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Illinois · Wildlife · §§ 520-5-1-1 to 520-5-4-4 · 167 sections

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  • 520 ILCS 5/1.1This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wildlife Code"
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.10The Department shall take all measures necessary for the conservation, distribution, introduction and restoration of birds and mammals
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.11Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.12The Department shall use the most modern conservation methods to manage wildlife on State controlled lands or waters for propagation or breeding wildlife
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.13Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.14All authorized employees of the Department shall have the power of, and shall be peace officers in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, and may carry such weapons as may be necessary to arrest any person resisting arrest
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.15All authorized employees of the Department, duly accredited officers of the U
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.16All State's Attorneys shall enforce the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, in their respective counties, and shall prosecute all persons charged with violating such provisions, when so requested by the Department
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.17All prosecutions provided for by this Act shall be brought before the Circuit Court for the county within which the offense was committed
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.18Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.19All authorized employees of the Department are empowered, pursuant to law, to enter all lands and waters to enforce the provisions of this Act
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2This Act shall be administered by and under the direction of the Department of Natural Resources
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.20The possession of any wild bird or wild mammal protected under this Act, is prima facie evidence that the same is subject to all the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, pertaining to the taking, possession and disposition thereof
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.21Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.22It shall be unlawful for any person to resist or obstruct any authorized employee of the Department or other peace officer in the discharge of his duties under the provisions hereof
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.23It shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself falsely to be an authorized employee of the Department, or to assume to act as such without having been duly appointed and employed as such
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.24Contraband wild birds or any part thereof (their nests or eggs), or wild mammals or any part thereof, or fur-bearing mammals or any part thereof seized and confiscated in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be disposed of as directed by the Department
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.25Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.26Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.27Any person who aids or contributes in any manner to a violation of this Act, including administrative rules, is individually liable, as a separate offense under the provisions hereof, for the penalties imposed against the person who committed the violation
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.28Fees and fines; deposit in funds
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.28aThe Wildlife and Fish Fund shall also be used for the purposes set forth in Section 1-235 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.29Migratory Waterfowl Stamp Fund
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2a"Administrative rule" means an administrative rule of the Department issued under Section 1.3 of this Act
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2aaCenterfire
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2b"Authorized Employee" means all sworn members of the Law Enforcement Division and those persons specifically granted law enforcement authorization by the Director
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2b-1Case
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2bbSingle shot
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2cWildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2c-1Daily Limit
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2d"Department" means the Department of Natural Resources
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2e"Director" means the Director of Natural Resources
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2f"Freshly killed" means any carcass, remains or parts of the body of any dead mammal or bird that has not been prepared for immediate consumption or storage for later consumption
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2g"Fur-bearing mammals" means the following specific species, mink, muskrat, raccoon, striped skunk, weasel, bobcat, opossum, beaver, river otter, badger, red fox, gray fox, and coyote
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2h"Game mammals" means the following specific species: cottontail, swamp, and jack rabbit, white-tailed deer, fox squirrel, gray squirrel and ground hog
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2i"Green hide" means any hide or pelt which has not been tanned
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2j"Gun" means shotgun, rifle, handgun, or air rifle
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2j-1"Bow and arrow" means a longbow, recurve bow, compound bow, or crossbow
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2j-2Air rifle
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2k"Hunt" means the act of a person possessing a weapon or being accompanied by a dog or a bird of prey for the purpose of taking species protected by this Act in any location such species may inhabit
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2k-1Hunting license
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2l"Person" includes the plural "persons", "females" as well as "males" and shall extend and be applied to clubs, associations, corporations, firms and partnerships as well as individuals
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2mWildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2m-1Possession Limit
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2n"Sale" means to sell, barter or otherwise offer goods to another for consideration
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2o"Take" means hunt, shoot, pursue, lure, kill, destroy, capture, gig or spear, trap or ensnare, harass, or to attempt to do so
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2p"Transport" or "ship" means to convey by means of parcel post, express, freight baggage or shipment by common carrier of any description; or by automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle of any kind; or by water or aircraft of any kind or by any other means of transportation whatsoever
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2q"Trap" means to capture, or attempt to capture, by setting or placing a leg hold trap, cushion-hold trap, bodygripping trap, cage or box trap, snare or other similar device permitted by this Act to capture, hold or kill any wildlife protected by this Act
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2q-1Trapping license
