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| 4 | - | AN ACT concerning fishing and hunting. | |
| 5 | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 6 | - | represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 7 | - | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | |
| 8 | - | changing Sections 20-45 and 20-105 as follows: | |
| 9 | - | (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45) | |
| 10 | - | Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | |
| 11 | - | for residents of the State of Illinois shall be as follows: | |
| 12 | - | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | |
| 13 | - | sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | |
| 14 | - | spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, the fee is | |
| 15 | - | $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old, one-half of the | |
| 16 | - | current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | |
| 17 | - | older, and, commencing with the 2012 license year, | |
| 18 | - | one-half of the current fishing license fee for resident | |
| 19 | - | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | |
| 20 | - | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | |
| 21 | - | the United States as an active duty member of the United | |
| 22 | - | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | |
| 23 | - | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces. Veterans must | |
| 24 | - | provide to the Department acceptable verification of their | |
| 25 | - | service. The Department shall establish by administrative | |
| 26 | - | rule the procedure by which such verification of service | |
| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning fishing and hunting. | |
| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | |
| 7 | + | 5 changing Sections 20-45 and 20-105 as follows: | |
| 8 | + | 6 (515 ILCS 5/20-45) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-45) | |
| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 20-45. License fees for residents. Fees for licenses | |
| 10 | + | 8 for residents of the State of Illinois shall be as follows: | |
| 11 | + | 9 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for | |
| 12 | + | 10 sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | |
| 13 | + | 11 spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, the fee is | |
| 14 | + | 12 $14.50 for individuals 16 to 64 years old, one-half of the | |
| 15 | + | 13 current fishing license fee for individuals age 65 or | |
| 16 | + | 14 older, and, commencing with the 2012 license year, | |
| 17 | + | 15 one-half of the current fishing license fee for resident | |
| 18 | + | 16 veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | |
| 19 | + | 17 from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | |
| 20 | + | 18 the United States as an active duty member of the United | |
| 21 | + | 19 States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | |
| 22 | + | 20 Reserves of the United States Armed Forces. Veterans must | |
| 23 | + | 21 provide to the Department acceptable verification of their | |
| 24 | + | 22 service. The Department shall establish by administrative | |
| 25 | + | 23 rule the procedure by which such verification of service | |
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| 33 | - | shall be made to the Department for the purpose of issuing | |
| 34 | - | fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee. | |
| 35 | - | (a-3) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | |
| 36 | - | for sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | |
| 37 | - | spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, residents | |
| 38 | - | of this State may obtain a 3-year fishing license. The fee | |
| 39 | - | for a 3-year fishing license is 3 times the annual fee. For | |
| 40 | - | residents age 65 or older, the fee is one half of the fee | |
| 41 | - | charged for a 3-year fishing license. For resident | |
| 42 | - | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | |
| 43 | - | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | |
| 44 | - | the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | |
| 45 | - | for a 3-year fishing license. Veterans must provide to the | |
| 46 | - | Department, per administrative rule, verification of their | |
| 47 | - | service. The Department shall establish what constitutes | |
| 48 | - | suitable verification of service for the purpose of | |
| 49 | - | issuing 3-year fishing licenses to resident veterans at a | |
| 50 | - | reduced fee. | |
| 51 | - | (a-5) The fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be | |
| 52 | - | $1 for an annual license and 3 times the annual fee for a | |
| 53 | - | 3-year license for residents over 75 years of age. | |
| 54 | - | (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing | |
| 55 | - | device shall obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee | |
| 56 | - | for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the | |
| 57 | - | fee for which is $14.50. Each and every commercial device | |
| 58 | - | used shall be licensed by a resident commercial fisherman | |
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| 35 | + | 2 fishing licenses to resident veterans at a reduced fee. | |
| 36 | + | 3 (a-3) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | |
| 37 | + | 4 for sport fishing devices as defined in Section 10-95 or | |
| 38 | + | 5 spearing devices as defined in Section 10-110, residents | |
| 39 | + | 6 of this State may obtain a 3-year fishing license. The fee | |
| 40 | + | 7 for a 3-year fishing license is 3 times the annual fee. For | |
| 41 | + | 8 residents age 65 or older, the fee is one half of the fee | |
| 42 | + | 9 charged for a 3-year fishing license. For resident | |
| 43 | + | 10 veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | |
| 44 | + | 11 from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | |
| 45 | + | 12 the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | |
| 46 | + | 13 for a 3-year fishing license. Veterans must provide to the | |
| 47 | + | 14 Department, per administrative rule, verification of their | |
| 48 | + | 15 service. The Department shall establish what constitutes | |
| 49 | + | 16 suitable verification of service for the purpose of | |
| 50 | + | 17 issuing 3-year fishing licenses to resident veterans at a | |
| 51 | + | 18 reduced fee. | |
| 52 | + | 19 (a-5) The fee for all sport fishing licenses shall be | |
| 53 | + | 20 $1 for an annual license and 3 times the annual fee for a | |
| 54 | + | 21 3-year license for residents over 75 years of age. | |
| 55 | + | 22 (b) All residents before using any commercial fishing | |
| 56 | + | 23 device shall obtain a commercial fishing license, the fee | |
| 57 | + | 24 for which shall be $60 and a resident fishing license, the | |
| 58 | + | 25 fee for which is $14.50. Each and every commercial device | |
| 59 | + | 26 used shall be licensed by a resident commercial fisherman | |
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| 61 | - | as follows: | |
| 62 | - | (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | |
| 63 | - | thereof, of seine the fee is $18. For each minnow | |
| 64 | - | seine, minnow trap, or net for commercial purposes the | |
| 65 | - | fee is $20. | |
| 66 | - | (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot | |
| 67 | - | line device, basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | |
| 68 | - | is $3. | |
| 69 | - | (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | |
| 70 | - | the first 2000 lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | |
| 71 | - | gill net the fee is $10; and for each 1000 additional | |
| 72 | - | lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10. | |
| 73 | - | These fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the | |
| 74 | - | water or on drying reels on the shore. | |
| 75 | - | (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | |
| 76 | - | thereof, of gill net or trammel net the fee is $18. | |
| 77 | - | (c) Residents of this the State of Illinois may obtain | |
| 78 | - | a sportsmen's combination license that shall entitle the | |
| 79 | - | holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | |
| 80 | - | residents holding a license as described in subsection (a) | |
| 81 | - | of this Section and to the same hunting privileges as | |
| 82 | - | residents holding a license to hunt all species as | |
| 83 | - | described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | |
| 84 | - | sportsmen's combination license shall be issued to any | |
| 85 | - | individual who would be ineligible for either the fishing | |
| 86 | - | or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's combination | |
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| 89 | - | license fee shall be $25.50. For residents age 65 or | |
| 90 | - | older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a | |
| 91 | - | sportsmen's combination license. For resident veterans of | |
| 92 | - | the United States Armed Forces after returning from | |
| 93 | - | service abroad or mobilization by the President of the | |
| 94 | - | United States as an active duty member of the United | |
| 95 | - | States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | |
| 96 | - | Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, the fee, | |
| 97 | - | commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of the | |
| 98 | - | fee charged for a sportsmen's combination license. | |
| 99 | - | Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable | |
| 100 | - | verification of their service. The Department shall | |
| 101 | - | establish by administrative rule the procedure by which | |
| 102 | - | such verification of service shall be made to the | |
| 103 | - | Department for the purpose of issuing sportsmen's | |
| 104 | - | combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | |
| 105 | - | fee. | |
| 106 | - | (c-5) Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year | |
| 107 | - | sportsmen's combination license that shall entitle the | |
