Bill Text: IL SB2129 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Authorizes persons to take shad and drum by means of a pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow device, spear, or gig. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0433 [SB2129 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2129-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB2129 Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dan Rutherford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
515 ILCS 5/10-110 from Ch. 56, par. 10-110
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Authorizes persons to take shad and drum by means of a pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow device, spear, or gig. Effective immediately.
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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 10-110 as follows:
(515 ILCS 5/10-110) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-110)
Sec. 10-110. Taking carp, buffalo, suckers, gar, and
bowfin, shad, and drum. Carp, buffalo, suckers, gar, and
bowfin, shad, and drum may be taken by means of a pitchfork,
underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device,
spear, or gig. Each person taking fish by these means shall
possess a valid sport fishing license. Fish taken by these
means shall not be sold or bartered. No other fish may be taken
in this State by these means.
(Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.