Bill Text: IL SB3073 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change to a provision that identifies species protected by the Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3073 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3073-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3073 Introduced 2/8/2010, by Sen. Tim Bivins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/2.2 from Ch. 61, par. 2.2
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change to a provision that identifies species protected by the Code.
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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 Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
2.2 as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/2.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.2)
Sec. 2.2. This Act shall apply only to the the wild birds
and parts of wild birds (their nests and eggs), and wild
mammals and parts of wild mammals, which shall include their
green hides, in the State of Illinois, or which may be brought
into the State, that are hereby defined as follows:
All birds, both game and non-game (except the House
Sparrow, Passer domesticus; European Starling, Sturnus
vulgaris; and Rock Dove or Domestic Pigeon, Columba livia).
GAME BIRDS-Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus; Sharp-tailed
grouse, Pediocetes phasianellus; Bobwhite quail, Colinus
virginianus; Hungarian Partridge, Perdix perdix; Chukar
Partridge, Alectoris graeca; Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus
colchicus; Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido; Wild
Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS-Waterfowl
including brant, wild ducks, geese and swans, Anatidae; rails,
gallinules and coots, Rallidae; snipe, Gallinago gallinago;
woodcock, Scolopax minor; pigeons, including doves and wild

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pigeons (except domestic pigeons), Columbidae; and crows,
Corvidae. RESIDENT AND MIGRATORY NON-GAME BIRDS-Loons,
Gaviidae; grebes, Podicipedidae; pelicans, Pelecanidae;
cormorants, Phalacrocoracidae; herons, bitterns and egrets,
Ardeidae; ibises and spoonbills, Threskiornithidae; storks,
Ciconiidae; vultures, Cathartidae; kites, hawks and eagles,
Accipitridae; ospreys, Pandionidae; falcons, including the
Peregrine Falcon, Falconidae; cranes, Gruidae; rails and
gallinules, Rallidae; all shorebirds of the families
Charadriidae, Scolopacidae, Recurvirostridae and
Phalaropodidae; jaegers, Stercorariidae; gulls and terns,
Laridae; cuckoos, Cuculidae; owls, Tytonidae and Strigidae;
whip-poor-wills and nighthawks, Caprimulgidae; swifts,
Apodidae; hummingbirds, Trochilidae, Kingfishers, Alcedinidae;
woodpeckers, Picidae; kingbirds and flycatchers, Tyrannidae;
larks, Alaudidae; swallows and martins, Hirundinidae; crows,
magpies and jays, Corvidae; chickadees and titmice, Paridae;
nuthatches, Sittidae; creepers, Certhiidae; wrens,
Troglodytidae; mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers, Mimidae;
robins, bluebirds and thrushes, Turdidae; gnatcatchers and
kinglets, Sylviidae; pipits, Motacillidae; waxwings,
Bombycillidae; shrikes, Laniidae; vireos, Vireonidae;
warblers, Parulidae; European Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus;
blackbirds, meadowlarks and orioles, Icteridae; tanagers,
thraupidae; cardinals, grosbeaks, finches, towhees,
dickcissels, sparrows, juncos, buntings and longspurs,

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Fringillidae. GAME MAMMALS-Woodchuck, Marmota monax; Gray
squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis; Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger;
White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii; Eastern cottontail,
Sylvilagus floridanus; Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus;
White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus. FUR-BEARING
MAMMALS-Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus; Beaver, Castor
canadensis; Raccoon, Procyon lotor; Opossum, Didelphis
marsupialis; Least weasel, Mustela rixosa; Long-tailed weasel,
Mustela frenata; Mink, Mustela vison; River otter, Lutra
canadensis; Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis; Badger, Taxidea
taxus; Red fox, Vulpes vulpes; Gray fox, Urocyon
cinereoagenteus; Coyote, Canis latrans; Bobcat, Lynx rufus.
OTHER MAMMALS-Flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans; Red squirrel,
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Eastern Woodrat, Neotoma floridana;
Golden Mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli; Rice Rat, Oryzomys
palustris; Bats, Vespertilionidae.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to take,
possess, sell, or offer for sale, any of these wild birds (dead
or alive) and parts of wild birds (including their nests and
eggs), wild mammals (dead or alive) and parts of wild mammals,
including their green hides contrary to the provisions of this
Act. However, nothing in this Act shall prohibit bona-fide
public or state scientific, educational or zoological
institutions from receiving, holding and displaying wildlife
specimens that were salvaged or legally obtained.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into the State

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of Illinois for the purpose of holding, releasing, propagating
or selling any other living wild animal not covered by this Act
without first obtaining a permit from the Director. The permit
shall be granted only upon satisfactory proof that the specific
animals intended to be imported are free of communicable
disease at the time of importation, will not become a nuisance,
and will not cause damage to any existing wild or domestic
species. Application for this permit shall be filed with the
Director not less than 30 days in advance of the proposed date
of importation. The Director may incorporate in the permit any
restrictions as he may deem appropriate. These provisions shall
not apply to any animal imported into this State for the
purpose of being confined and exhibited in any zoo or other
public display of animals nor to any other animals or groups of
animals that the Department of Natural Resources may exempt by
administrative rule.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take any other
living wild animal not covered by this Act without the
permission of the landowner or tenant.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)