| 108 | - | holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | |
| 109 | - | residents holding a license as described in subsection | |
| 110 | - | (a-3) and to the same hunting privileges as residents | |
| 111 | - | holding a license to hunt all species as described in | |
| 112 | - | Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. A 3-year sportsmen's | |
| 113 | - | combination license shall not be issued to any individual | |
| 114 | - | who would be ineligible for either the fishing or hunting | |
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| 117 | - | license separately. The 3-year sportsmen's combination | |
| 118 | - | license fee shall be 3 times the annual fee. For residents | |
| 119 | - | age 65 or older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for | |
| 120 | - | a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. For resident | |
| 121 | - | veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | |
| 122 | - | from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | |
| 123 | - | the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | |
| 124 | - | for a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. Veterans | |
| 125 | - | must provide to the Department, per administrative rule, | |
| 126 | - | verification of their service. The Department shall | |
| 127 | - | establish what constitutes suitable verification of | |
| 128 | - | service for the purpose of issuing 3-year sportsmen's | |
| 129 | - | combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | |
| 130 | - | fee. | |
| 131 | - | (d) For 24 hours of fishing by sport fishing devices | |
| 132 | - | as defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as | |
| 133 | - | defined in Section 10-110 the fee is $5. This license does | |
| 134 | - | not exempt the licensee from the requirement for a salmon | |
| 135 | - | or inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for by this | |
| 136 | - | subsection are not required for residents of the State of | |
| 137 | - | Illinois who have obtained the license provided for in | |
| 138 | - | subsection (a) or (a-3) of this Section. | |
| 139 | - | (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | |
| 140 | - | device shall obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | |
| 141 | - | for which shall be $50. | |
| 142 | - | (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing | |
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| 70 | + | 1 as follows: | |
| 71 | + | 2 (1) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | |
| 72 | + | 3 thereof, of seine the fee is $18. For each minnow | |
| 73 | + | 4 seine, minnow trap, or net for commercial purposes the | |
| 74 | + | 5 fee is $20. | |
| 75 | + | 6 (2) For each device to fish with a 100 hook trot | |
| 76 | + | 7 line device, basket trap, hoop net, or dip net the fee | |
| 77 | + | 8 is $3. | |
| 78 | + | 9 (3) When used in the waters of Lake Michigan, for | |
| 79 | + | 10 the first 2000 lineal feet, or fraction thereof, of | |
| 80 | + | 11 gill net the fee is $10; and for each 1000 additional | |
| 81 | + | 12 lineal feet, or fraction thereof, the fee is $10. | |
| 82 | + | 13 These fees shall apply to all gill nets in use in the | |
| 83 | + | 14 water or on drying reels on the shore. | |
| 84 | + | 15 (4) For each 100 lineal yards, or fraction | |
| 85 | + | 16 thereof, of gill net or trammel net the fee is $18. | |
| 86 | + | 17 (c) Residents of this the State of Illinois may obtain | |
| 87 | + | 18 a sportsmen's combination license that shall entitle the | |
| 88 | + | 19 holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | |
| 89 | + | 20 residents holding a license as described in subsection (a) | |
| 90 | + | 21 of this Section and to the same hunting privileges as | |
| 91 | + | 22 residents holding a license to hunt all species as | |
| 92 | + | 23 described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No | |
| 93 | + | 24 sportsmen's combination license shall be issued to any | |
| 94 | + | 25 individual who would be ineligible for either the fishing | |
| 95 | + | 26 or hunting license separately. The sportsmen's combination | |
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| 145 | - | residency as required by the Department, may obtain a | |
| 146 | - | lifetime hunting or fishing license or lifetime | |
| 147 | - | sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | |
| 148 | - | holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | |
| 149 | - | residents holding a license as described in paragraph (a) | |
| 150 | - | of this Section and to the same hunting privileges as | |
| 151 | - | residents holding a license to hunt all species as | |
| 152 | - | described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | |
| 153 | - | sportsmen's combination license shall be issued to or | |
| 154 | - | retained by any individual who would be ineligible for | |
| 155 | - | either the fishing or hunting license separately, either | |
| 156 | - | upon issuance, or in any year a violation would subject an | |
| 157 | - | individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | |
| 158 | - | privileges rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing | |
| 159 | - | license fees shall be as follows: | |
| 160 | - | (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | |
| 161 | - | license fee. | |
| 162 | - | (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | |
| 163 | - | license fee. | |
| 164 | - | (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | |
| 165 | - | the current sportsmen's combination license fee. | |
| 166 | - | Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | |
| 167 | - | be charged for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | |
| 168 | - | may establish rules and regulations for the issuance and use | |
| 169 | - | of lifetime licenses and may suspend or revoke any lifetime | |
| 170 | - | license issued under this Section for violations of those | |
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| 173 | - | rules or regulations or other provisions under this Code or , | |
| 174 | - | the Wildlife Code, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 175 | - | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 176 | - | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any fish or | |
| 177 | - | aquatic life protected by this Code or the taking, possessing, | |
| 178 | - | killing, harvesting, transportation, selling, exporting, or | |
| 179 | - | importing any fauna protected by the Wildlife Code when any | |
| 180 | - | part of the United States Code violation occurred in Illinois. | |
| 181 | - | Individuals under 16 years of age who possess a lifetime | |
| 182 | - | hunting or sportsmen's combination license shall have in their | |
| 183 | - | possession, while in the field, a certificate of competency as | |
| 184 | - | required under Section 3.2 of the Wildlife Code. Any lifetime | |
| 185 | - | license issued under this Section shall not exempt individuals | |
| 186 | - | from obtaining additional stamps or permits required under the | |
| 187 | - | provisions of this Code or the Wildlife Code. Individuals | |
| 188 | - | required to purchase additional stamps shall sign the stamps | |
| 189 | - | and have them in their possession while fishing or hunting | |
| 190 | - | with a lifetime license. All fees received from the issuance | |
| 191 | - | of lifetime licenses shall be deposited in the Fish and | |
| 192 | - | Wildlife Endowment Fund. | |
| 193 | - | Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this | |
| 194 | - | Section, all licenses provided for in this Section shall | |
| 195 | - | expire on March 31 of each year, except that the license | |
| 196 | - | provided for in subsection (d) of this Section shall expire 24 | |
| 197 | - | hours after the effective date and time listed on the face of | |
| 198 | - | the license. Licenses issued under subsection (a-3) or (c-5) | |
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| 201 | - | shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in | |
| 202 | - | which the license is issued. | |
| 203 | - | The Department shall by administrative rule provide for | |
| 204 | - | the automatic renewal of a fishing license upon the request of | |
| 205 | - | the applicant. | |
| 206 | - | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | |
| 207 | - | license provided for in subsection (a), (a-3), or (d) of this | |
| 208 | - | Section shall be fined according to the provisions of Section | |
| 209 | - | 20-35 of this Code. | |
| 210 | - | All individuals required to have and failing to have the | |
| 211 | - | licenses provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this | |
| 212 | - | Section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. | |
| 213 | - | (g) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | |
| 214 | - | verification" means official documentation from the Department | |
| 215 | - | of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing | |
| 216 | - | mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a | |
| 217 | - | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military | |
| 218 | - | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | |
| 219 | - | letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | |
| 220 | - | Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | |
| 221 | - | covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | |
| 222 | - | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | |
| 223 | - | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | |
| 224 | - | deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | |
| 225 | - | abroad. | |
| 226 | - | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | |
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| 106 | + | 1 license fee shall be $25.50. For residents age 65 or | |
| 107 | + | 2 older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a | |
| 108 | + | 3 sportsmen's combination license. For resident veterans of | |
| 109 | + | 4 the United States Armed Forces after returning from | |
| 110 | + | 5 service abroad or mobilization by the President of the | |
