Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a resident youth 18 and under may apply to the Department of Natural Resources for a Youth Trapping License, which extends limited trapping privileges. Provides that the Youth Trapping License shall be renewable and expire on the March 31 following the date of issuance. Provides that possession of a Youth Trapping License shall serve in lieu of a valid trapping license, but does not exempt the licensee from compliance with the requirements of the Code. Provides that a youth with a Youth Trapping License shall not trap or carry a hunting device, including, but not limited to, a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow unless the youth is accompanied by and under the close supervision of a parent, grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or older and has a valid Illinois trapping license. Provides that at age 19 years or when the youth chooses to trap by himself or herself, he or she is required to successfully complete a trapper safety course approved by the Department prior to being able to obtain a full trapping license and subsequently trap by himself or herself. Provides that in order to be approved for the Youth Trapping License, the applicant must request a Youth Trapping License from the Department and submit a $7 fee, which shall be separate from and additional to any other stamp, permit, tag, or license fee that may be required for trapping under the Code. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules for the administration of the program, but shall not require any certificate of competency or other trapping education as a condition of the Youth Trapping License. Provides that no trapping license shall be issued to any person born on or after January 1, 2015, unless he or she presents to the Department evidence that he or she has a certificate of competency.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0868
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| Public Act 099-0868
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| SB2410 Enrolled | LRB099 20156 SLF 44598 b |
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AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
Sections 3.1-9 and 3.3 as follows:
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(520 ILCS 5/3.1-9) |
Sec. 3.1-9. Youth Hunting and Trapping Licenses License. |
(a) Any resident youth age 18 and under may apply to the |
Department for a Youth Hunting License, which extends limited |
hunting privileges. The Youth Hunting License shall be a |
renewable license that shall expire on the March 31 following |
the date of issuance. |
For youth age 18 and under, the Youth Hunting License shall |
entitle the licensee to hunt while supervised by a parent, |
grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or older and |
has a valid Illinois hunting license. Possession of a Youth |
Hunting License shall serve in lieu of a valid hunting license, |
but does not exempt the licensee from compliance with the |
requirements of this Code and any rules adopted under this |
Code. |
A youth licensed under this subsection (a) Section shall |
not hunt or carry a hunting device, including, but not limited |
to, a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow unless the youth is |
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accompanied by and under the close personal supervision of a |
parent, grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or |
older and has a valid Illinois hunting license. |
At age 19 years or when the youth chooses to hunt by |
himself or herself, he or she is required to successfully |
complete a hunter safety course approved by the Department |
prior to being able to obtain a full hunting license and |
subsequently hunt by himself or herself. |
In order to be approved for the Youth Hunting License, the |
applicant must request a Youth Hunting License from the |
Department and submit a $7 fee, which shall be separate from |
and additional to any other stamp, permit, tag, or license fee |
that may be required for hunting under this Code. The |
Department shall adopt rules for the administration of the |
program, but shall not require any certificate of competency or |
other hunting education as a condition of the Youth Hunting |
License.
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(b) Any resident youth age 18 and under may apply to the |
Department for a Youth Trapping License, which extends limited |
trapping privileges. The Youth Trapping License shall be a |
renewable license that shall expire on the March 31 following |
the date of issuance. |
For youth age 18 and under, the Youth Trapping License |
shall entitle the licensee to trap while supervised by a |
parent, grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or |
older and has a valid Illinois trapping license. Possession of |
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a Youth Trapping License shall serve in lieu of a valid |
trapping license, but does not exempt the licensee from |
compliance with the requirements of this Code and any rules |
adopted under this Code. |
A youth licensed under this subsection (b) shall not trap |
or carry a hunting device, including, but not limited to, a |
firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow unless the youth is |
accompanied by and under the close personal supervision of a |
parent, grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or |
older and has a valid Illinois trapping license. |
At age 19 years or when the youth chooses to trap by |
himself or herself, he or she is required to successfully |
complete a trapper safety course approved by the Department |
prior to being able to obtain a full trapping license and |
subsequently trap by himself or herself. |
In order to be approved for the Youth Trapping License, the |
applicant must request a Youth Trapping License from the |
Department and submit a $7 fee, which shall be separate from |
and additional to any other stamp, permit, tag, or license fee |
that may be required for trapping under this Code. The |
Department shall adopt rules for the administration of the |
program, but shall not require any certificate of competency or |
other trapping education as a condition of the Youth Trapping |
License. |
(Source: P.A. 98-620, eff. 1-7-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-307, |
eff. 1-1-16.)
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(520 ILCS 5/3.3) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.3)
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Sec. 3.3. Trapping license required. Before any person |
shall trap any
of the mammals protected
by this Act, for which |
an open trapping season has been established, he shall
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procure a trapping license from the Department to do so. No |
traps
shall be placed in the field, set or unset, prior to the |
opening day of
the trapping season.
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Traps used in the taking of such mammals shall be marked or
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tagged with metal tags or inscribed in lettering giving the |
name and
address of the owner, and absence of such mark or tag |
shall be prima
facie evidence that such trap or traps are |
illegally used and the trap
or traps shall be confiscated and |
disposed of as directed by the
Department.
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Before any person 16 years of age or older shall trap, |
attempt to
trap, or sell the green hides of any mammal of the |
species defined as
fur-bearing mammals by Section 2.2 for which |
an open season is established
under this Act, he shall first |
have procured a State Habitat Stamp.
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Before a trapping license shall be issued to any person |
under the age of
sixteen years, such person shall obtain the |
written consent of his father,
mother or legally constituted |
guardian to obtain such license.
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Beginning January 1, 2016 2015, no trapping license shall |
be issued to any
person born on or after January 1, 1998 2015 |
or who has not previously held a valid trapping license issued |
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by this State or another state within the 3 years immediately |
preceding the application unless he or she presents to the |
authorized issuer of the license evidence that he or she has a
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certificate of competency provided for in this Section.
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The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize
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personnel of the Department,
or volunteer instructors, found by |
the Department to be competent,
to provide instruction in |
courses on trapping techniques and ethical trapping
behavior as |
needed throughout the State, which courses shall be at least
8 |
hours in length. Persons so authorized shall provide |
instruction in such
courses to individuals at no charge, and |
shall issue to individuals
successfully completing such |
courses certificates of competency in basic
trapping |
techniques. The Department shall cooperate in establishing |
such
courses with any reputable association or organization |
which has as one of
its objectives the promotion of the ethical |
use of legal fur harvesting
devices and techniques. The |
Department shall furnish information on the
requirements of the |
trapper education program to be distributed free of
charge to |
applicants for trapping licenses by the persons appointed and
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authorized to issue licenses.
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The owners residing on, or bona fide tenants of farm lands, |
and their
children actually residing on such lands, shall have |
the right to trap
mammals protected by this Act, for which an |
open trapping season has been
established, upon such lands, |
without procuring licenses, provided that
such mammals are |
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taken during the periods of time and with such devices as
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permitted by this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 98-913, eff. 1-1-15.)
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INDEX
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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