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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4119 Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin. Defines "shark" and "shark fin".
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| | HB4119 | | LRB097 17191 CEL 62391 b |
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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 5-30 as follows:
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| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/5-30 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-30. Shark fins. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "shark" means any species of |
| 9 | | the subclass Elasmobranchii. |
| 10 | | (b) As used in this Section, "shark fin" means a raw, |
| 11 | | dried, or otherwise detached fin or a raw, dried, or otherwise |
| 12 | | processed detached tail of a shark. |
| 13 | | (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this |
| 14 | | Section, a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, |
| 15 | | or distribute a shark fin on or after January 1, 2013. |
| 16 | | (d) Until July 1, 2013, any person may possess, sell, offer |
| 17 | | for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin possessed by that |
| 18 | | person on January 1, 2013.
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