Bill Text: IL HB1854 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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 (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1854 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1854-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning fish.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10-100 as follows:
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6 | (515 ILCS 5/10-100) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-100)
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7 | Sec. 10-100. Release of aquatic life. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) It shall be unlawful to
release any aquatic life
into | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the the wild in this State without first securing permission of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the
Department to do so, except that the owner of a body of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | water may release
aquatic life indigenous to the State of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Illinois into waters wholly upon his or her property. The | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Department shall have the authority to promulgate
necessary | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | rules and regulations, under the Illinois Administrative
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15 | Procedure Act, regulating the possession, transportation, and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | shipping of
aquatic life not indigenous to the State of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Illinois. All aquatic life may be
immediately returned unharmed | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | from where they were taken. A violation of this subsection (a) | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | is a Class B misdemeanor.
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20 | (b) It is unlawful to possess, transport, or release any | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | live specimen or viable gametes of any species listed as | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | injurious by administrative rule, unless authorized by that | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | rule. A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A |
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1 | misdemeanor.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 98-1044, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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