Section 525.30 General Provisions

Section 525

Section 525.30  General

Provisions

a)         Nuisance Wildlife Control Permits are not transferable.

b)         Under no circumstances shall a Nuisance Wildlife Control

Permit be used in lieu of a scientific collector's permit (see 520 ILCS 5/3.22)

or sport or commercial licenses (see 520 ILCS 5/3.1, 3.3 and 3.27).

c)         The Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit or an electronic/digital

copy must be carried on the person at all times when taking or transporting

fauna and be presented, upon request, to any authorized employee of the

Department or any peace officer.  Violation is a petty offense (see 520 ILCS

5/2.37).

d)         It

shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself or herself falsely to be

an authorized employee of the Department, or to assume to act as such without

having been duly appointed and employed.  Violation is a petty offense (see

Section 2.37 of the Code).

e)         A

Class A Nuisance permittee is an industrial user as listed in the Hypodermic

Syringes and Needles Act [720 ILCS 635].

f)         It is

unlawful for any person to take any protected species during the firearm deer

hunting season in those counties open to firearm deer hunting, unless he or she

wears, when in the field, a cap and outer garment of a solid blaze orange

color, with those articles of clothing displaying a minimum of 400 square

inches of blaze orange material.  Violation is a Class B misdemeanor (see Section

2.33(ff) of the Code).

g)         The taking of white-tailed deer is prohibited except for the

salvage and disposal of dead white-tailed deer in accordance with Section

525.45.

h)         The

taking of bats is prohibited except as provided in Sections 525.55 and 525.75.

i)          The taking of game birds is prohibited except as provided in

Section 525.60.

j)          The taking of migratory birds is prohibited except as

provided in Sections 525.65 and 525.75

prohibited except for the

salvage and disposal of dead white-tailed deer in accordance with Section

525.45.

h)         The

taking of bats is prohibited except as provided in Sections 525.55 and 525.75.

i)          The taking of game birds is prohibited except as provided in

Section 525.60.

j)          The taking of migratory birds is prohibited except as

provided in Sections 525.65 and 525.75.

k)         The taking of bald or golden eagles and species classified as

endangered or threatened under the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act (see

the list of species in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 1010) is prohibited.