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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5901 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources, beginning with the 2013 deer hunting season, shall conduct an Earn-A-Buck pilot program. Provides that, upon reporting the taking of an antlerless deer, the hunter shall be issued an additional either-sex permit to allow the hunter to take an additional antlered deer, and that this additional permit shall not be counted toward one of the 2 antlered deer a hunter may take in a year, allowing a hunter who takes an antlerless deer to take up to 3 antlered deer in a year. Provides that the Department may adopt rules to establish and administer the Earn-A-Buck pilot program.
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| | HB5901 | | LRB097 20567 CEL 66178 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2.45 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.45 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2.45. Earn-A-Buck program. The Department, beginning |
| 8 | | with the 2013 deer hunting season, shall conduct an Earn-A-Buck |
| 9 | | pilot program. Upon reporting the taking of an antlerless deer, |
| 10 | | the hunter shall be issued an additional either-sex permit to |
| 11 | | allow the hunter to take an additional antlered deer. This |
| 12 | | additional permit shall not be counted toward one of the 2 |
| 13 | | antlered deer a hunter may take in a year, allowing a hunter |
| 14 | | who takes an antlerless deer to take up to 3 antlered deer in a |
| 15 | | year. |
| 16 | | The Department, after the 2014 deer hunting season, shall |
| 17 | | compare bag totals and herd management data from the 2013 and |
| 18 | | 2014 deer seasons with bag totals and herd management data from |
| 19 | | previous deer hunting seasons to determine whether the |
| 20 | | Earn-A-Buck program shall continue in the State to assist with |
| 21 | | deer herd management. |
| 22 | | The Department may adopt rules to establish and administer |
| 23 | | the Earn-A-Buck pilot program.
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