| 111 | + | 6 United States as an active duty member of the United | |
| 112 | + | 7 States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the | |
| 113 | + | 8 Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, the fee, | |
| 114 | + | 9 commencing with the 2012 license year, is one-half of the | |
| 115 | + | 10 fee charged for a sportsmen's combination license. | |
| 116 | + | 11 Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable | |
| 117 | + | 12 verification of their service. The Department shall | |
| 118 | + | 13 establish by administrative rule the procedure by which | |
| 119 | + | 14 such verification of service shall be made to the | |
| 120 | + | 15 Department for the purpose of issuing sportsmen's | |
| 121 | + | 16 combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | |
| 122 | + | 17 fee. | |
| 123 | + | 18 (c-5) Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year | |
| 124 | + | 19 sportsmen's combination license that shall entitle the | |
| 125 | + | 20 holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | |
| 126 | + | 21 residents holding a license as described in subsection | |
| 127 | + | 22 (a-3) and to the same hunting privileges as residents | |
| 128 | + | 23 holding a license to hunt all species as described in | |
| 129 | + | 24 Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. A 3-year sportsmen's | |
| 130 | + | 25 combination license shall not be issued to any individual | |
| 131 | + | 26 who would be ineligible for either the fishing or hunting | |
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| 229 | - | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | |
| 230 | - | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | |
| 231 | - | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | |
| 232 | - | States. | |
| 233 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-780, eff. 5-13-22; 102-837, eff. 5-13-22; | |
| 234 | - | revised 7-26-22.) | |
| 235 | - | (515 ILCS 5/20-105) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-105) | |
| 236 | - | Sec. 20-105. Revocation and suspension; refusal to issue. | |
| 237 | - | (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person | |
| 238 | - | under this Code and its holder is found guilty of any | |
| 239 | - | misrepresentation in obtaining the license or permit or of a | |
| 240 | - | violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a | |
| 241 | - | violation of any of the provisions of this Code, including | |
| 242 | - | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 243 | - | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 244 | - | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any aquatic | |
| 245 | - | life protected by this Code when any part of the United States | |
| 246 | - | Code violation occurred in Illinois, the license or permit may | |
| 247 | - | be revoked by the Department and the Department may refuse to | |
| 248 | - | issue any permit or license to that person and may suspend the | |
| 249 | - | person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 250 | - | license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years following | |
| 251 | - | the revocation. Department revocation procedure shall be | |
| 252 | - | established by administrative rule. | |
| 253 | - | (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license | |
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| 256 | - | or a permit under the provisions of this Code is found guilty | |
| 257 | - | of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or | |
| 258 | - | a violation of the provisions of this Code, including | |
| 259 | - | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 260 | - | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 261 | - | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any aquatic | |
| 262 | - | life protected by this Code when any part of the United States | |
| 263 | - | Code violation occurred in Illinois, the Department may refuse | |
| 264 | - | to issue any permit or license to that person, and suspend that | |
| 265 | - | person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 266 | - | license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years. | |
| 267 | - | (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any | |
| 268 | - | of the provisions of this Code, including administrative | |
| 269 | - | rules, during the 5 years following the revocation of his or | |
| 270 | - | her license or permit under subsection (a) or during the time | |
| 271 | - | he is suspended under subsection (b), shall be guilty of a | |
| 272 | - | Class A misdemeanor as provided in Section 20-35. The | |
| 273 | - | penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code | |
| 274 | - | of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section. | |
| 275 | - | (d) A person whose license or permit to engage in any | |
| 276 | - | activity regulated by this Code has been suspended or revoked | |
| 277 | - | may not, during the period of the suspension or revocation or | |
| 278 | - | until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company | |
| 279 | - | of any person engaging in the activity covered by the | |
| 280 | - | suspension or revocation or (ii) serve as a guide, outfitter, | |
| 281 | - | or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to | |
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| 284 | - | engage in the activity covered by the suspension or | |
| 285 | - | revocation. | |
| 286 | - | (e) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit | |
| 287 | - | or engage in any activity regulated by this Code during the | |
| 288 | - | time that the person's privilege to engage in the same or | |
| 289 | - | similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, | |
| 290 | - | by a federal agency, or by a province of Canada. | |
| 291 | - | (f) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any | |
| 292 | - | other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or | |
| 293 | - | revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to | |
| 294 | - | the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, | |
| 295 | - | is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. | |
| 296 | - | Any person failing to comply with this subsection by | |
| 297 | - | possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit | |
| 298 | - | issued by the Department after having received written notice | |
| 299 | - | from the Department or any other State agency or department of | |
| 300 | - | such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A | |
| 301 | - | misdemeanor. | |
| 302 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
| 303 | - | Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | |
| 304 | - | Sections 3.2, 3.4, and 3.36 as follows: | |
| 305 | - | (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2) | |
| 306 | - | Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | |
| 307 | - | Before the Department or any county, city, village, township, | |
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| 142 | + | 1 license separately. The 3-year sportsmen's combination | |
| 143 | + | 2 license fee shall be 3 times the annual fee. For residents | |
| 144 | + | 3 age 65 or older, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for | |
| 145 | + | 4 a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. For resident | |
| 146 | + | 5 veterans of the United States Armed Forces after returning | |
| 147 | + | 6 from service abroad or mobilization by the President of | |
| 148 | + | 7 the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | |
| 149 | + | 8 for a 3-year sportsmen's combination license. Veterans | |
| 150 | + | 9 must provide to the Department, per administrative rule, | |
| 151 | + | 10 verification of their service. The Department shall | |
| 152 | + | 11 establish what constitutes suitable verification of | |
| 153 | + | 12 service for the purpose of issuing 3-year sportsmen's | |
| 154 | + | 13 combination licenses to resident veterans at a reduced | |
| 155 | + | 14 fee. | |
| 156 | + | 15 (d) For 24 hours of fishing by sport fishing devices | |
| 157 | + | 16 as defined in Section 10-95 or by spearing devices as | |
| 158 | + | 17 defined in Section 10-110 the fee is $5. This license does | |
| 159 | + | 18 not exempt the licensee from the requirement for a salmon | |
| 160 | + | 19 or inland trout stamp. The licenses provided for by this | |
| 161 | + | 20 subsection are not required for residents of the State of | |
| 162 | + | 21 Illinois who have obtained the license provided for in | |
| 163 | + | 22 subsection (a) or (a-3) of this Section. | |
| 164 | + | 23 (e) All residents before using any commercial mussel | |
| 165 | + | 24 device shall obtain a commercial mussel license, the fee | |
| 166 | + | 25 for which shall be $50. | |
| 167 | + | 26 (f) Residents of this State, upon establishing | |
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| 310 | - | incorporated town clerk or his duly designated agent or any | |
| 311 | - | other person authorized or designated by the Department to | |
| 312 | - | issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license to any | |
| 313 | - | person, the person shall file his application with the | |
| 314 | - | Department or other party authorized to issue licenses on a | |
| 315 | - | form provided by the Department and further give definite | |
| 316 | - | proof of identity and place of legal residence. Each clerk | |
| 317 | - | designating agents to issue licenses and stamps shall furnish | |
| 318 | - | the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the | |
| 319 | - | names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | |
| 320 | - | duly designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | |
| 321 | - | stamps only within the territorial area for which he was | |
| 322 | - | elected or appointed. No duly designated agent is authorized | |
| 323 | - | to furnish licenses or stamps for issuance by any other | |
| 324 | - | business establishment. Each application shall be executed and | |
