103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1151 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/3.1-6 Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows a landowner deer, turkey, and combination permit to be issued without charge to Illinois landowners (removes residing in the State) who own at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish to hunt upon their land only. Effective immediately. LRB103 04808 RJT 49818 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1151 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/3.1-6 520 ILCS 5/3.1-6 Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows a landowner deer, turkey, and combination permit to be issued without charge to Illinois landowners (removes residing in the State) who own at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish to hunt upon their land only. Effective immediately. LRB103 04808 RJT 49818 b LRB103 04808 RJT 49818 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1151 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/3.1-6 520 ILCS 5/3.1-6
520 ILCS 5/3.1-6
Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows a landowner deer, turkey, and combination permit to be issued without charge to Illinois landowners (removes residing in the State) who own at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish to hunt upon their land only. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning wildlife.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3.1-6 as follows:
6 (520 ILCS 5/3.1-6)
7 Sec. 3.1-6. Special deer, turkey, and combination hunting
8 licenses.
9 (a) For the purpose of this Section:
10 "Bona fide equity member" means an individual who:
11 (1) (i) became a member upon the formation of the
12 limited liability company or (ii) has purchased a
13 distributional interest in a limited liability company for
14 a value equal to the percentage of the appraised value of
15 the LLC assets represented by the distributional interest
16 in the LLC and subsequently becomes a member of the
17 company under Article 30 of the Limited Liability Company
18 Act; and
19 (2) intends to retain the membership for at least 5
20 years.
21 "Bona fide equity partner" means an individual who:
22 (1) (i) became a partner, either general or limited,
23 upon the formation of a partnership or limited
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1151 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/3.1-6 520 ILCS 5/3.1-6
520 ILCS 5/3.1-6
Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows a landowner deer, turkey, and combination permit to be issued without charge to Illinois landowners (removes residing in the State) who own at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish to hunt upon their land only. Effective immediately.
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1 partnership, or (ii) has purchased, acquired, or been
2 gifted a partnership interest accurately representing his
3 or her percentage distributional interest in the profits,
4 losses, and assets of a partnership or limited
5 partnership;
6 (2) intends to retain ownership of the partnership
7 interest for at least 5 years; and
8 (3) is a resident of this State.
9 "Bona fide equity shareholder" means an individual who:
10 (1) purchased, for market price, publicly sold stock
11 shares in a corporation, purchased shares of a
12 privately-held corporation for a value equal to the
13 percentage of the appraised value of the corporate assets
14 represented by the ownership in the corporation, or is a
15 member of a closely-held family-owned corporation and has
16 purchased or been gifted with shares of stock in the
17 corporation accurately reflecting his or her percentage of
18 ownership; and
19 (2) intends to retain the ownership of the shares of
20 stock for at least 5 years.
21 (b) Landowner Deer, Turkey, and combination permits shall
22 be issued without charge to:
23 (1) Illinois landowners residing in this State who own
24 at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish to hunt upon
25 their land only;
26 (2) resident tenants of at least 40 acres of
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1 commercial agricultural land where they will hunt; and
2 (3) bona fide equity shareholders of a corporation,
3 bona fide equity members of a limited liability company,
4 or bona fide equity partners of a general or limited
5 partnership which owns at least 40 acres of land in a
6 county in this State who wish to hunt on the
7 corporation's, company's, or partnership's land only. One
8 permit shall be issued without charge to one bona fide
9 equity shareholder, one bona fide equity member, or one
10 bona fide equity partner for each 40 acres of land owned by
11 the corporation, company, or partnership in a county;
12 however, the number of permits issued without charge to
13 bona fide equity shareholders of any corporation or bona
14 fide equity members of a limited liability company in any
15 county shall not exceed 15, and shall not exceed 3 in the
16 case of bona fide equity partners of a partnership.
17 Bona fide landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt
18 only on the land they own, rent, or lease or bona fide equity
19 shareholders, bona fide equity members, or bona fide equity
20 partners who do not wish to hunt only on the land owned by the
21 corporation, limited liability company, or partnership shall
22 be charged the same fee as the applicant who is not a
23 landowner, tenant, bona fide equity shareholder, bona fide
24 equity member, or bona fide equity partner. Nonresidents of
25 this State who own at least 40 acres of land and wish to hunt
26 on their land only shall be charged a fee set by administrative
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1 rule. The method for obtaining these permits shall be
2 prescribed by administrative rule.
3 (c) The deer, turkey, or combination hunting permit issued
4 without fee shall be valid on all farm lands which the person
5 to whom it is issued owns, leases or rents, except that in the
6 case of a permit issued to a bona fide equity shareholder, bona
7 fide equity member, or bona fide equity partner, the permit
8 shall be valid on all lands owned by the corporation, limited
9 liability company, or partnership in the county.
10 (Source: P.A. 99-869, eff. 1-1-17.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.
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