Family Deer Hunting Permits

HB 0674 - Amends the Wildlife Code. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to issue deer permits without charge to the immediate family of an Illinois landowner who resides in Illinois, owns at least 40 acres of Illinois land, and wishes to hunt his or her land; however, those permits are valid for hunting only on that landowner's land. Members of a landowner's immediate family who do not wish to hunt only on land owned by their immediate family member shall be charged the same fee as the landowner. Defines "immediate family". Effective immediately.