| 325 | - | sworn to and shall set forth the name and description of the | |
| 326 | - | applicant and place of residence. | |
| 327 | - | No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | |
| 328 | - | after January 1, 1980 unless he presents the person authorized | |
| 329 | - | to issue the license evidence that he has held a hunting | |
| 330 | - | license issued by the State of Illinois or another state in a | |
| 331 | - | prior year, or a certificate of competency as provided in this | |
| 332 | - | Section. Persons under 18 years of age may be issued a Lifetime | |
| 333 | - | Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | |
| 334 | - | Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | |
| 335 | - | be entitled to hunt alone, without the supervision of an adult | |
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| 338 | - | age 21 or older, unless they have a certificate of competency | |
| 339 | - | as provided in this Section and the certificate is in their | |
| 340 | - | possession while hunting. | |
| 341 | - | The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize | |
| 342 | - | personnel of the Department or certified volunteer instructors | |
| 343 | - | to conduct courses, of not less than 10 hours in length, in | |
| 344 | - | firearms and hunter safety, which may include training in bow | |
| 345 | - | and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout | |
| 346 | - | the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | |
| 347 | - | receive a certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | |
| 348 | - | Resources may further cooperate with any reputable association | |
| 349 | - | or organization in establishing courses if the organization | |
| 350 | - | has as one of its objectives the promotion of safety in the | |
| 351 | - | handling of firearms or bow and arrow. | |
| 352 | - | The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any | |
| 353 | - | person found by it to be competent to give instruction in the | |
| 354 | - | handling of firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. The | |
| 355 | - | persons so appointed shall give the course of instruction and | |
| 356 | - | upon the successful completion shall issue to the person | |
| 357 | - | instructed a certificate of competency in the safe handling of | |
| 358 | - | firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall be | |
| 359 | - | made for any course of instruction except for materials or | |
| 360 | - | ammunition consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall | |
| 361 | - | furnish information on the requirements of hunter safety | |
| 362 | - | education programs to be distributed free of charge to | |
| 363 | - | applicants for hunting licenses by the persons appointed and | |
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| 366 | - | authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of | |
| 367 | - | firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | |
| 368 | - | charged for the Firearm Owners Identification Card. | |
| 369 | - | The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | |
| 370 | - | resident of Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | |
| 371 | - | and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | |
| 372 | - | of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | |
| 373 | - | abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States | |
| 374 | - | as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the | |
| 375 | - | Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States | |
| 376 | - | Armed Forces, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a | |
| 377 | - | hunting license to hunt all species for a resident of | |
| 378 | - | Illinois. Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable | |
| 379 | - | verification of their service. The Department shall establish | |
| 380 | - | by administrative rule the procedure by which such | |
| 381 | - | verification of service shall be made to the Department for | |
| 382 | - | the purpose of issuing resident veterans hunting licenses at a | |
| 383 | - | reduced fee. The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species | |
| 384 | - | shall be $1 for residents over 75 years of age. Nonresidents | |
| 385 | - | shall be charged $57 for a hunting license. | |
| 386 | - | Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year hunting | |
| 387 | - | license to hunt all species as described in Section 3.1 for 3 | |
| 388 | - | times the annual fee. For residents age 65 or older and | |
| 389 | - | resident veterans of the United States Armed Forces after | |
| 390 | - | returning from service abroad or mobilization by the President | |
| 391 | - | of the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | |
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| 179 | + | 2 lifetime hunting or fishing license or lifetime | |
| 180 | + | 3 sportsmen's combination license which shall entitle the | |
| 181 | + | 4 holder to the same non-commercial fishing privileges as | |
| 182 | + | 5 residents holding a license as described in paragraph (a) | |
| 183 | + | 6 of this Section and to the same hunting privileges as | |
| 184 | + | 7 residents holding a license to hunt all species as | |
| 185 | + | 8 described in Section 3.1 of the Wildlife Code. No lifetime | |
| 186 | + | 9 sportsmen's combination license shall be issued to or | |
| 187 | + | 10 retained by any individual who would be ineligible for | |
| 188 | + | 11 either the fishing or hunting license separately, either | |
| 189 | + | 12 upon issuance, or in any year a violation would subject an | |
| 190 | + | 13 individual to have either or both fishing or hunting | |
| 191 | + | 14 privileges rescinded. The lifetime hunting and fishing | |
| 192 | + | 15 license fees shall be as follows: | |
| 193 | + | 16 (1) Lifetime fishing: 30 x the current fishing | |
| 194 | + | 17 license fee. | |
| 195 | + | 18 (2) Lifetime hunting: 30 x the current hunting | |
| 196 | + | 19 license fee. | |
| 197 | + | 20 (3) Lifetime sportsmen's combination license: 30 x | |
| 198 | + | 21 the current sportsmen's combination license fee. | |
| 199 | + | 22 Lifetime licenses shall not be refundable. A $10 fee shall | |
| 200 | + | 23 be charged for reissuing any lifetime license. The Department | |
| 201 | + | 24 may establish rules and regulations for the issuance and use | |
| 202 | + | 25 of lifetime licenses and may suspend or revoke any lifetime | |
| 203 | + | 26 license issued under this Section for violations of those | |
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| 394 | - | for a 3-year hunting license to hunt all species as described | |
| 395 | - | in Section 3.1 for a resident of this State. Veterans must | |
| 396 | - | provide to the Department, per administrative rule, | |
| 397 | - | verification of their service. The Department shall establish | |
| 398 | - | what constitutes suitable verification of service for the | |
| 399 | - | purpose of issuing resident veterans 3-year hunting licenses | |
| 400 | - | at a reduced fee. | |
| 401 | - | Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | |
| 402 | - | for a period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | |
| 403 | - | State and shall be charged a fee of $35. | |
| 404 | - | A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | |
| 405 | - | nonresident to take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | |
| 406 | - | and hunting preserve area only, established under Section | |
| 407 | - | 3.27, shall be issued upon proper application being made and | |
| 408 | - | payment of a fee equal to that for a resident hunting license. | |
| 409 | - | The expiration date of this license shall be on the same date | |
| 410 | - | each year that game breeding and hunting preserve area | |
| 411 | - | licenses expire. | |
| 412 | - | Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | |
| 413 | - | regardless of his residence or other condition, shall pay a | |
| 414 | - | fee of $15 and shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State | |
| 415 | - | Migratory Waterfowl Stamp shall be waived for residents over | |
| 416 | - | 75 years of age. Except as provided under Section 20-45 of the | |
| 417 | - | Fish and Aquatic Life Code, the stamp shall be signed by the | |
| 418 | - | person or affixed to his license or permit in a space | |
| 419 | - | designated by the Department for that purpose. | |
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| 422 | - | Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of | |
| 423 | - | his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and | |
| 424 | - | shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State Habitat Stamp shall | |
| 425 | - | be waived for residents over 75 years of age. Except as | |
| 426 | - | provided under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life | |
| 427 | - | Code, the stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his | |
| 428 | - | license or permit in a space designated by the Department for | |
| 429 | - | that purpose. | |
| 430 | - | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | |
| 431 | - | the purchase of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | |
| 432 | - | in any one license year. | |
| 433 | - | The fees for State Pheasant Stamps and State Furbearer | |
| 434 | - | Stamps shall be waived for residents over 75 years of age. | |
| 435 | - | The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | |
| 436 | - | licenses and stamps with an insignia as evidence of possession | |
| 437 | - | of license, or license and stamp, as the Department may | |
| 438 | - | consider advisable. The insignia shall be exhibited and used | |
| 439 | - | as the Department may order. | |
| 440 | - | All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | |
| 441 | - | expire upon March 31 of each year. Three-year hunting licenses | |
| 442 | - | shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in | |
| 443 | - | which the license is issued. | |
| 444 | - | Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | |
