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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 | | 2.2b as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.2b new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2.2b. Imminent threat; nuisance permits. |
| 8 | | (a) It shall not be illegal for an owner or tenant of land, |
| 9 | | or their designated agent, to immediately take on his or her |
| 10 | | property a gray wolf, Canis lupus; American black bear, Ursus |
| 11 | | americanus; or cougar, Puma concolor if, at any time, the gray |
| 12 | | wolf, American black bear, or cougar is stalking, causing an |
| 13 | | imminent threat, or there is a reasonable expectation that it |
| 14 | | causes an imminent threat of physical harm or death to a human, |
| 15 | | livestock, domestic animals or harm to structures or other |
| 16 | | property on the owner or tenant's land. |
| 17 | | (b) The Department may grant a nuisance permit to the owner |
| 18 | | or tenant of land, or their designated agent, for the taking of |
| 19 | | a gray wolf, American black bear, or cougar that is causing a |
| 20 | | threat to an owner or tenant of land or his or her property |
| 21 | | that is not an immediate threat under subsection (a) of this |
| 22 | | Section. |
| 23 | | (c) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this |