Bill Text: IL HB2804 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0567 [HB2804 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2804-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0567 [HB2804 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2804-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 2.36 as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.36)
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7 | Sec. 2.36. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell or barter, or | ||||||
8 | offer to buy,
sell or
barter, and for a commercial institution, | ||||||
9 | other than a regularly
operated refrigerated storage | ||||||
10 | establishment, to have in its possession
any of the wild birds, | ||||||
11 | or any part thereof (and their eggs), or wild
mammals or any | ||||||
12 | parts thereof, protected by this Act unless
done as hereinafter | ||||||
13 | provided:
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14 | Game birds or any parts thereof (and their eggs), may be | ||||||
15 | held,
possessed, raised and sold, or otherwise dealt with, as | ||||||
16 | provided in
Section 3.23 of this Act or when legally produced | ||||||
17 | under similar special
permit in another state or country and | ||||||
18 | legally transported into the
State of Illinois; provided that | ||||||
19 | such imported game birds or any parts
thereof, shall be marked | ||||||
20 | with permanent irremovable tags, or similar
devices, to | ||||||
21 | establish and retain their origin and identity;
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22 | Rabbits may be legally taken and possessed as provided in | ||||||
23 | Sections
3.23, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act;
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1 | Deer, or any parts thereof, may be held, possessed, sold or | ||||||
2 | otherwise
dealt with as provided in this Section and Sections | ||||||
3 | 3.23 and 3.24 of this Act;
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4 | If a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat | ||||||
5 | processing facility and the owner of the deer (i) fails to | ||||||
6 | claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) | ||||||
7 | notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner | ||||||
8 | no longer wants the processed deer, then the deer meat may be | ||||||
9 | given away by the licensed meat processor to another person. | ||||||
10 | The licensed meat processing facility may charge the person | ||||||
11 | receiving the deer meat a reasonable and customary processing | ||||||
12 | fee; | ||||||
13 | Fur-bearing mammals, or any parts thereof, may be held, | ||||||
14 | possessed,
sold or otherwise dealt with as provided in Sections | ||||||
15 | 3.16, 3.24, and 3.26 of
this Act or when legally taken and | ||||||
16 | possessed in Illinois or
legally taken and possessed in and | ||||||
17 | transported from other
states or countries;
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18 | The inedible parts of game mammals may be held, possessed, | ||||||
19 | sold or
otherwise dealt with when legally taken, in Illinois or | ||||||
20 | legally taken and
possessed in and transported
from other | ||||||
21 | states or countries.
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22 | Failure to establish proof of the legality of possession in | ||||||
23 | another
state or country and importation into the State of | ||||||
24 | Illinois, shall be
prima facie evidence that such game birds or | ||||||
25 | any parts thereof, and
their eggs, game mammals and fur-bearing | ||||||
26 | mammals, or any parts thereof,
were taken within the State of |
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1 | Illinois.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 95-196, eff. 1-1-08.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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