optional Hunter Food Bank Stamp to have hunters help end hunger in Illinois. In a provision regarding a separate harvest period for deer, directs the Department of Natural Resources to adopt rules that will cause a county to be open for hunting during the special harvest period if more than 5 deer removal permit requests were made in the county in the preceding year. Provides that, at the request of a landowner or tenant, the Department shall transfer to that individual an unused firearm deer permit from the regular season for the taking of deer to be used during the separate harvest period to hunt upon the individual's land only and for the taking of antlerless deer only, and that transferred permit shall be transferable in the same manner as permits under certain provisions regarding special deer, turkey, and combination hunting licenses for landowners. In a provision regarding authority to kill wildlife responsible for damage, provides that the holder of a deer removal permit issued by the Department may transfer the permit to any individual meeting certain requirements. Provides that the Department shall make publicly available on its website applications for deer removal permits and instructions on how to apply for those permits. Provides that the Department shall acknowledge receipt of each application for a deer removal permit within one business day, complete any investigation required, and issue or deny the requested deer removal permit within 5 business days. Provides that, in the event of failure to deny an application for a deer removal permit within 5 business days, the application shall be deemed approved. Provides that a deer removal permit issued by the Department is valid from the date of its issuance until December 31 of the same calendar year. Makes technical changes. Makes conforming changes in the State Finance Act.
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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 Department of Human Services Act is amended
by adding Section 10-64 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1305/10-64 new)
Sec. 10-64. Grants to food banks for venison. The
Department of Human Services shall award grants, in
consultation with the Department of Natural Resources and
subject to Section 1.29a of the Wildlife Code, to food banks or
other entities that provide free food, for the purchase of
venison or deer meat from food processors or butchers that
have deer donated by hunters for that purpose. The Department
of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of
Natural Resources, shall adopt rules implementing this
Section.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1030 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
Sec. 5.1030. The Hunter Food Bank Fund.

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Section 15. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
Sections 1.28, 2.25, 2.26, and 2.37 and by adding Section
1.29a as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/1.28) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.28)
Sec. 1.28. Fees and fines; deposit in funds. All fees,
fines, including bond forfeitures, income of whatsoever kind
or nature derived from hunting and fishing activities on lands
or waters or both under the jurisdiction or control of the
Department, and all penalties collected under this Act shall
be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be set apart in a
special fund to be known as the "Wildlife and Fish Fund";
except that fees derived solely from the sale of salmon
stamps, income from art contests for the salmon stamp,
including income from the sale of reprints, and gifts,
donations, grants and bequests of money for the conservation
and propagation of salmon shall be deposited in the State
Treasury and set apart in the special fund to be known as the
"Salmon Fund"; and except that fees derived solely from the
sale of state migratory waterfowl stamps, and gifts,
donations, grants and bequests of money for the conservation
and propagation of waterfowl shall be deposited in the special
fund to be known as the "State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp
Fund"; and except that, fees derived solely from the sale of
hunter food bank stamps, and gifts, donations, grants, and
bequests of money for the purpose of having hunters help end

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hunger in Illinois shall be deposited in the Hunter Food Bank
Fund; and except that, of fees derived solely from the sale of
State Habitat Stamps, 64% shall be deposited into the Illinois
Habitat Fund, 30% into the State Pheasant Fund, and 6% into the
State Furbearer Fund. Income generated from the sale of
artwork associated with the State Habitat Stamps shall be
deposited into the Illinois Habitat Fund. All interest that
accrues from monies deposited into the Wildlife and Fish Fund,
the Salmon Fund, the State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund, the
State Furbearer Fund, the State Pheasant Fund, and the
Illinois Habitat Fund shall be deposited into those funds,
respectively. Appropriations from the "Wildlife and Fish Fund"
shall be made only to the Department for the carrying out of
the powers and functions vested by law in the Department for
the administration and management of fish and wildlife
resources of this State for such activities as the purchase of
land for fish hatcheries, wildlife refuges, preserves and
public shooting and fishing grounds; the purchase and
distribution of wild birds, the eggs of wild birds, and wild
mammals for rescuing, restoring and distributing fish; the
maintenance of wildlife refuges, or preserves, public shooting
grounds, public fishing grounds and fish hatcheries; and the
feeding and care of wild birds, wild animals and fish.
(Source: P.A. 95-853, eff. 8-18-08.)
(520 ILCS 5/1.29a new)

