520 ILCS 30/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Hunting Heritage Protection Act. (Source: P.A. 93-837, eff. 1-1-05.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 520 ILCS 30 — Illinois Hunting Heritage Protection Act.
Illinois · statute · 520 ILCS 30 · 4 active provisions
Provisions
520 ILCS 30/5
Findings
Findings. The General Assembly finds the following: (1) Recreational hunting is an important and traditional recreational activity in which 14,000,000 Americans 16 years of age and older participate. (2) Hunters have been and continue to be among the foremost supporters of sound wildlife management and conservation pra…
520 ILCS 30/10
Definitions
Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. "Department-managed lands" means those lands that the Department owns or those lands of which the Department holds management authority. "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources. "Hunting" means the lawful pursu…
520 ILCS 30/15
Recreational hunting
Recreational hunting. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, Department-managed lands shall be open to access and use for recreational hunting except as limited by the Department for reasons of public safety, fish or wildlife management, or homeland security or as otherwise limited by law. (b) The Department shall exerc…