| 445 | - | under the provisions of this Act shall have it in his | |
| 446 | - | possession for immediate presentation for inspection to the | |
| 447 | - | officers and authorized employees of the Department, any | |
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| 450 | - | sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer making a | |
| 451 | - | demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | |
| 452 | - | owned or managed sites where it is required that all hunters | |
| 453 | - | deposit their license, permit, or Firearm Owner's | |
| 454 | - | Identification Card at the check station upon entering the | |
| 455 | - | hunting areas. | |
| 456 | - | For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | |
| 457 | - | verification" means official documentation from the Department | |
| 458 | - | of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing | |
| 459 | - | mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a | |
| 460 | - | DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military | |
| 461 | - | Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | |
| 462 | - | letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | |
| 463 | - | Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | |
| 464 | - | covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | |
| 465 | - | records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | |
| 466 | - | documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | |
| 467 | - | deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | |
| 468 | - | abroad. | |
| 469 | - | For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | |
| 470 | - | abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | |
| 471 | - | States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | |
| 472 | - | duty service in territories and possessions of the United | |
| 473 | - | States. | |
| 474 | - | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-780, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
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| 214 | + | 1 rules or regulations or other provisions under this Code or , | |
| 215 | + | 2 the Wildlife Code, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 216 | + | 3 that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 217 | + | 4 transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any fish or | |
| 218 | + | 5 aquatic life protected by this Code or the taking, possessing, | |
| 219 | + | 6 killing, harvesting, transportation, selling, exporting, or | |
| 220 | + | 7 importing any fauna protected by the Wildlife Code when any | |
| 221 | + | 8 part of the United States Code violation occurred in Illinois. | |
| 222 | + | 9 Individuals under 16 years of age who possess a lifetime | |
| 223 | + | 10 hunting or sportsmen's combination license shall have in their | |
| 224 | + | 11 possession, while in the field, a certificate of competency as | |
| 225 | + | 12 required under Section 3.2 of the Wildlife Code. Any lifetime | |
| 226 | + | 13 license issued under this Section shall not exempt individuals | |
| 227 | + | 14 from obtaining additional stamps or permits required under the | |
| 228 | + | 15 provisions of this Code or the Wildlife Code. Individuals | |
| 229 | + | 16 required to purchase additional stamps shall sign the stamps | |
| 230 | + | 17 and have them in their possession while fishing or hunting | |
| 231 | + | 18 with a lifetime license. All fees received from the issuance | |
| 232 | + | 19 of lifetime licenses shall be deposited in the Fish and | |
| 233 | + | 20 Wildlife Endowment Fund. | |
| 234 | + | 21 Except for licenses issued under subsection (e) of this | |
| 235 | + | 22 Section, all licenses provided for in this Section shall | |
| 236 | + | 23 expire on March 31 of each year, except that the license | |
| 237 | + | 24 provided for in subsection (d) of this Section shall expire 24 | |
| 238 | + | 25 hours after the effective date and time listed on the face of | |
| 239 | + | 26 the license. Licenses issued under subsection (a-3) or (c-5) | |
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| 477 | - | (520 ILCS 5/3.4) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.4) | |
| 478 | - | Sec. 3.4. Trapping licenses. Before a trapping license | |
| 479 | - | shall be issued to any person, such person shall make | |
| 480 | - | application to the Department or any county, city, village, | |
| 481 | - | township or incorporated town clerk or his or her duly | |
| 482 | - | designated agent upon an application form provided by the | |
| 483 | - | Department. This application shall be executed and sworn to | |
| 484 | - | and shall set forth the name and description of the applicant | |
| 485 | - | and his or her place of residence. | |
| 486 | - | Residents of this State may obtain a one-year trapping | |
| 487 | - | license. | |
| 488 | - | The fee for a one-year trapping license for a resident of | |
| 489 | - | this State shall be $10.00. | |
| 490 | - | Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year trapping | |
| 491 | - | license. The fee for a 3-year trapping license for a resident | |
| 492 | - | of this State shall be 3 times the annual fee for a one-year | |
| 493 | - | trapping license. | |
| 494 | - | The Department may provide for a one-year non-resident | |
| 495 | - | trapping license provided that any non-resident shall be | |
| 496 | - | charged a fee of $175, and if the state in which the applicant | |
| 497 | - | resides does not provide for trapping mammals by Illinois | |
| 498 | - | residents, then the fee shall be $250. | |
| 499 | - | Every person trapping mammals shall make a report properly | |
| 500 | - | sworn to, to the Department, upon blanks supplied by the | |
| 501 | - | Department for such purpose, of all hides of mammals taken, | |
| 502 | - | sold, shipped or dealt in, during the open seasons for mammals | |
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| 505 | - | together with the names and addresses of the parties to whom | |
| 506 | - | the same were sold or shipped. Such report shall be made to the | |
| 507 | - | Department within 15 days after the close of the trapping | |
| 508 | - | season. Failure to report or filing false reports shall | |
| 509 | - | subject the person to the penalties provided in Section 3.5. | |
| 510 | - | Further, the Department may refuse to issue a trapping license | |
| 511 | - | for the following year to any person who has failed to file | |
| 512 | - | such a report. | |
| 513 | - | One-year All trapping licenses shall expire on March 31 of | |
| 514 | - | each year. Three-year trapping licenses shall expire on March | |
| 515 | - | 31 of the second year after the year in which the trapping | |
| 516 | - | license is issued. | |
| 517 | - | (Source: P.A. 100-123, eff. 1-1-18.) | |
| 518 | - | (520 ILCS 5/3.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.36) | |
| 519 | - | Sec. 3.36. Revocation and suspension. | |
| 520 | - | (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person | |
| 521 | - | under this Act, and the holder thereof is found guilty of any | |
| 522 | - | misrepresentation in obtaining such license or permit or of a | |
| 523 | - | violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a | |
| 524 | - | violation of any of the provisions of this Act, including | |
| 525 | - | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 526 | - | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 527 | - | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any wildlife | |
| 528 | - | protected by this Code when any part of the United States Code | |
| 529 | - | violation occurred in Illinois, his license or permit may be | |
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| 532 | - | revoked by the Department, and the Department may refuse to | |
| 533 | - | issue any permit or license to such person and may suspend the | |
| 534 | - | person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 535 | - | license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years following | |
| 536 | - | such revocation. | |
| 537 | - | Department revocation procedures shall be established by | |
| 538 | - | Administrative rule. | |
| 539 | - | (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license | |
| 540 | - | or a permit under the provisions of this Code is found guilty | |
| 541 | - | of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or | |
| 542 | - | a violation of the provisions of this Code, including | |
| 543 | - | administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 544 | - | that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 545 | - | transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any wildlife | |
| 546 | - | protected by this Code when any part of the United States Code | |
| 547 | - | violation occurred in Illinois, the Department may refuse to | |
| 548 | - | issue any permit or license to that person, and suspend that | |
| 549 | - | person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 550 | - | license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years. | |
| 551 | - | (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any | |
| 552 | - | of the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, | |
| 553 | - | during such period when his license or permit is revoked or | |
| 554 | - | denied by virtue of this Section or during the time he is | |
| 555 | - | suspended under subsection (b), shall be guilty of a Class A | |
| 556 | - | misdemeanor. The penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of | |
| 557 | - | the Criminal Code of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section. | |
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| 250 | + | 1 shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in | |
| 251 | + | 2 which the license is issued. | |
| 252 | + | 3 The Department shall by administrative rule provide for | |
| 253 | + | 4 the automatic renewal of a fishing license upon the request of | |
| 254 | + | 5 the applicant. | |
| 255 | + | 6 All individuals required to have and failing to have the | |