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2q-2Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2r"Vehicle" means any device capable of transporting a person on land, on ice, on water, in water, or in the air
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2s"Wild" means not ordinarily domesticated, and ordinarily living unconfined in a state of nature without the care of man
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2t"Wildlife" means any bird or mammal that is by nature wild by way of distinction from a bird or mammal that is naturally tame and is ordinarily living unconfined in a state of nature without the care of man
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2u"Individual" means a natural person
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2v"Water set" means any trap or similar device which is placed or set in contact with flowing or impounded water
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2v-1Youth
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2w"Land set" means any trap or similar device which is not placed or set in contact with flowing or impounded water
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2xTaxidermy
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2y"Hound running" means pursuing any fox, coyote, raccoon, or rabbit with a hound
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.2z"Authorized species" means any fox, coyote, raccoon, or rabbit associated with a hound running area
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.3The Department shall have the authority to manage wildlife and regulate the taking of wildlife for the purposes of providing public recreation and controlling wildlife populations
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.30The Department has the authority to sell Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.31Pheasant Fund
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.32Distribution of funds; State Furbearer Committee
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.4The Department is authorized to make rules and regulations for carrying out, administering and enforcing the provisions of this Act
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.5The Department is authorized to cooperate with the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Illinois in making pollution investigations and making reports thereof
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.6Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.7Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.8Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.9Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.9-1The following described areas are designated as State game farms: Wilmington State Game Farm in Will County; Glen D
  • 520 ILCS 5/1.9-2Eminent domain
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.1Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.10The Department may, on an annual basis, establish a spring wild turkey open season within the period beginning on March 1 and running through May 31, and a fall wild turkey season within the period beginning on October 1 and running through January 31
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.11Before any person may lawfully hunt wild turkey, he shall first obtain a "Wild Turkey Hunting Permit" in accordance with the prescribed regulations set forth in an administrative rule of the Department
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.13It shall be unlawful for any person to take Hungarian partridge except with shotgun, or bow and arrow, during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of October 15th - January 31st, both inclusive
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.15It shall be unlawful for any person to possess at any time any net or trap for the purpose of netting or trapping any of the game birds defined by this Act
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.16It shall be unlawful to sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, buy or barter, or offer to buy or barter any of the game birds defined in this Act, whether taken in this State or in some other state and imported into Illinois, except as provided in Sections 3.23, 3.24, and 3.27 of this Act
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.18Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.18-1Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.19It shall be unlawful to use a floating blind for the taking of migratory waterfowl, as permitted by this Act, unless such blind is anchored in a stationary position when in use
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.2This Act shall apply only to the wild birds and parts of wild birds (including, but not limited to, their nests and eggs), and wild mammals and parts of wild mammals, which shall include their green hides, in the State of Illinois, or which may be brought into the State
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.20It shall be unlawful to take waterfowl or any species of wildlife in any area managed by the Department unless those species are taken in compliance with the rules and regulations established by the Department of which notice is given in accordance with Section 1.13
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.23Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.24It shall be unlawful to take or possess deer in this State, except in compliance with the provisions of Sections 2.25, 2.26, and 3.23 and subsections (a), (g), (n), (r), (t), (w), and (y) of Section 2.33, and the administrative rules issued under the provisions of those Sections
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.25Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.26Deer hunting permits
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.27It shall be unlawful for any person to take cottontail, jack, and swamp rabbits except with a gun or bow and arrow during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of October 1st to February 28th, both inclusive
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.28It shall be unlawful for any person to take fox squirrels and gray squirrels except with a gun or bow and arrow during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of May 1st to February 28
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.29Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.2aInvasive and exotic wild animals
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.2bImminent threat; nuisance permits
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.3Release of Wildlife - Permission
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.30Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.30bRiver otter and bobcat pelts
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.30cBobcat hunting and trapping permit; fee
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.31Except as provided in Section 2.30, it shall be unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take wild birds or wild mammals along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or highway in this State
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.32It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to molest, destroy or attempt to destroy any feed bed, nest, den, house or other cavity of any of the wild mammals protected by this Act except as provided in Section 2.37
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.33Prohibitions
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.33-1Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.33aTrapping
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.33bComputer-assisted remote hunting; prohibition
