Rep. Andrew S. Chesney

Filed: 3/26/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2783
2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2783 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, and 2.33
6and by adding Section 1.2m-0.5 as follows:
7 (520 ILCS 5/1.2m-0.5 new)
8 Sec. 1.2m-0.5. Rifle. "Rifle" means any firearm designed,
9made, or adapted to be fired from the shoulder that uses the
10energy of an explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a
11projectile through a rifled bore by a single function of the
12trigger.
13 (520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
14 Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer
15except: (i) with a shotgun, handgun, rifle, or muzzleloading

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1rifle; or (ii) as provided by administrative rule, with a bow
2and arrow, during the open season of not more than 14 days
3which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of
4November 1st and December 31st, both inclusive, or a special
53-day, youth-only season between the dates of September 1 and
6October 31. For the purposes of this Section, legal handguns
7and rifles include any bottleneck centerfire cartridge
8handguns of .30 caliber or larger with a case length not
9exceeding 1.4 inches or any straight walled minimum barrel
10length of 4 inches. The only legal ammunition for a centerfire
11handgun is a cartridge of .30 caliber or larger both of which
12must be available as a load with the published ballistic tables
13of the manufacturer showing a with a capability of at least 500
14foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. The barrel of a handgun
15shall be at least 4 inches. Full metal jacket bullets may not
16be used to harvest deer.
17 The Department shall make administrative rules concerning
18management restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and
19arrow season.
20 It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
21with a bow and arrow during the open season for bow and arrow
22set annually by the Director between the dates of September 1st
23and January 31st, both inclusive.
24 It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except
25with: (i) a muzzleloading rifle; or (ii) bow and arrow during
26the open season for muzzleloading rifles set annually by the

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1Director.
2 The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting
3forth the prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and
4possession limits and those counties of the State where open
5seasons are established, to be published in accordance with
6Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
7 The Department may establish separate harvest periods for
8the purpose of managing or eradicating disease that has been
9found in the deer herd. This season shall be restricted to gun
10or bow and arrow hunting only. The Department shall publicly
11announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
12shooting hours, the counties and sites open to hunting, permit
13requirements, application dates, hunting rules, legal weapons,
14and reporting requirements.
15 The Department is authorized to establish a separate
16harvest period at specific sites within the State for the
17purpose of harvesting surplus deer that cannot be taken during
18the regular season provided for the taking of deer. This season
19shall be restricted to gun or bow and arrow hunting only and
20shall be established during the period of September 1st to
21February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publish
22suitable prescribed rules and regulations established by
23administrative rule pertaining to management restrictions
24applicable to this special harvest program. The Department
25shall allow unused gun deer permits that are left over from a
26regular season for the taking of deer to be rolled over and

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1used during any separate harvest period held within 6 months of
2the season for which those tags were issued at no additional
3cost to the permit holder subject to the management
4restrictions applicable to the special harvest program.
5(Source: P.A. 97-907, eff. 8-7-12; 98-368, eff. 8-16-13.)
6 (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
7 Sec. 2.26. Deer hunting permits. Any person attempting to
8take deer shall first obtain a "Deer Hunting Permit" issued by
9the Department in accordance with its administrative rules.
10Those rules must provide for the issuance of the following
11types of resident deer archery permits: (i) a combination
12permit, consisting of one either-sex permit and one
13antlerless-only permit, (ii) a single antlerless-only permit,
14and (iii) a single either-sex permit. The fee for a Deer
15Hunting Permit to take deer with either bow and arrow or gun
16shall not exceed $25.00 for residents of the State. The
17Department may by administrative rule provide for non-resident
18deer hunting permits for which the fee will not exceed $300 in
192005, $350 in 2006, and $400 in 2007 and thereafter except as
20provided below for non-resident landowners and non-resident
21archery hunters. The Department may by administrative rule
22provide for a non-resident archery deer permit consisting of
23not more than 2 harvest tags at a total cost not to exceed $325
24in 2005, $375 in 2006, and $425 in 2007 and thereafter. The
25fees for a youth resident and non-resident archery deer permit

