Bill Text: IL HB3770 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Herptiles-Herps Act. Modifies the definition of "special use herptile" and adds "consumptive use" and "herpetoculture" to the definitions in the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3770 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3770-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning animals.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Herptiles-Herps Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1-15 as follows:
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6 | (510 ILCS 68/1-15)
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7 | Sec. 1-15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | terms are defined as: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Administrative rule" means a regulatory measure issued by | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the Director under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Authorized law enforcement officer" means all sworn | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | members of the Law Enforcement Division of the Department and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | those persons specifically granted law enforcement | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | authorization by the Director. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | "Bona fide scientific or educational institution" means | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | confirming educational or scientific tax-exemption, from the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | federal Internal Revenue Service or the applicant's national, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | state, or local tax authority, or a statement of accreditation | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | or recognition as an educational institution.
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21 | "Consumptive use" means the removal of a herptile from the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | wild for personal use, including, but not limited to, as a pet | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | or hobby. |
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1 | "Contraband" means all reptile or amphibian life or any | ||||||
2 | part of reptile or amphibian life taken, bought, sold or | ||||||
3 | bartered, shipped, or held in possession or any conveyance, | ||||||
4 | vehicle, watercraft, or other means of transportation | ||||||
5 | whatsoever, except sealed railroad cars or other sealed common | ||||||
6 | carriers, used to transport or ship any reptile or amphibian | ||||||
7 | life or any part of reptile or amphibian life taken, contrary | ||||||
8 | to this Act, including administrative rules, or used to | ||||||
9 | transport, contrary to this Act, including administrative | ||||||
10 | rules, any of the specified species when taken illegally.
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11 | "Culling" means picking out from others and removing | ||||||
12 | rejected members because of inferior quality. | ||||||
13 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Natural | ||||||
14 | Resources. | ||||||
15 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department | ||||||
16 | of Natural Resources. | ||||||
17 | "Educational program" means a program of organized | ||||||
18 | instruction or study for providing education intended to meet | ||||||
19 | a public need. | ||||||
20 | "Endangered or threatened species" means any species | ||||||
21 | listed as endangered or threatened to the species level on | ||||||
22 | either the Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Fauna or | ||||||
23 | the federal U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service List of Threatened | ||||||
24 | and Endangered Species. | ||||||
25 | "Herptile" means collectively any amphibian or reptile | ||||||
26 | taxon, whether indigenous to this State or not. |
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1 | "Herpetoculture" means the breeding, hatching, | ||||||
2 | propagation, or raising of indigenous or native herptiles in | ||||||
3 | captivity. | ||||||
4 | "Indigenous or native taxa" means those amphibians and | ||||||
5 | reptiles to the subspecies level that can be found naturally | ||||||
6 | in this State. | ||||||
7 | "Individual" means a natural person. | ||||||
8 | "Medically significant" means a venomous or poisonous | ||||||
9 | species whose venom or toxin can cause death or serious | ||||||
10 | illness or injury in humans that may require emergency room | ||||||
11 | care or the immediate care of a physician. These species are | ||||||
12 | categorized as being "medically significant" or "medically | ||||||
13 | important". | ||||||
14 | "Owner" means an individual who has a legal right to the | ||||||
15 | possession of a herptile. | ||||||
16 | "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, | ||||||
17 | organization, trade or professional association, firm, limited | ||||||
18 | liability company, joint venture, or group. | ||||||
19 | "Possession limit" means the maximum number or amount of | ||||||
20 | herptiles that can be lawfully held or possessed by one person | ||||||
21 | at any time. | ||||||
22 | "Possessor" means any person who possesses, keeps, | ||||||
23 | harbors, brings into the State, cares for, acts as a custodian | ||||||
24 | for, has in his or her custody or control, or holds a property | ||||||
25 | right to a herptile. | ||||||
26 | "Reptile show" means any event open to the public, for a |
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1 | fee or without a fee, that is not a licensed pet store, where | ||||||
2 | herptiles or herptiles together with other animals are | ||||||
3 | exhibited, displayed, sold, bought, traded, or otherwise made | ||||||
4 | available for public display. | ||||||
5 | "Resident" means a person who in good faith makes | ||||||
6 | application for any license or permit and verifies by | ||||||
7 | statement that he or she has maintained his or her permanent | ||||||
8 | abode in this State for a period of at least 30 consecutive | ||||||
9 | days immediately preceding the person's application, and who | ||||||
10 | does not maintain permanent abode or claim residency in | ||||||
11 | another state for the purposes of obtaining any of the same or | ||||||
12 | similar licenses or permits under this Act. A person's | ||||||
13 | permanent abode is his or her fixed and permanent dwelling | ||||||
14 | place, as distinguished from a temporary or transient place of | ||||||
15 | residence. Domiciliary intent is required to establish that | ||||||
16 | the person is maintaining his or her permanent abode in this | ||||||
17 | State. Evidence of domiciliary intent includes, but is not | ||||||
18 | limited to, the location where the person votes, pays personal | ||||||
19 | income tax, or obtains a drivers license. Any person on active | ||||||
20 | duty in the Armed Forces shall be considered a resident of | ||||||
21 | Illinois during his or her period of military duty. | ||||||
22 | "Special use herptile" means any taxon of amphibian or | ||||||
23 | reptile for which a Herptile Special Use permit is required | ||||||
24 | for acquisition and possession . | ||||||
25 | "Take" means possess, collect, catch, detain, hunt, shoot, | ||||||
26 | pursue, lure, kill, destroy, capture, gig or spear, trap or |
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1 | ensnare, harass, or an attempt to do so.
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2 | "Transport" or "ship" means to convey by parcel post, | ||||||
3 | express, freight, baggage, or shipment by common carrier or | ||||||
4 | any description; by automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle | ||||||
5 | of any kind; by water or aircraft of any kind; or by any other | ||||||
6 | means of transportation.
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7 | "Turtle farming" means the act of breeding, hatching, | ||||||
8 | raising, selling turtles, or any combination commercially for | ||||||
9 | the purpose of providing turtles, turtle eggs, or turtle parts | ||||||
10 | to pet suppliers, exporters, and food industries. | ||||||
11 | "Wildlife sanctuary" means any non-profit organization | ||||||
12 | that: (1) is exempt from taxation under the federal Internal | ||||||
13 | Revenue Code and is currently confirmed as tax exempt by the | ||||||
14 | federal Internal Revenue Service; (2) operates a place of | ||||||
15 | refuge where wild animals are provided care for their lifetime | ||||||
16 | or released back to their natural range; (3) does not conduct | ||||||
17 | activities on animals in its possession that are not inherent | ||||||
18 | to the animal's nature; (4) does not use animals in its | ||||||
19 | possession for entertainment; (5) does not sell, trade, or | ||||||
20 | barter animals in its possession or parts of those animals; | ||||||
21 | and (6) does not breed animals in its possession.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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