HB2618 Summary

• Exempts veterans certified as at least 10% disabled with service-related disabilities or receiving total disability pensions from obtaining trapping licenses.

• Allows military members returning from mobilization or service outside the U.S. to trap without paying licensing fees if they apply within 2 years of returning home.

• Adds trapping licenses to the terminally ill hunter licensing program, allowing the Director to issue licenses and waive all associated fees.

• Exempts active duty Armed Forces members and Illinois residents with Type 1 or Type 4, Class 2 disabilities from procuring trapping licenses.

• Adds new definitions for "trapping license" and "Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit" to the Illinois Wildlife Code.