AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 1.3, 1.4, 1.20, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 and 2.20 of the Wildlife Code [520 ILCS 5].
SOURCE: Adopted at 4 Ill. Reg. 15, p. 153, effective April 1, 1980; codified at 5 Ill. Reg. 10643; amended at 6 Ill. Reg. 3852, effective March 31, 1982; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 4208, effective March 25, 1983; amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 5663, effective April 16, 1984; amended at 9 Ill. Reg. 6200, effective April 24, 1985; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 6848, effective April 4, 1986; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 2267, effective January 20, 1987; amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 5342, effective March 8, 1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 5090, effective April 4, 1989; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 663, effective January 2, 1990; amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 4161, effective March 4, 1991; amended at 16 Ill. Reg. 1843, effective January 17, 1992; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 3184, effective March 2, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 1156, effective January 18, 1994; emergency amendment at 18 Ill. Reg. 3751, effective March 1, 1994, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired July 29, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 2450, effective February 17, 1995; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 5312, effective April 1, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired August 29, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 777, effective December 29, 1995; recodified by changing the agency name from Department of Conservation to Department of Natural Resources at 20 Ill. Reg. 9389; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 3125, effective March 3, 1997; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 2192, effective January 2, 1998; amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 19568, effective October 23, 1998; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 11956, effective September 21, 1999; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 7984, effective May 24, 2000; amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 17778, effective November 27, 2000; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 14176, effective October 22, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 18028, effective December 6, 2002; amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 17075, effective October 22, 2003; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 3935, effective February 24, 2005; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 20484, effective December 2, 2005; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 1958, effective January 16, 2007; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 16476, effective November 28, 2007; amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 19742, effective December 3, 2008; amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 4868, effective March 19, 2010; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 3705, effective February 16, 2011; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 20588, effective December 9, 2011; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 1898, effective February 4, 2013; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 20688, effective December 12, 2013; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 22780, effective November 18, 2014; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 10951, effective July 27, 2015; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 10630, effective July 20, 2016; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 85, effective December 22, 2016; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 8727, effective June 28, 2017; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 12599, effective September 20, 2017; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 13174, effective June 22, 2018; amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 9581, effective August 23, 2019; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 14137, effective August 20, 2020; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 12769, effective September 24, 2021; amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 18760, effective November 2, 2022; emergency amendment at 46 Ill. Reg. 20083, effective November 29, 2022, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment expired April 27, 2023; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4042, effective March 1, 2024; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 15607, effective October 17, 2024.