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Rep. John D. Cavaletto
Filed: 3/22/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1648
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1648 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2.34 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.34) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.34)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.34. Dog Trials.
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| 8 | | (a) Dogs of any breed may be trained the year round in |
| 9 | | accordance with the
provisions of this Act.
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| 10 | | (b) During the periods of time when it is unlawful to take |
| 11 | | species protected
by this Act, the only firearms which shall be |
| 12 | | used in the training of
dogs from sunrise to sunset shall be |
| 13 | | pistols with blank cartridges. No
other gun or ammunition may |
| 14 | | be in immediate possession during this time.
No person or |
| 15 | | persons in, along with, or accompanying the dog training
party, |
| 16 | | shall be in possession of any firearm or live ammunition, |
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| 1 | | except
pistols capable of firing only blank cartridges during |
| 2 | | the hours from
sunset to sunrise. All organized field trials or |
| 3 | | training grounds approved by
the Department shall be exempt |
| 4 | | from this provision.
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| 5 | | (c) No field trial shall be held without a permit from the
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| 6 | | Department.
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| 7 | | The following Department areas shall be designated as |
| 8 | | horseback field
trial sites; Lee County Conservation Area, Des |
| 9 | | Plaines Conservation Area,
Moraine View State Park, Middle Fork |
| 10 | | Fish and Wildlife Area, Hamilton
County Conservation Area, and |
| 11 | | Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park. The Department
shall provide and |
| 12 | | maintain quality wildlife habitat on these sites.
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| 13 | | Field trials shall be scheduled only from September 1 |
| 14 | | through April 30
in the Northern Zone and September 1 through |
| 15 | | April 15 in the Southern Zone.
The Department maintains the |
| 16 | | authority to schedule and administer field
trials. The boundary |
| 17 | | between the Northern Zone and the Southern
Zone shall be U.S. |
| 18 | | Route 36. However, (i) if the opening date of the field
trial |
| 19 | | season falls on Sunday, the season will begin on Saturday of |
| 20 | | that
weekend; and (ii) if the closing date of the field trial |
| 21 | | season falls on
Saturday, the season will conclude on Sunday of |
| 22 | | that weekend; and (iii) if
during the final days of the field |
| 23 | | trial season a field trial organization
begins a field trial |
| 24 | | which is subsequently interrupted due to inclement
weather, the |
| 25 | | field trial organization may complete the trial, subject to the
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| 26 | | Department's approval, even though the field trial season has |
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| 1 | | ended. The field
trial organization must complete the trial on |
| 2 | | the first possible day or days.
Field trials for the retrieving |
| 3 | | breeds are exempt from these field trials
season provisions and |
| 4 | | shall have no closed season.
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| 5 | | The fee for field trials shall be established by the |
| 6 | | Department by rule.
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| 7 | | (d) The Department is authorized to designate dog training
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| 8 | | areas and to grant permits for all field trials including those |
| 9 | | field
trials where game birds reared under Section 3.23 are |
| 10 | | released and taken
in accordance with the rules and regulations |
| 11 | | set forth by the
Department. Applications for permits for such |
| 12 | | trials and training areas
shall be accompanied by detailed |
| 13 | | information as to the date and the location of
the grounds |
| 14 | | where such trial area or training grounds is located. |
| 15 | | Applicants
for field trial or dog training permits must have |
| 16 | | the consent of the
landowner prior to applying for such permit. |
| 17 | | Fees and other regulations
will be set by administrative rule.
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| 18 | | (e) All permits for designated dog training areas shall |
| 19 | | expire March 31st of
each year.
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| 20 | | (f) Permit holders for designated dog training areas must |
| 21 | | possess a wild
game breeder's permit or a game breeding and |
| 22 | | hunting preserve area permit and
may utilize live bird recall |
| 23 | | devices on such areas.
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| 24 | | (g) Nothing shall prevent an individual from using a dog in |
| 25 | | the taking of
squirrel during the open season.
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| 26 | | (h) All hand reared game released and shot at field trials |
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| 1 | | shall
be properly identified with tags as provided for by this |
| 2 | | Act and such
birds shall be banded before they are removed from |
| 3 | | the field trial area.
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| 4 | | (i) Prior to holding any organized coonhound event with at |
| 5 | | least 25 participants the individual or organization |
| 6 | | responsible for the event is required to notify adjacent |
| 7 | | landowners of the upcoming event. The notice, in writing, shall |
| 8 | | be delivered to the adjacent landowners 30 days prior to the |
| 9 | | organized coonhound event by certified mail. The notice shall |
| 10 | | include the name of the sanctioning individual or organization |
| 11 | | responsible for the organized coonhound event, the date or |
| 12 | | dates, the hours of the events, the locations the events are to |
| 13 | | be held and a valid, operational phone number of the |
| 14 | | sanctioning individual or organization for the day of the |
| 15 | | event, which shall not exceed 14 consecutive days. |
| 16 | | For the purposes of this subsection "participant" means a |
| 17 | | coonhound. |
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-920; 87-1051.)".
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