| 256 | + | 7 license provided for in subsection (a), (a-3), or (d) of this | |
| 257 | + | 8 Section shall be fined according to the provisions of Section | |
| 258 | + | 9 20-35 of this Code. | |
| 259 | + | 10 All individuals required to have and failing to have the | |
| 260 | + | 11 licenses provided for in subsections (b) and (e) of this | |
| 261 | + | 12 Section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. | |
| 262 | + | 13 (g) For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | |
| 263 | + | 14 verification" means official documentation from the Department | |
| 264 | + | 15 of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing | |
| 265 | + | 16 mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a | |
| 266 | + | 17 DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military | |
| 267 | + | 18 Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | |
| 268 | + | 19 letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | |
| 269 | + | 20 Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | |
| 270 | + | 21 covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | |
| 271 | + | 22 records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | |
| 272 | + | 23 documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | |
| 273 | + | 24 deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | |
| 274 | + | 25 abroad. | |
| 275 | + | 26 For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | |
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| 560 | - | (d) Licenses and permits authorized to be issued under the | |
| 561 | - | provisions of this Act shall be prepared by the Department and | |
| 562 | - | be in such form as prescribed by the Department. The | |
| 563 | - | information required on each license shall be completed | |
| 564 | - | thereon by the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the time of | |
| 565 | - | issuance and each license shall be signed by the licensee, or | |
| 566 | - | initialed by the designated purchaser and then signed | |
| 567 | - | immediately upon receipt by the licensee, and countersigned by | |
| 568 | - | the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the time of issuance. All | |
| 569 | - | such licenses shall be supplied by the Department, subject to | |
| 570 | - | such rules and regulations as the Department may prescribe. | |
| 571 | - | Any license not properly prepared, obtained and signed as | |
| 572 | - | required by this Act shall be void. | |
| 573 | - | (e) A person whose license or permit to engage in any | |
| 574 | - | activity regulated by this Code has been suspended or revoked | |
| 575 | - | may not, during the period of the suspension or revocation or | |
| 576 | - | until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company | |
| 577 | - | of any person engaging in the activity covered by the | |
| 578 | - | suspension or revocation or (ii) serve as a guide, outfitter, | |
| 579 | - | or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to | |
| 580 | - | engage in the activity covered by the suspension or | |
| 581 | - | revocation. | |
| 582 | - | (f) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit | |
| 583 | - | or engage in any activity regulated by this Code during the | |
| 584 | - | time that the person's privilege to engage in the same or | |
| 585 | - | similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, | |
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| 588 | - | by a federal agency, or by a province of Canada. | |
| 589 | - | (g) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any | |
| 590 | - | other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or | |
| 591 | - | revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to | |
| 592 | - | the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, | |
| 593 | - | is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. | |
| 594 | - | Any person failing to comply with this subsection by | |
| 595 | - | possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit | |
| 596 | - | issued by the Department after having received written notice | |
| 597 | - | from the Department or any other State agency or department of | |
| 598 | - | such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A | |
| 599 | - | misdemeanor. | |
| 600 | - | (Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
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| 286 | + | 1 abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | |
| 287 | + | 2 States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | |
| 288 | + | 3 duty service in territories and possessions of the United | |
| 289 | + | 4 States. | |
| 290 | + | 5 (Source: P.A. 102-780, eff. 5-13-22; 102-837, eff. 5-13-22; | |
| 291 | + | 6 revised 7-26-22.) | |
| 292 | + | 7 (515 ILCS 5/20-105) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-105) | |
| 293 | + | 8 Sec. 20-105. Revocation and suspension; refusal to issue. | |
| 294 | + | 9 (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person | |
| 295 | + | 10 under this Code and its holder is found guilty of any | |
| 296 | + | 11 misrepresentation in obtaining the license or permit or of a | |
| 297 | + | 12 violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a | |
| 298 | + | 13 violation of any of the provisions of this Code, including | |
| 299 | + | 14 administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 300 | + | 15 that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 301 | + | 16 transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any aquatic | |
| 302 | + | 17 life protected by this Code when any part of the United States | |
| 303 | + | 18 Code violation occurred in Illinois, the license or permit may | |
| 304 | + | 19 be revoked by the Department and the Department may refuse to | |
| 305 | + | 20 issue any permit or license to that person and may suspend the | |
| 306 | + | 21 person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 307 | + | 22 license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years following | |
| 308 | + | 23 the revocation. Department revocation procedure shall be | |
| 309 | + | 24 established by administrative rule. | |
| 310 | + | 25 (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license | |
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| 322 | + | 2 of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or | |
| 323 | + | 3 a violation of the provisions of this Code, including | |
| 324 | + | 4 administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 325 | + | 5 that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 326 | + | 6 transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any aquatic | |
| 327 | + | 7 life protected by this Code when any part of the United States | |
| 328 | + | 8 Code violation occurred in Illinois, the Department may refuse | |
| 329 | + | 9 to issue any permit or license to that person, and suspend that | |
| 330 | + | 10 person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 331 | + | 11 license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years. | |
| 332 | + | 12 (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any | |
| 333 | + | 13 of the provisions of this Code, including administrative | |
| 334 | + | 14 rules, during the 5 years following the revocation of his or | |
| 335 | + | 15 her license or permit under subsection (a) or during the time | |
| 336 | + | 16 he is suspended under subsection (b), shall be guilty of a | |
| 337 | + | 17 Class A misdemeanor as provided in Section 20-35. The | |
| 338 | + | 18 penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code | |
| 339 | + | 19 of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section. | |
| 340 | + | 20 (d) A person whose license or permit to engage in any | |
| 341 | + | 21 activity regulated by this Code has been suspended or revoked | |
| 342 | + | 22 may not, during the period of the suspension or revocation or | |
| 343 | + | 23 until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company | |
| 344 | + | 24 of any person engaging in the activity covered by the | |
| 345 | + | 25 suspension or revocation or (ii) serve as a guide, outfitter, | |
| 346 | + | 26 or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to | |
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| 358 | + | 2 revocation. | |
| 359 | + | 3 (e) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit | |
| 360 | + | 4 or engage in any activity regulated by this Code during the | |
| 361 | + | 5 time that the person's privilege to engage in the same or | |
| 362 | + | 6 similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, | |
| 363 | + | 7 by a federal agency, or by a province of Canada. | |
| 364 | + | 8 (f) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any | |
| 365 | + | 9 other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or | |
| 366 | + | 10 revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to | |
| 367 | + | 11 the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, | |
| 368 | + | 12 is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. | |
| 369 | + | 13 Any person failing to comply with this subsection by | |
| 370 | + | 14 possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit | |
| 371 | + | 15 issued by the Department after having received written notice | |
| 372 | + | 16 from the Department or any other State agency or department of | |
| 373 | + | 17 such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A | |
| 374 | + | 18 misdemeanor. | |
| 375 | + | 19 (Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
| 376 | + | 20 Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | |
| 377 | + | 21 Sections 3.2, 3.4, and 3.36 as follows: | |
| 378 | + | 22 (520 ILCS 5/3.2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.2) | |
| 379 | + | 23 Sec. 3.2. Hunting license; application; instruction. | |
| 380 | + | 24 Before the Department or any county, city, village, township, | |
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| 391 | + | 1 incorporated town clerk or his duly designated agent or any | |
| 392 | + | 2 other person authorized or designated by the Department to | |