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1shall be the same.
2 The standards and specifications for use of guns and bow
3and arrow for deer hunting shall be established by
4administrative rule.
5 No person may have in his or her possession any firearm not
6authorized by administrative rule for a specific hunting season
7when taking deer.
8 Persons having a firearm deer hunting permit shall be
9permitted to take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour
10before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those
11days for which an open season is established for the taking of
12deer by use of shotgun, handgun, rifle, or muzzleloading muzzle
13loading rifle.
14 Persons having an archery deer hunting permit shall be
15permitted to take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour
16before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset, and only during those
17days for which an open season is established for the taking of
18deer by use of bow and arrow.
19 It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer by use of
20dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles, or by
21the use or aid of bait or baiting of any kind. For the purposes
22of this Section, "bait" means any material, whether liquid or
23solid, including food, salt, minerals, and other products,
24except pure water, that can be ingested, placed, or scattered
25in such a manner as to attract or lure white-tailed deer.
26"Baiting" means the placement or scattering of bait to attract

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1deer. An area is considered as baited during the presence of
2and for 10 consecutive days following the removal of bait.
3Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the use of a dog to
4track wounded deer. Any person using a dog for tracking wounded
5deer must maintain physical control of the dog at all times by
6means of a maximum 50 foot lead attached to the dog's collar or
7harness. Tracking wounded deer is permissible at night, but at
8no time outside of legal deer hunting hours or seasons shall
9any person handling or accompanying a dog being used for
10tracking wounded deer be in possession of any firearm or
11archery device. Persons tracking wounded deer with a dog during
12the firearm deer seasons shall wear blaze orange or solid blaze
13pink color as required. Dog handlers tracking wounded deer with
14a dog are exempt from hunting license and deer permit
15requirements so long as they are accompanied by the licensed
16deer hunter who wounded the deer.
17 It shall be unlawful to possess or transport any wild deer
18which has been injured or killed in any manner upon a public
19highway or public right-of-way of this State unless exempted by
20administrative rule.
21 Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no bow and
22arrow device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked
23position during hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
24 It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal
25limit of deer by gun, to further participate with gun in any
26deer hunting party.

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1 It shall be unlawful for any person, having taken the legal
2limit of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate with bow
3and arrow in any deer hunting party.
4 The Department may prohibit upland game hunting during the
5gun deer season by administrative rule.
6 The Department shall not limit the number of non-resident,
7either-sex archery deer hunting permits to less than 20,000.
8 Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
9Section, including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a
10Class B misdemeanor.
11 For the purposes of calculating acreage under this Section,
12the Department shall, after determining the total acreage of
13the applicable tract or tracts of land, round remaining
14fractional portions of an acre greater than or equal to half of
15an acre up to the next whole acre.
16 For the purposes of taking white-tailed deer, nothing in
17this Section shall be construed to prevent the manipulation,
18including mowing or cutting, of standing crops as a normal
19agricultural or soil stabilization practice, food plots, or
20normal agricultural practices, including planting, harvesting,
21and maintenance such as cultivating or the use of products
22designed for scent only and not capable of ingestion, solid or
23liquid, placed or scattered, in such a manner as to attract or
24lure deer. Such manipulation for the purpose of taking
25white-tailed deer may be further modified by administrative
26rule.

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1(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-869, eff. 1-1-17;
2100-691, eff. 1-1-19; 100-949, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-9-18.)
3 (520 ILCS 5/2.33) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
4 Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
5 (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any State
6refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
7 (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or
8snare-like device, deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any
9species, except that snares not powered by springs or other
10mechanical devices may be used to trap fur-bearing mammals, in
11water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare noose is
12located underwater at all times.
13 (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a
14wild mammal protected by this Act from its den by means of any
15mechanical device, spade, or digging device or to use smoke or
16other gases to dislodge or remove such mammal except as
17provided in Section 2.37.
18 (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small
19mammal which is used in the same or similar manner for which
20ferrets are used for the purpose of frightening or driving any
21mammals from their dens or hiding places.
22 (e) (Blank).
23 (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like
24device to take any species protected by this Act.
25 (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives

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1for the purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
2 (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat,
3grass, brush or other inflammable substance when it is burning.
4 (i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass
5or disturb in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or
6aid of any vehicle or conveyance, except as permitted by the
7Code of Federal Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. It is
8also unlawful to use the lights of any vehicle or conveyance or
9any light from or any light connected to the vehicle or
10conveyance in any area where wildlife may be found except in
11accordance with Section 2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in
12this Section shall prohibit the normal use of headlamps for the
13purpose of driving upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, red
14fox, gray fox, raccoon, bobcat, and coyote may be taken during
15the open season by use of a small light which is worn on the
16body or hand-held by a person on foot and not in any vehicle.
17 (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge
18while taking or attempting to take any of the species protected
19by this Act.
20 (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any
21shotgun shell loaded with a shot size larger than lead BB or
22steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or attempting to take any
23species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed deer),
24wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds
25protected by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided for
26in Section 2.26 and other species as provided for by subsection

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1(l) or administrative rule.
2 (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
3white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun
4loaded with slugs unless otherwise provided for by
5administrative rule.
6 (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding
7more than 3 shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except
8on game breeding and hunting preserve areas licensed under
9Section 3.27 and except as permitted by the Code of Federal
10Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun is
11capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being
12used on an area other than a game breeding and shooting
13preserve area licensed pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted with
14a one piece plug that is irremovable without dismantling the
15shotgun or otherwise altered to render it incapable of holding
16more than 3 shells in the magazine and chamber, combined.
17 (n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who
18possess a permit to hunt from a vehicle as provided in this
19Section and persons otherwise permitted by law, to have or
20carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,
21unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that
22at field trials authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act,
23unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank cartridges only, may be
24carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or to have
25or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle unless
26such bow or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a case, or

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1otherwise made inoperable.
2 (o) (Blank).
3 (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game birds
4or migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or
5airgun.
6 (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or
7airgun on, over or into any waters of this State, including
8frozen waters.
9 (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow
10device along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or
11highway in this State.
12 (s) It is unlawful to use a silencer or other device to
13muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting
14from the firing of any gun.
15 (t) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to
16take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, intentionally or
17wantonly allow a dog to hunt, within or upon the land of
18another, or upon waters flowing over or standing on the land of
19another, or to knowingly shoot a gun or bow and arrow device at
20any wildlife physically on or flying over the property of
21another without first obtaining permission from the owner or
22the owner's designee. For the purposes of this Section, the
23owner's designee means anyone who the owner designates in a
24written authorization and the authorization must contain (i)
25the legal or common description of property for such authority
26is given, (ii) the extent that the owner's designee is

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1authorized to make decisions regarding who is allowed to take
2or attempt to take any species of wildlife or parts thereof,
3and (iii) the owner's notarized signature. Before enforcing
4this Section the law enforcement officer must have received
5notice from the owner or the owner's designee of a violation of
6this Section. Statements made to the law enforcement officer
7regarding this notice shall not be rendered inadmissible by the
8hearsay rule when offered for the purpose of showing the
9required notice.
10 (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm
11for the purpose of taking any of the species protected by this
12Act, or hunt with gun or dog, or intentionally or wantonly
13allow a dog to hunt, within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling
14without first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant,
15except that while trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, hunting
16with dog and shotgun using shot shells only, or hunting with
17shotgun using shot shells only, or providing outfitting
18services under a waterfowl outfitter permit, or on licensed
19game breeding and hunting preserve areas, as defined in Section
203.27, on federally owned and managed lands and on Department
21owned, managed, leased, or controlled lands, a 100 yard
22restriction shall apply.
23 (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing
24mammals from, or to move or disturb in any manner, the traps
25owned by another person without written authorization of the
26owner to do so.

