Sen. Andy Manar
Filed: 10/22/2013
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 853
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 853 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 3.1-9 as follows:
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| 6 | (520 ILCS 5/3.1-9 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3.1-9. Youth Hunting License. | ||||||
| 8 | Any resident youth age 16 and under may apply to the | ||||||
| 9 | Department for a Youth Hunting License, which extends limited | ||||||
| 10 | hunting privileges. The Youth Hunting License shall be a | ||||||
| 11 | renewable license that shall expire on the March 31 following | ||||||
| 12 | the date of issuance. | ||||||
| 13 | For youth age 16 and under, the Youth Hunting License shall | ||||||
| 14 | entitle the licensee to hunt while supervised by a parent, | ||||||
| 15 | grandparent, or guardian who is 21 years of age or older and | ||||||
| 16 | has a valid Illinois hunting license. Possession of a Youth | ||||||
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| 1 | Hunting License shall serve in lieu of a valid hunting license, | ||||||
| 2 | but does not exempt the licensee from compliance with the | ||||||
| 3 | requirements of this Code and any rules adopted under this | ||||||
| 4 | Code. | ||||||
| 5 | A youth licensed under this Section shall not hunt or carry | ||||||
| 6 | a hunting device, including, but not limited to, a firearm, bow | ||||||
| 7 | and arrow, or crossbow unless the youth is accompanied by and | ||||||
| 8 | under the close personal supervision of a parent, grandparent, | ||||||
| 9 | or guardian who is 21 years of age or older and has a valid | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois hunting license. | ||||||
| 11 | At age 17 years or when the youth chooses to hunt by | ||||||
| 12 | themselves, they are required to successfully complete a hunter | ||||||
| 13 | safety course approved by the Department prior to being able to | ||||||
| 14 | obtain a full hunting license and subsequently hunt by | ||||||
| 15 | themselves. | ||||||
| 16 | In order to be approved for the Youth Hunting License, the | ||||||
| 17 | applicant must request a Youth Hunting License from the | ||||||
| 18 | Department and submit a $7 fee, which shall be separate from | ||||||
| 19 | and additional to any other stamp, permit, tag, or license fee | ||||||
| 20 | that may be required for hunting under this Code. The | ||||||
| 21 | Department shall adopt rules for the administration of the | ||||||
| 22 | program, but shall not require any certificate of competency or | ||||||
| 23 | other hunting education as a condition of the Youth Hunting | ||||||
| 24 | License.
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.".
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