| 393 | + | 3 issue hunting licenses shall issue a hunting license to any | |
| 394 | + | 4 person, the person shall file his application with the | |
| 395 | + | 5 Department or other party authorized to issue licenses on a | |
| 396 | + | 6 form provided by the Department and further give definite | |
| 397 | + | 7 proof of identity and place of legal residence. Each clerk | |
| 398 | + | 8 designating agents to issue licenses and stamps shall furnish | |
| 399 | + | 9 the Department, within 10 days following the appointment, the | |
| 400 | + | 10 names and mailing addresses of the agents. Each clerk or his | |
| 401 | + | 11 duly designated agent shall be authorized to sell licenses and | |
| 402 | + | 12 stamps only within the territorial area for which he was | |
| 403 | + | 13 elected or appointed. No duly designated agent is authorized | |
| 404 | + | 14 to furnish licenses or stamps for issuance by any other | |
| 405 | + | 15 business establishment. Each application shall be executed and | |
| 406 | + | 16 sworn to and shall set forth the name and description of the | |
| 407 | + | 17 applicant and place of residence. | |
| 408 | + | 18 No hunting license shall be issued to any person born on or | |
| 409 | + | 19 after January 1, 1980 unless he presents the person authorized | |
| 410 | + | 20 to issue the license evidence that he has held a hunting | |
| 411 | + | 21 license issued by the State of Illinois or another state in a | |
| 412 | + | 22 prior year, or a certificate of competency as provided in this | |
| 413 | + | 23 Section. Persons under 18 years of age may be issued a Lifetime | |
| 414 | + | 24 Hunting or Sportsmen's Combination License as provided under | |
| 415 | + | 25 Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code but shall not | |
| 416 | + | 26 be entitled to hunt alone, without the supervision of an adult | |
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| 428 | + | 2 as provided in this Section and the certificate is in their | |
| 429 | + | 3 possession while hunting. | |
| 430 | + | 4 The Department of Natural Resources shall authorize | |
| 431 | + | 5 personnel of the Department or certified volunteer instructors | |
| 432 | + | 6 to conduct courses, of not less than 10 hours in length, in | |
| 433 | + | 7 firearms and hunter safety, which may include training in bow | |
| 434 | + | 8 and arrow safety, at regularly specified intervals throughout | |
| 435 | + | 9 the State. Persons successfully completing the course shall | |
| 436 | + | 10 receive a certificate of competency. The Department of Natural | |
| 437 | + | 11 Resources may further cooperate with any reputable association | |
| 438 | + | 12 or organization in establishing courses if the organization | |
| 439 | + | 13 has as one of its objectives the promotion of safety in the | |
| 440 | + | 14 handling of firearms or bow and arrow. | |
| 441 | + | 15 The Department of Natural Resources shall designate any | |
| 442 | + | 16 person found by it to be competent to give instruction in the | |
| 443 | + | 17 handling of firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. The | |
| 444 | + | 18 persons so appointed shall give the course of instruction and | |
| 445 | + | 19 upon the successful completion shall issue to the person | |
| 446 | + | 20 instructed a certificate of competency in the safe handling of | |
| 447 | + | 21 firearms, hunter safety, and bow and arrow. No charge shall be | |
| 448 | + | 22 made for any course of instruction except for materials or | |
| 449 | + | 23 ammunition consumed. The Department of Natural Resources shall | |
| 450 | + | 24 furnish information on the requirements of hunter safety | |
| 451 | + | 25 education programs to be distributed free of charge to | |
| 452 | + | 26 applicants for hunting licenses by the persons appointed and | |
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| 463 | + | 1 authorized to issue licenses. Funds for the conducting of | |
| 464 | + | 2 firearms and hunter safety courses shall be taken from the fee | |
| 465 | + | 3 charged for the Firearm Owners Identification Card. | |
| 466 | + | 4 The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species for a | |
| 467 | + | 5 resident of Illinois is $12. For residents age 65 or older, | |
| 468 | + | 6 and, commencing with the 2012 license year, resident veterans | |
| 469 | + | 7 of the United States Armed Forces after returning from service | |
| 470 | + | 8 abroad or mobilization by the President of the United States | |
| 471 | + | 9 as an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces, the | |
| 472 | + | 10 Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States | |
| 473 | + | 11 Armed Forces, the fee is one-half of the fee charged for a | |
| 474 | + | 12 hunting license to hunt all species for a resident of | |
| 475 | + | 13 Illinois. Veterans must provide to the Department acceptable | |
| 476 | + | 14 verification of their service. The Department shall establish | |
| 477 | + | 15 by administrative rule the procedure by which such | |
| 478 | + | 16 verification of service shall be made to the Department for | |
| 479 | + | 17 the purpose of issuing resident veterans hunting licenses at a | |
| 480 | + | 18 reduced fee. The fee for a hunting license to hunt all species | |
| 481 | + | 19 shall be $1 for residents over 75 years of age. Nonresidents | |
| 482 | + | 20 shall be charged $57 for a hunting license. | |
| 483 | + | 21 Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year hunting | |
| 484 | + | 22 license to hunt all species as described in Section 3.1 for 3 | |
| 485 | + | 23 times the annual fee. For residents age 65 or older and | |
| 486 | + | 24 resident veterans of the United States Armed Forces after | |
| 487 | + | 25 returning from service abroad or mobilization by the President | |
| 488 | + | 26 of the United States, the fee is one-half of the fee charged | |
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| 499 | + | 1 for a 3-year hunting license to hunt all species as described | |
| 500 | + | 2 in Section 3.1 for a resident of this State. Veterans must | |
| 501 | + | 3 provide to the Department, per administrative rule, | |
| 502 | + | 4 verification of their service. The Department shall establish | |
| 503 | + | 5 what constitutes suitable verification of service for the | |
| 504 | + | 6 purpose of issuing resident veterans 3-year hunting licenses | |
| 505 | + | 7 at a reduced fee. | |
| 506 | + | 8 Nonresidents may be issued a nonresident hunting license | |
| 507 | + | 9 for a period not to exceed 10 consecutive days' hunting in the | |
| 508 | + | 10 State and shall be charged a fee of $35. | |
| 509 | + | 11 A special nonresident hunting license authorizing a | |
| 510 | + | 12 nonresident to take game birds by hunting on a game breeding | |
| 511 | + | 13 and hunting preserve area only, established under Section | |
| 512 | + | 14 3.27, shall be issued upon proper application being made and | |
| 513 | + | 15 payment of a fee equal to that for a resident hunting license. | |
| 514 | + | 16 The expiration date of this license shall be on the same date | |
| 515 | + | 17 each year that game breeding and hunting preserve area | |
| 516 | + | 18 licenses expire. | |
| 517 | + | 19 Each applicant for a State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, | |
| 518 | + | 20 regardless of his residence or other condition, shall pay a | |
| 519 | + | 21 fee of $15 and shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State | |
| 520 | + | 22 Migratory Waterfowl Stamp shall be waived for residents over | |
| 521 | + | 23 75 years of age. Except as provided under Section 20-45 of the | |
| 522 | + | 24 Fish and Aquatic Life Code, the stamp shall be signed by the | |
| 523 | + | 25 person or affixed to his license or permit in a space | |
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| 535 | + | 1 Each applicant for a State Habitat Stamp, regardless of | |
| 536 | + | 2 his residence or other condition, shall pay a fee of $5 and | |
| 537 | + | 3 shall receive a stamp. The fee for a State Habitat Stamp shall | |
| 538 | + | 4 be waived for residents over 75 years of age. Except as | |
| 539 | + | 5 provided under Section 20-45 of the Fish and Aquatic Life | |
| 540 | + | 6 Code, the stamp shall be signed by the person or affixed to his | |
| 541 | + | 7 license or permit in a space designated by the Department for | |
| 542 | + | 8 that purpose. | |
| 543 | + | 9 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as to require | |
| 544 | + | 10 the purchase of more than one State Habitat Stamp by any person | |
| 545 | + | 11 in any one license year. | |
| 546 | + | 12 The fees for State Pheasant Stamps and State Furbearer | |
| 547 | + | 13 Stamps shall be waived for residents over 75 years of age. | |
| 548 | + | 14 The Department shall furnish the holders of hunting | |
| 549 | + | 15 licenses and stamps with an insignia as evidence of possession | |
| 550 | + | 16 of license, or license and stamp, as the Department may | |
| 551 | + | 17 consider advisable. The insignia shall be exhibited and used | |
| 552 | + | 18 as the Department may order. | |
| 553 | + | 19 All other hunting licenses and all State stamps shall | |
| 554 | + | 20 expire upon March 31 of each year. Three-year hunting licenses | |
| 555 | + | 21 shall expire on March 31 of the 2nd year after the year in | |
| 556 | + | 22 which the license is issued. | |
| 557 | + | 23 Every person holding any license, permit, or stamp issued | |
| 558 | + | 24 under the provisions of this Act shall have it in his | |
| 559 | + | 25 possession for immediate presentation for inspection to the | |
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| 572 | + | 2 demand for it. This provision shall not apply to Department | |
| 573 | + | 3 owned or managed sites where it is required that all hunters | |
| 574 | + | 4 deposit their license, permit, or Firearm Owner's | |
| 575 | + | 5 Identification Card at the check station upon entering the | |
| 576 | + | 6 hunting areas. | |
| 577 | + | 7 For the purposes of this Section, "acceptable | |
