Bill Text: IL SB2767 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it is unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a bow and arrow or a shotgun of not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than .410 bore (rather than no smaller than 20 gauge with shot size not larger than No. 4). Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may by administrative rule restrict shot size, material, or density.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0622 [SB2767 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2767-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it is unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a bow and arrow or a shotgun of not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than .410 bore (rather than no smaller than 20 gauge with shot size not larger than No. 4). Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may by administrative rule restrict shot size, material, or density.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0622 [SB2767 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2767-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 2.11 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.11) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.11) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2.11. Before any person may lawfully hunt wild | ||||||
8 | turkey, he shall first obtain a "Wild Turkey Hunting Permit" | ||||||
9 | in accordance with the prescribed regulations set forth in an | ||||||
10 | administrative rule of the Department. The fee for a Resident | ||||||
11 | Wild Turkey Hunting Permit shall not exceed $15. | ||||||
12 | Upon submitting suitable evidence of legal residence in | ||||||
13 | any other state, non-residents shall be charged a fee not to | ||||||
14 | exceed $125 for wild turkey hunting permits. | ||||||
15 | The Department may by administrative rule allocate and | ||||||
16 | issue non-resident Wild Turkey Permits and establish fees for | ||||||
17 | such permits. | ||||||
18 | It shall be unlawful to take wild turkey except by use of a | ||||||
19 | bow and arrow or a shotgun of not larger than 10 gauge nor | ||||||
20 | smaller than .410 bore. The Department may by administrative | ||||||
21 | rule restrict shot size, material, or density. No 20 gauge | ||||||
22 | with shot size not larger than No. 4, and no person while | ||||||
23 | attempting to so take wild turkey may have in his possession |
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1 | any other gun unless in accordance with the Firearm Concealed | ||||||
2 | Carry Act. | ||||||
3 | It shall be unlawful to take, or attempt to take wild | ||||||
4 | turkey except during the time from 1/2 hour before sunrise to | ||||||
5 | 1/2 hour after sunset or during such lesser period of time as | ||||||
6 | may be specified by administrative rule, during those days for | ||||||
7 | which an open season is established. | ||||||
8 | It shall be unlawful for any person to take, or attempt to | ||||||
9 | take, wild turkey by use of dogs, horses, automobiles, | ||||||
10 | aircraft or other vehicles, or conveyances, or by the use or | ||||||
11 | aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes of this | ||||||
12 | Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or solid, | ||||||
13 | including food, salt, minerals, and other products, except | ||||||
14 | pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered in such | ||||||
15 | a manner as to attract or lure wild turkeys. "Baiting" means | ||||||
16 | the placement or scattering of bait to attract wild turkeys. | ||||||
17 | An area is considered as baited during the presence of and for | ||||||
18 | 10 consecutive days following the removal of the bait. | ||||||
19 | It is unlawful for any person to take in Illinois or have | ||||||
20 | in his possession more than one wild turkey per valid permit. | ||||||
21 | For the purposes of calculating acreage under this | ||||||
22 | Section, the Department shall, after determining the total | ||||||
23 | acreage of the applicable tract or tracts of land, round | ||||||
24 | remaining fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal | ||||||
25 | to half of an acre up to the next whole acre. | ||||||
26 | For the purposes of taking wild turkey, nothing in this |
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