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.34Dog trials
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.35Wild game birds or fur-bearing mammals
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.36Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.36aValue of protected species; violations
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.37Authority to kill wildlife responsible for damage
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.38Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.39(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.4The term birds of prey shall include all species of owls, falcons, hawks, kites, harriers, ospreys and eagles
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.5(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.5a(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.6Pheasant season; limits
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.7It shall be unlawful for any person to take quail except with shotgun, or bow and arrow, and only during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of October 15th - January 31st, both inclusive
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.8It is unlawful for any person to take ruffed, sharp-tailed, and pinnated grouse (prairie chicken) in this State at any time
  • 520 ILCS 5/2.9It shall be unlawful for any person to take or possess wild turkey unless they are taken or possessed in compliance with Sections 2.10 and 2.11 and any administrative rules issued pursuant to the provisions of such Sections
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1License and stamps required
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.11Resident fur buyer permits
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-1(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.12(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-2Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-3Deer, waterfowl, and wild turkey outfitter permit; application and fees
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.14Record keeping; fur buyers and non-resident auction participants
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-4Military members returning from mobilization and service outside the United States
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.15Purchase of green hides
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-5Apprentice Hunter License Program
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.16Fur tanner permits
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-6Special deer, turkey, and combination hunting licenses
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.16aNon-resident auction participation permit; fee
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-7Terminally ill hunter or trapper licensing program
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.18Non-resident fur buyers
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.19Permit requirements
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.1-9Youth Hunting and Trapping License
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.2Hunting license; application; instruction
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.20Reporting; fur buyers and non-resident auction participants
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.21(a) Every person before engaging in the business of taxidermy shall obtain a license for such purpose from the Department
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.22Issuance of scientific and special purpose permits
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.23Before any person shall hold, possess or engage in the raising of game mammals, game birds or migratory game birds protected by this Act, he shall procure a permit from the Department to do so
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.24Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.25Any individual who, within the State of Illinois, holds, possesses or engages in the breeding or raising of live fur-bearing mammals, protected by this Act, except as provided in Sections 1.6 or 1.7, shall be a fur-bearing mammal breeder in the meaning of this Act
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.26Hound running area permits; requirements
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.27Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.28Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.29For the purpose of this Act, game birds shall be released upon licensed game breeding and hunting preserve areas in a manner satisfactory to the Department
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.2aEvery person holding any license, permit or stamp issued under the provisions hereof shall have it in his possession for immediate presentation for inspection to the officers and authorized employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff or any other peace officer making a demand for it
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.3Trapping license required
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.30Game birds may be taken upon a Class A game breeding and hunting preserve area only during the period from September 1st to April 15th of each year, both dates inclusive
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.31Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.33Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.34(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.35Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.36Revocation and suspension
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.37The Department of Natural Resources has the authority to designate agents to sell licenses, stamps and permits on behalf of the Department
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.38Within 30 days after the expiration of the time in which any class of license is usable, payment for licenses sold shall be made in full to the Department and the respective persons possessed of blank forms thereof shall return same to the Department prepaid
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.39Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.4Trapping licenses
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.40Accidents; Reports - Transmittal of information
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.4aEvery person holding any license, stamp or permit issued under the provisions hereof shall have the same in his possession for immediate presentation for inspection to the authorized employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer, making demand for same
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.4bConcealed firearm exemption
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.5Penalties; probation
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.6(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.7(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/3.8(Repealed)
  • 520 ILCS 5/4.1Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/4.2Wildlife › 520 ILCS 5 — Wildlife Code
  • 520 ILCS 5/4.3It shall be unlawful for transportation companies or common carriers knowingly to transport into this State from without the State, any wild bird or wild mammal protected under the provisions hereof, illegally taken and shipped contrary to any laws, rules or regulations of the State of origin
  • 520 ILCS 5/4.4Should any court hold any section, subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision of this Act to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason whatsoever such holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act

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