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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:
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520 ILCS 5/2.2 |
from Ch. 61, par. 2.2 |
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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.
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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 Section |
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| 2.2 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/2.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.2)
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| Sec. 2.2. This Act shall apply only to the the wild birds |
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| and parts of
wild birds (their nests and eggs), and wild |
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| mammals and parts
of wild mammals, which shall include their |
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| green hides, in the State of
Illinois, or which may be brought |
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| into the State, that are hereby defined
as follows:
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| All birds, both game and non-game (except the House |
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| Sparrow, Passer
domesticus; European Starling, Sturnus |
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| vulgaris; and Rock Dove or Domestic
Pigeon, Columba livia). |
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| GAME BIRDS-Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus;
Sharp-tailed |
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| grouse, Pediocetes phasianellus; Bobwhite quail, Colinus
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| virginianus; Hungarian Partridge, Perdix perdix; Chukar |
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| Partridge,
Alectoris graeca; Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus |
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| colchicus; Greater
Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido; Wild |
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| Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS-Waterfowl |
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| including brant, wild ducks, geese and
swans, Anatidae; rails, |
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| gallinules and coots, Rallidae; snipe, Gallinago
gallinago; |
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| woodcock, Scolopax minor; pigeons, including doves and wild
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| pigeons (except domestic pigeons), Columbidae; and crows, |
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| Corvidae.
RESIDENT AND MIGRATORY NON-GAME BIRDS-Loons, |
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| Gaviidae; grebes,
Podicipedidae; pelicans, Pelecanidae; |
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| cormorants, Phalacrocoracidae;
herons, bitterns and egrets, |
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| Ardeidae; ibises and spoonbills,
Threskiornithidae; storks, |
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| Ciconiidae; vultures, Cathartidae; kites, hawks
and eagles, |
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| Accipitridae; ospreys, Pandionidae; falcons, including the
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| Peregrine Falcon, Falconidae; cranes, Gruidae; rails and |
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| gallinules,
Rallidae; all shorebirds of the families |
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| Charadriidae, Scolopacidae,
Recurvirostridae and |
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| Phalaropodidae; jaegers, Stercorariidae; gulls and
terns, |
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| Laridae; cuckoos, Cuculidae; owls, Tytonidae and Strigidae;
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| whip-poor-wills and nighthawks, Caprimulgidae; swifts, |
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| Apodidae;
hummingbirds, Trochilidae, Kingfishers, Alcedinidae; |
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| woodpeckers, Picidae;
kingbirds and flycatchers, Tyrannidae; |
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| larks, Alaudidae; swallows and
martins, Hirundinidae; crows, |
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| magpies and jays, Corvidae; chickadees and
titmice, Paridae; |
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| nuthatches, Sittidae; creepers, Certhiidae; wrens,
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| Troglodytidae; mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers, Mimidae; |
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| robins,
bluebirds and thrushes, Turdidae; gnatcatchers and |
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| kinglets, Sylviidae;
pipits, Motacillidae; waxwings, |
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| Bombycillidae; shrikes, Laniidae; vireos,
Vireonidae; |
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| warblers, Parulidae; European Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus;
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| blackbirds, meadowlarks and orioles, Icteridae; tanagers, |
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| thraupidae;
cardinals, grosbeaks, finches, towhees, |
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| dickcissels, sparrows, juncos,
buntings and longspurs, |
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| Fringillidae. GAME MAMMALS-Woodchuck, Marmota
monax; Gray |
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| squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis; Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger;
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| White-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii; Eastern cottontail, |
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| Sylvilagus
floridanus; Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus; |
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| White-tailed deer,
Odocoileus virginianus. FUR-BEARING |
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| MAMMALS-Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus;
Beaver, Castor |
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| canadensis; Raccoon, Procyon lotor; Opossum, Didelphis
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| marsupialis; Least weasel, Mustela rixosa; Long-tailed weasel, |
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| Mustela
frenata; Mink, Mustela vison; River otter, Lutra |
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| canadensis; Striped skunk,
Mephitis mephitis; Badger, Taxidea |
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| taxus; Red fox, Vulpes vulpes; Gray fox,
Urocyon |
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| cinereoagenteus; Coyote, Canis latrans; Bobcat, Lynx rufus. |
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| OTHER
MAMMALS-Flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans; Red squirrel, |
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| Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus; Eastern Woodrat, Neotoma floridana; |
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| Golden Mouse, Ochrotomys
nuttalli; Rice Rat, Oryzomys |
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| palustris; Bats, Vespertilionidae.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to take, |
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| possess, sell,
or offer for sale, any of these wild birds (dead |
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| or alive) and parts of
wild birds (including their nests and |
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| eggs), wild mammals (dead or alive)
and parts of wild mammals, |
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| including their green hides contrary to the
provisions of this |
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| Act. However, nothing in this Act shall prohibit
bona-fide |
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| public or state scientific, educational or zoological
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| institutions from receiving, holding and displaying wildlife |
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| specimens that
were salvaged or legally obtained.
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| 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 |
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| or selling any other
living wild animal not covered by this Act |
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| without first obtaining a permit
from the Director. The permit |
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| shall be granted only upon satisfactory proof
that the specific |
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| animals intended to be imported are free of communicable
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| disease at the time of importation, will not become a nuisance, |
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| and will
not cause damage to any existing wild or domestic |
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| species. Application for
this permit shall be filed with the |
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| Director not less than 30 days in
advance of the proposed date |
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| of importation. The Director may incorporate
in the permit any |
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| restrictions as he may deem appropriate. These
provisions shall |
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| not apply to any animal imported into this State for the
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| purpose of being confined and exhibited in any zoo or other |
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| public display
of animals nor to any other animals or groups of |
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| animals that the
Department of Natural Resources may exempt by
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| administrative rule.
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| It shall be unlawful for any person to take any other |
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| living wild
animal not covered by this Act without the |
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| permission of the landowner
or tenant.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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