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Sec. 1.29a. Hunter Food Bank Stamp; Hunter Food Bank Fund.
(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall ensure that
an optional Hunter Food Bank Stamp is offered to all persons
and at all locations where deer hunting permits or licenses
are sold or given under this Code. Each applicant for a Hunter
Food Bank Stamp shall pay a fee of $10 and shall receive a
Stamp. All revenue from the sale of Hunter Food Bank Stamps
shall be deposited into the Hunter Food Bank Fund. The
Department of Natural Resources shall design the Stamp to
reflect that the purpose of the Stamp to have hunters help end
hunger in Illinois. The Department of Natural Resources shall
publicize and advertise the Hunter Food Bank Stamp for the
purpose of having hunters help end hunger in Illinois. The
Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the
Department of Human Services, shall adopt rules implementing
this Section.
(b) There is hereby created as a special fund in the State
treasury the Hunter Food Bank Fund. All fees collected from
the sale of Hunter Food Bank Stamps, and gifts, donations,
grants, and bequests of money for the purpose of having
hunters help end hunger in Illinois shall be deposited in this
Fund. These moneys shall be appropriated to the Department of
Human Services for the purposes detailed in Section 10-64 of
the Department of Human Services Act and for no other
purposes.

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(520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer
except (i) with a shotgun, handgun, single shot centerfire
rifle, or muzzleloading rifle or (ii) as provided by
administrative rule, with a bow and arrow, during the open
season of not more than 14 days which will be set annually by
the Director between the dates of November 1st and December
31st, both inclusive, or a special 3-day, youth-only season
between the dates of September 1 and October 31. For the
purposes of this Section, legal handguns and rifles are
limited to centerfire handguns that are either a single shot
or revolver and centerfire rifles that are single shot. The
only legal ammunition for a centerfire handgun or rifle is a
bottleneck centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with
a case length not exceeding one and two-fifths inches, or a
straight-walled centerfire cartridge of .30 caliber or larger,
both of which must be available as a factory load with the
published ballistic tables of the manufacturer showing a
capability of at least 500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle.
The barrel of a handgun shall be at least 4 inches. Full metal
jacket bullets may not be used to harvest deer.
The Department shall make administrative rules concerning
management restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and
arrow season.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
with a bow and arrow during the open season for bow and arrow

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set annually by the Director between the dates of September
1st and January 31st, both inclusive.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
with (i) a muzzleloading rifle or (ii) bow and arrow during the
open season for muzzleloading rifles set annually by the
Director.
The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting
forth the prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and
possession limits and those counties of the State where open
seasons are established, to be published in accordance with
Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
The Department may establish separate harvest periods for
the purpose of managing or eradicating disease that has been
found in the deer herd. This season shall be restricted to gun
or bow and arrow hunting only. The Department shall publicly
announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
shooting hours, the counties and sites open to hunting.
The Department is authorized to establish a separate
harvest period at specific sites within the State for the
purpose of harvesting surplus deer that cannot be taken during
the regular season provided for the taking of deer. This
season shall be restricted to gun or bow and arrow hunting only
and shall be established during the period of September 1st to
February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publicly
announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
shooting hours, and the counties and sites open to hunting. In

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determining counties and sites open to hunting within this
separate harvest period, the Department shall adopt rules that
will cause the counties and sites selected by the Department
to be open for hunting during this special harvest period if
more than 5 deer removal permit requests are made in that
county under subsection (a) of Section 2.37 during the year
immediately preceding the beginning of the special harvest
period. The Department shall publish suitable prescribed rules
and regulations established by administrative rule pertaining
to management restrictions applicable to this special harvest
program. The Department shall allow unused gun deer permits
that are left over from a regular season for the taking of deer
to be rolled over and used during any separate harvest period
held within 6 months of the season for which those tags were
issued at no additional cost to the permit holder subject to
the management restrictions applicable to the special harvest
program. At the request of any individual defined under
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b) of Section 3.1-6
whose land is not otherwise within any county or site open to
hunting within the separate harvest period, the Department
shall transfer to that individual an unused firearm deer
permit from the regular season for the taking of deer to be
used during the separate harvest period to hunt upon the
individual's land only and for the taking of antlerless deer
only, and that transferred permit shall be transferable in the
same manner as permits under Section 3.1-6.