| 578 | + | 8 verification" means official documentation from the Department | |
| 579 | + | 9 of Defense or the appropriate Major Command showing | |
| 580 | + | 10 mobilization dates or service abroad dates, including: (i) a | |
| 581 | + | 11 DD-214, (ii) a letter from the Illinois Department of Military | |
| 582 | + | 12 Affairs for members of the Illinois National Guard, (iii) a | |
| 583 | + | 13 letter from the Regional Reserve Command for members of the | |
| 584 | + | 14 Armed Forces Reserve, (iv) a letter from the Major Command | |
| 585 | + | 15 covering Illinois for active duty members, (v) personnel | |
| 586 | + | 16 records for mobilized State employees, and (vi) any other | |
| 587 | + | 17 documentation that the Department, by administrative rule, | |
| 588 | + | 18 deems acceptable to establish dates of mobilization or service | |
| 589 | + | 19 abroad. | |
| 590 | + | 20 For the purposes of this Section, the term "service | |
| 591 | + | 21 abroad" means active duty service outside of the 50 United | |
| 592 | + | 22 States and the District of Columbia, and includes all active | |
| 593 | + | 23 duty service in territories and possessions of the United | |
| 594 | + | 24 States. | |
| 595 | + | 25 (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-780, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
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| 606 | + | 1 (520 ILCS 5/3.4) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.4) | |
| 607 | + | 2 Sec. 3.4. Trapping licenses. Before a trapping license | |
| 608 | + | 3 shall be issued to any person, such person shall make | |
| 609 | + | 4 application to the Department or any county, city, village, | |
| 610 | + | 5 township or incorporated town clerk or his or her duly | |
| 611 | + | 6 designated agent upon an application form provided by the | |
| 612 | + | 7 Department. This application shall be executed and sworn to | |
| 613 | + | 8 and shall set forth the name and description of the applicant | |
| 614 | + | 9 and his or her place of residence. | |
| 615 | + | 10 Residents of this State may obtain a one-year trapping | |
| 616 | + | 11 license. | |
| 617 | + | 12 The fee for a one-year trapping license for a resident of | |
| 618 | + | 13 this State shall be $10.00. | |
| 619 | + | 14 Residents of this State may obtain a 3-year trapping | |
| 620 | + | 15 license. The fee for a 3-year trapping license for a resident | |
| 621 | + | 16 of this State shall be 3 times the annual fee for a one-year | |
| 622 | + | 17 trapping license. | |
| 623 | + | 18 The Department may provide for a one-year non-resident | |
| 624 | + | 19 trapping license provided that any non-resident shall be | |
| 625 | + | 20 charged a fee of $175, and if the state in which the applicant | |
| 626 | + | 21 resides does not provide for trapping mammals by Illinois | |
| 627 | + | 22 residents, then the fee shall be $250. | |
| 628 | + | 23 Every person trapping mammals shall make a report properly | |
| 629 | + | 24 sworn to, to the Department, upon blanks supplied by the | |
| 630 | + | 25 Department for such purpose, of all hides of mammals taken, | |
| 631 | + | 26 sold, shipped or dealt in, during the open seasons for mammals | |
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| 642 | + | 1 together with the names and addresses of the parties to whom | |
| 643 | + | 2 the same were sold or shipped. Such report shall be made to the | |
| 644 | + | 3 Department within 15 days after the close of the trapping | |
| 645 | + | 4 season. Failure to report or filing false reports shall | |
| 646 | + | 5 subject the person to the penalties provided in Section 3.5. | |
| 647 | + | 6 Further, the Department may refuse to issue a trapping license | |
| 648 | + | 7 for the following year to any person who has failed to file | |
| 649 | + | 8 such a report. | |
| 650 | + | 9 One-year All trapping licenses shall expire on March 31 of | |
| 651 | + | 10 each year. Three-year trapping licenses shall expire on March | |
| 652 | + | 11 31 of the second year after the year in which the trapping | |
| 653 | + | 12 license is issued. | |
| 654 | + | 13 (Source: P.A. 100-123, eff. 1-1-18.) | |
| 655 | + | 14 (520 ILCS 5/3.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.36) | |
| 656 | + | 15 Sec. 3.36. Revocation and suspension. | |
| 657 | + | 16 (a) Whenever a license or permit is issued to any person | |
| 658 | + | 17 under this Act, and the holder thereof is found guilty of any | |
| 659 | + | 18 misrepresentation in obtaining such license or permit or of a | |
| 660 | + | 19 violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a | |
| 661 | + | 20 violation of any of the provisions of this Act, including | |
| 662 | + | 21 administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 663 | + | 22 that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 664 | + | 23 transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any wildlife | |
| 665 | + | 24 protected by this Code when any part of the United States Code | |
| 666 | + | 25 violation occurred in Illinois, his license or permit may be | |
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| 678 | + | 2 issue any permit or license to such person and may suspend the | |
| 679 | + | 3 person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 680 | + | 4 license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years following | |
| 681 | + | 5 such revocation. | |
| 682 | + | 6 Department revocation procedures shall be established by | |
| 683 | + | 7 Administrative rule. | |
| 684 | + | 8 (b) Whenever any person who has not been issued a license | |
| 685 | + | 9 or a permit under the provisions of this Code is found guilty | |
| 686 | + | 10 of a violation of Section 48-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or | |
| 687 | + | 11 a violation of the provisions of this Code, including | |
| 688 | + | 12 administrative rules, or a violation of the United States Code | |
| 689 | + | 13 that involves the taking, possessing, killing, harvesting, | |
| 690 | + | 14 transportation, selling, exporting, or importing any wildlife | |
| 691 | + | 15 protected by this Code when any part of the United States Code | |
| 692 | + | 16 violation occurred in Illinois, the Department may refuse to | |
| 693 | + | 17 issue any permit or license to that person, and suspend that | |
| 694 | + | 18 person from engaging in the activity requiring the permit or | |
| 695 | + | 19 license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years. | |
| 696 | + | 20 (c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any | |
| 697 | + | 21 of the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, | |
| 698 | + | 22 during such period when his license or permit is revoked or | |
| 699 | + | 23 denied by virtue of this Section or during the time he is | |
| 700 | + | 24 suspended under subsection (b), shall be guilty of a Class A | |
| 701 | + | 25 misdemeanor. The penalties for a violation of Section 48-3 of | |
| 702 | + | 26 the Criminal Code of 2012 shall be as provided in that Section. | |
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| 713 | + | 1 (d) Licenses and permits authorized to be issued under the | |
| 714 | + | 2 provisions of this Act shall be prepared by the Department and | |
| 715 | + | 3 be in such form as prescribed by the Department. The | |
| 716 | + | 4 information required on each license shall be completed | |
| 717 | + | 5 thereon by the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the time of | |
| 718 | + | 6 issuance and each license shall be signed by the licensee, or | |
| 719 | + | 7 initialed by the designated purchaser and then signed | |
| 720 | + | 8 immediately upon receipt by the licensee, and countersigned by | |
| 721 | + | 9 the issuing agent or his sub-agent at the time of issuance. All | |
| 722 | + | 10 such licenses shall be supplied by the Department, subject to | |
| 723 | + | 11 such rules and regulations as the Department may prescribe. | |
| 724 | + | 12 Any license not properly prepared, obtained and signed as | |
| 725 | + | 13 required by this Act shall be void. | |
| 726 | + | 14 (e) A person whose license or permit to engage in any | |
| 727 | + | 15 activity regulated by this Code has been suspended or revoked | |
| 728 | + | 16 may not, during the period of the suspension or revocation or | |
| 729 | + | 17 until obtaining such a license or permit, (i) be in the company | |
| 730 | + | 18 of any person engaging in the activity covered by the | |
| 731 | + | 19 suspension or revocation or (ii) serve as a guide, outfitter, | |
| 732 | + | 20 or facilitator for a person who is engaged or prepared to | |
| 733 | + | 21 engage in the activity covered by the suspension or | |
| 734 | + | 22 revocation. | |
| 735 | + | 23 (f) No person may be issued or obtain a license or permit | |
| 736 | + | 24 or engage in any activity regulated by this Code during the | |
| 737 | + | 25 time that the person's privilege to engage in the same or | |
| 738 | + | 26 similar activities is suspended or revoked by another state, | |
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| 749 | + | 1 by a federal agency, or by a province of Canada. | |
| 750 | + | 2 (g) Any person whose license, stamps, permits, or any | |
| 751 | + | 3 other privilege issued by the Department has been suspended or | |
| 752 | + | 4 revoked shall immediately return proof of such privileges to | |
| 753 | + | 5 the Department. The Department, or any law enforcement entity, | |
| 754 | + | 6 is authorized to take possession of any proof of privileges. | |
| 755 | + | 7 Any person failing to comply with this subsection by | |
| 756 | + | 8 possessing a suspended or revoked license, stamp, or permit | |
| 757 | + | 9 issued by the Department after having received written notice | |
| 758 | + | 10 from the Department or any other State agency or department of | |
| 759 | + | 11 such suspension or revocation is guilty of a Class A | |
| 760 | + | 12 misdemeanor. | |
| 761 | + | 13 (Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.) | |
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