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1 (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or
2wantonly allow his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer,
3except that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the tracking
4of wounded deer with a dog in accordance with the provisions of
5Section 2.26 of this Code.
6 (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or carelessly
7injure or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any real or
8personal property on the land of another while engaged in
9hunting or trapping thereon.
10 (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act
11between one half hour after sunset and one half hour before
12sunrise, except that hunting hours between one half hour after
13sunset and one half hour before sunrise may be established by
14administrative rule for fur-bearing mammals.
15 (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild
16turkeys and crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight and
17otherwise irretrievable) protected by this Act when not flying.
18Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a person from carrying
19an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in pursuit of a
20crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of normal
21flight, for the purpose of attempting to reduce the migratory
22waterfowl to possession, provided that the attempt is made
23immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and is done
24within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory
25waterfowl was downed. This exception shall apply only to
26migratory game birds that are not capable of normal flight.

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1Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken only with a
2shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
3shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
4 (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may
5be used for tree climbing or cutting, while hunting fur-bearing
6mammals, excluding coyotes.
7 (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game
8breeders, pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or
9possess alive in this State any species of wildlife taken
10outside of this State, without obtaining permission to do so
11from the Director.
12 (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
13possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act
14during the season closed for taking.
15 (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this
16Act and retain it alive except as provided by administrative
17rule.
18 (ee) (Blank). It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in
19the field during gun deer season except as provided in Section
202.26 and administrative rules.
21 (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species
22protected by this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the
23gun deer hunting season in those counties open to gun deer
24hunting, unless he or she wears, when in the field, a cap and
25upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color or solid
26blaze pink color, with such articles of clothing displaying a

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1minimum of 400 square inches of blaze orange or solid blaze
2pink color material.
3 (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any
4person to take upland game with a firearm unless he or she
5wears, while in the field, a cap of solid blaze orange color or
6solid blaze pink color. For purposes of this Act, upland game
7is defined as Bobwhite Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked
8Pheasant, Eastern Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
9 (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species
10protected by this Act for which there is a bag limit without
11making a reasonable effort to retrieve such species and include
12such in the bag limit. It shall be unlawful for any person
13having control over harvested game mammals, game birds, or
14migratory game birds for which there is a bag limit to wantonly
15waste or destroy the usable meat of the game, except this shall
16not apply to wildlife taken under Sections 2.37 or 3.22 of this
17Code. For purposes of this subsection, "usable meat" means the
18breast meat of a game bird or migratory game bird and the hind
19ham and front shoulders of a game mammal. It shall be unlawful
20for any person to place, leave, dump, or abandon a wildlife
21carcass or parts of it along or upon a public right-of-way or
22highway or on public or private property, including a waterway
23or stream, without the permission of the owner or tenant. It
24shall not be unlawful to discard game meat that is determined
25to be unfit for human consumption.
26 (ii) This Section shall apply only to those species

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1protected by this Act taken within the State. Any species or
2any parts thereof, legally taken in and transported from other
3states or countries, may be possessed within the State, except
4as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36 and 3.21.
5 (jj) (Blank).
6 (kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
7Director from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other
8persons with disabilities who meet the requirements set forth
9in administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle as
10provided by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in
11accord with this Act.
12 (ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
13taking of aquatic life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life
14Code or birds and mammals protected by this Act, except deer
15and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not camouflaged or
16disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
17of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power.
18However, only shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller
19than .410 bore loaded with not more than 3 shells of a shot
20size no larger than lead BB or steel T (.20 diameter) may be
21used to take species protected by this Act.
22 (mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use
23of a shotgun, not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20
24gauge, with a rifled barrel.
25 (nn) It shall be unlawful to possess any species of
26wildlife or wildlife parts taken unlawfully in Illinois, any

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1other state, or any other country, whether or not the wildlife
2or wildlife parts is indigenous to Illinois. For the purposes
3of this subsection, the statute of limitations for unlawful
4possession of wildlife or wildlife parts shall not cease until
52 years after the possession has permanently ended.
6(Source: P.A. 99-33, eff. 1-1-16; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642,
7eff. 7-28-16; 100-489, eff. 9-8-17; 100-949, eff. 1-1-19.)".