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Beginning July 1, 2019, and on an annual basis thereafter,
the Department shall provide a report to the General Assembly
providing information regarding deer management programs
established by the Code or by administrative rule that
includes: (1) the number of surplus deer taken during each
separate harvest season; (2) the number of deer found to have a
communicable disease or other abnormality; and (3) what
happens to the deer taken during each separate harvest season.
(Source: P.A. 101-66, eff. 7-12-19; 102-314, eff. 1-1-22;
102-932, eff. 1-1-23.)
(520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. Any person attempting to
take deer shall first obtain a "Deer Hunting Permit" issued by
the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following
types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination
permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one
antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit,
and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer
Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
shall not exceed $25 for residents of the State. The
Department may by administrative rule provide for non-resident
deer hunting permits for which the fee will not exceed $300 in
2005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as
provided below for non-resident landowners and non-resident

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archery hunters. The Department may by administrative rule
provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting of
not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325
in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter. The
fees for a youth resident and non-resident archery deer permit
shall be the same.
The Department shall create a pilot program during the
special 3-day, youth-only deer hunting season to allow for
youth deer hunting permits that are valid statewide, excluding
those counties or portions of counties closed to firearm deer
hunting. The Department shall adopt rules to implement the
pilot program. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prohibit the Department from issuing Special Hunt Area Permits
for the youth-only deer hunting season or establishing,
through administrative rule, additional requirements
pertaining to the youth-only deer hunting season on
Department-owned or Department-managed sites, including
site-specific quotas or drawings. The provisions of this
paragraph are inoperative on and after January 1, 2023.
The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow
and arrow for deer hunting shall be established by
administrative rule.
No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not
authorized by administrative rule for a specific hunting
season when taking deer unless in accordance with the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act.

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Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be
permitted to take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour
before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those
days for which an open season is established for the taking of
deer by use of shotgun, handgun, rifle, or muzzle loading
rifle.
Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be
permitted to take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour
before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those
days for which an open season is established for the taking of
deer by use of bow and arrow.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of
dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft, or other vehicles, or by
the use or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes
of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or
solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products,
except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered
in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer.
"Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract
deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence of
and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait.
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to
track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking
wounded deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all
times by means of a maximum 50-foot 50 foot lead attached to
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permissible at night, but at no time outside of legal deer
hunting hours or seasons shall any person handling or
accompanying a dog being used for tracking wounded deer be in
possession of any firearm or archery device. Persons tracking
wounded deer with a dog during the firearm deer seasons shall
wear blaze orange or solid blaze pink color as required. Dog
handlers tracking wounded deer with a dog are exempt from
hunting license and deer permit requirements so long as they
are accompanied by the licensed deer hunter who wounded the
deer.
It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer
which has been injured or killed in any manner upon a public
highway or public right-of-way of this State unless exempted
by administrative rule.
Persons hunting deer must have the gun unloaded and no bow
and arrow device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked
position during hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the
legal limit of deer by gun, to further participate with a gun
in any deer hunting party, except when filling antlerless tags
or using an either-sex permit to take an antlerless deer.
It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the
legal limit of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate
with bow and arrow in any deer hunting party, except when
filling antlerless tags or using an either-sex permit to take
an antlerless deer.

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The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the
gun deer season by administrative rule.
The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident,
either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
Section, including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor.
For the purposes of calculating acreage under this
Section, the Department shall, after determining the total
acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land, round
remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal
to half of an acre up to the next whole acre.
For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in
this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation,
including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal
agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or
normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting,
and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products
designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or
liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or
lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking
white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative
rule.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-444, eff. 6-1-20;
102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-932, eff. 1-1-23; revised 10-23-24.)

