(520 ILCS 30/5)
Sec. 5. 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.
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(2) Hunters have been and continue to be among the foremost supporters of sound wildlife
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| management and conservation practices in the United States.
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(3) Persons who hunt and organizations related to hunting provide direct assistance to
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| wildlife managers and enforcement officers of federal, state, and local governments.
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(4) Purchases of hunting licenses, permits, and stamps and payment of excise taxes on
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| goods used by hunters have generated billions of dollars for wildlife conservation, research, and management.
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(5) Recreational hunting is an essential component of effective wildlife management, in
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| that it is an important tool for reducing conflicts between people and wildlife and provides incentives for the conservation of wildlife, habitats, and ecosystems on which wildlife depend.
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(6) Recreational hunting is an environmentally acceptable activity that occurs and can
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| be provided for on State public lands without adverse effects on other uses of that land.
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(Source: P.A. 93-837, eff. 1-1-05.)
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