Bill Text: IL HB4119 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin. Defines "shark" and "shark fin". [Track Bill]
Status: 2012-07-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0733 [HB4119 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4119-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 097-0733 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning fish.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | ||||
adding Section 5-30 as follows:
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(515 ILCS 5/5-30 new) | ||||
Sec. 5-30. Shark fins. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section, "shark" means any species of | ||||
the subclass Elasmobranchii. | ||||
(b) As used in this Section, "shark fin" means a raw, | ||||
dried, or otherwise processed detached fin or a raw, dried, or | ||||
otherwise processed detached tail of a shark. | ||||
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this | ||||
Section, a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, | ||||
or distribute a shark fin on or after January 1, 2013. | ||||
(d) Until July 1, 2013, any person may possess, sell, offer | ||||
for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin possessed by that | ||||
person on January 1, 2013.
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