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(520 ILCS 5/2.37) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.37)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-611)
Sec. 2.37. Authority to kill wildlife responsible for
damage.
(a) Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the
Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act, the Department may
authorize owners and tenants of lands or their agents, who are
performing the service without fee or compensation, to remove
or destroy any wild bird or wild mammal when the wild bird or
wild mammal is known to be destroying property or causing a
risk to human health or safety upon his or her land.
Upon receipt by the Department of information from the
owner, tenant, or sharecropper that any one or more species of
wildlife is damaging dams, levees, ditches, cattle pastures,
or other property on the land on which he resides or controls,
together with a statement regarding location of the property
damages, the nature and extent of the damage, and the
particular species of wildlife committing the damage, the
Department shall make an investigation.
If, after investigation, the Department finds that damage
does exist and can be abated only by removing or destroying
that wildlife, a permit shall be issued by the Department to
remove or destroy the species responsible for causing the
damage.
A permit to control the damage shall be for a period of up
to 90 days, shall specify the means and methods by which and

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the person or persons by whom the wildlife may be removed or
destroyed, without fee or compensation, and shall set forth
the disposition procedure to be made of all wildlife taken and
other restrictions the Director considers necessary and
appropriate in the circumstances of the particular case.
Whenever possible, the specimens destroyed shall be given to a
bona fide public or State scientific, educational, or
zoological institution.
The permittee shall advise the Department in writing,
within 10 days after the expiration date of the permit, of the
number of individual species of wildlife taken, disposition
made of them, and any other information which the Department
may consider necessary.
(b) Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the
Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act, the Department may
grant the authority to control species protected by this Code
pursuant to the issuance of a Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit
to:
(1) any person who is providing such service for a fee
or compensation;
(2) a governmental body; or
(3) a nonprofit or other charitable organization.
The Department shall set forth applicable regulations in
an Administrative Order and may require periodic reports
listing species taken, numbers of each species taken, dates
when taken, and other pertinent information.

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Any person operating under a Nuisance Wildlife Control
Permit who subcontracts the operation of nuisance wildlife
control to another shall ensure that such subcontractor
possesses a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit issued by
the Department. The person must maintain a record of the
subcontractor including the subcontractor's name, address, and
phone number, and type of work to be performed, for a period of
not less than 2 years from the date the subcontractor is no
longer performing services on behalf of the person. The
records shall be presented to an authorized employee of the
Department or law enforcement officer upon request for
inspection.
Any person operating without the required permit as
outlined under this subsection (b) or in violation of this
subsection (b) is deemed to be taking, attempting to take,
disturbing, or harassing wildlife contrary to the provisions
of this Code, including the taking or attempting to take such
species for commercial purposes as outlined in Sections 2.36
and 2.36a of this Code. Any devices and equipment, including
vehicles, used in violation of this subsection (b) may be
subject to the provisions of Section 1.25 of this Code.
(c) The location of traps or snares authorized under this
Section, either by the Department or any other governmental
body with the authority to control species protected by this
Code, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act.

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(d) A drainage district or road district or the designee
of a drainage district or road district shall be exempt from
the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance
muskrats or beavers if all applicable provisions for licenses
are complied with and any trap types and sizes used are in
compliance with this Code, including marking or
identification. The designee of a drainage district or road
district must have a signed and dated written authorization
from the drainage district or road district in possession at
all times when conducting activities under this Section. This
exemption from obtaining a permit shall be valid only upon
property owned, leased, or controlled by the drainage district
or road district. For the purposes of this Section, "road
district" includes a township road district.
(Source: P.A. 102-524, eff. 8-20-21; 103-37, eff. 6-9-23;
103-225, eff. 6-30-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-611)
Sec. 2.37. Authority to kill wildlife responsible for
damage.
(a) Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the
Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act, the Department may
authorize owners and tenants of lands or their agents, who are
performing the service without fee or compensation, to remove
or destroy any wild bird or wild mammal when the wild bird or
wild mammal is known to be destroying property or causing a

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risk to human health or safety upon his or her land.
Upon receipt by the Department of information from the
owner, tenant, or sharecropper that any one or more species of
wildlife is damaging dams, levees, ditches, cattle pastures,
or other property on the land on which he resides or controls,
together with a statement regarding location of the property
damages, the nature and extent of the damage, and the
particular species of wildlife committing the damage, the
Department shall make an investigation.
If, after investigation, the Department finds that damage
does exist and can be abated only by removing or destroying
that wildlife, a permit shall be issued by the Department to
remove or destroy the species responsible for causing the
damage.
A permit to control the damage shall be for a period of up
to 90 days, except as provided in subsection (a-5), shall
specify the means and methods by which and the person or
persons by whom the wildlife may be removed or destroyed,
without fee or compensation, and shall set forth the
disposition procedure to be made of all wildlife taken and
other restrictions the Director considers necessary and
appropriate in the circumstances of the particular case.
Whenever possible, the specimens destroyed shall be given to a
bona fide public or State scientific, educational, or
zoological institution.
The permittee shall advise the Department in writing,

