Bill Text: IL HB0849 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful release or introduction of aquatic life.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0849 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0849-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0849 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
515 ILCS 5/10-100 from Ch. 56, par. 10-100
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful release or introduction of aquatic life.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning fish.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
changing Section 10-100 as follows:
(515 ILCS 5/10-100) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-100)
Sec. 10-100. Release of aquatic life.
(a) It shall be unlawful to release any aquatic life into
the the wild in this State without first securing permission of
the Department to do so, except that the owner of a body of
water may release aquatic life indigenous to the State of
Illinois into waters wholly upon his or her property. The
Department shall have the authority to promulgate necessary
rules and regulations, under the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, regulating the possession, transportation, and
shipping of aquatic life not indigenous to the State of
Illinois. All aquatic life may be immediately returned unharmed
from where they were taken.
(b) It is unlawful to possess, transport, or release any
live specimen or viable gametes of any species listed as
injurious by administrative rule, unless authorized by that
rule. A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A
misdemeanor.

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(Source: P.A. 94-592, eff. 1-1-06.)