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within 10 days after the expiration date of the permit, of the
number of individual species of wildlife taken, disposition
made of them, and any other information which the Department
may consider necessary.
(a-5) The holder of a deer removal permit issued by the
Department under subsection (a) of this Section may transfer
the permit to any individual who is at least 18 years of age
and holds a certificate of competency issued by the Department
for successfully completing a hunter safety course authorized
by the Department. The Department shall make publicly
available on its website applications for deer removal permits
to be issued under subsection (a) and instructions on how to
apply for those permits. The Department shall acknowledge
receipt of each application for a deer removal permit within
one business day after its receipt and shall complete any
investigation required under subsection (a) and issue or deny
the requested deer removal permit within 5 business days after
receipt of the application. In the event of failure to deny an
application for a deer removal permit within 5 business days
after receipt of the application, the application shall be
deemed approved. A deer removal permit issued by the
Department under subsection (a) is valid from the date of its
issuance until December 31 of the same calendar year.
(b) Subject to federal regulations and Section 3 of the
Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act, the Department may
grant the authority to control species protected by this Code

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pursuant to the issuance of a Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit
to:
(1) any person who is providing such service or
solicits customers for themselves or on behalf of a
nuisance wildlife control permit holder for a fee or
compensation;
(2) a governmental body; or
(3) a nonprofit or other charitable organization.
The Department shall set forth applicable regulations in
an Administrative Order and may require periodic reports
listing species taken, numbers of each species taken, dates
when taken, and other pertinent information.
Any person operating under a Nuisance Wildlife Control
Permit who subcontracts the operation of nuisance wildlife
control to another shall ensure that such subcontractor
possesses a valid Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit issued by
the Department. The person must maintain a record of the
subcontractor including the subcontractor's name, address, and
phone number, and type of work to be performed, for a period of
not less than 2 years from the date the subcontractor is no
longer performing services on behalf of the person. The
records shall be presented to an authorized employee of the
Department or law enforcement officer upon request for
inspection.
Any person operating without the required permit as
outlined under this subsection (b) or in violation of this

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subsection (b) is deemed to be taking, attempting to take,
disturbing, or harassing wildlife contrary to the provisions
of this Code, including the taking or attempting to take such
species for commercial purposes as outlined in Sections 2.36
and 2.36a of this Code. Any devices and equipment, including
vehicles, used in violation of this subsection (b) may be
subject to the provisions of Section 1.25 of this Code.
Any person properly permitted and operating under the
provisions of this subsection is exempt from the provisions of
this Act except as limited by administrative rule adopted by
the Department.
(c) The location of traps or snares authorized under this
Section, either by the Department or any other governmental
body with the authority to control species protected by this
Code, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act.
(d) A drainage district or road district or the designee
of a drainage district or road district shall be exempt from
the requirement to obtain a permit to control nuisance
muskrats or beavers if all applicable provisions for licenses
are complied with and any trap types and sizes used are in
compliance with this Code, including marking or
identification. The designee of a drainage district or road
district must have a signed and dated written authorization
from the drainage district or road district in possession at
all times when conducting activities under this Section. This

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exemption from obtaining a permit shall be valid only upon
property owned, leased, or controlled by the drainage district
or road district. For the purposes of this Section, "road
district" includes a township road district.
(Source: P.A. 102-524, eff. 8-20-21; 103-37, eff. 6-9-23;
103-225, eff. 6-30-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-611, eff.
1-1-25.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
Public Act.
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
20 ILCS 1305/10-64 new
30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new
520 ILCS 5/1.28 from Ch. 61, par. 1.28
520 ILCS 5/1.29a new
520 ILCS 5/2.25 from Ch. 61, par. 2.25
520 ILCS 5/2.26 from Ch. 61, par. 2.26
520 ILCS 5/2.37 from Ch. 61, par. 2.37