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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1879 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Brian W. Stewart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 515 ILCS 5/10-110 | from Ch. 56, par. 10-110 |
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Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take aquatic life by means of a pitchfork,
underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling shot bow, spear, or gig along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or highway in the State.
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| | SB1879 | | LRB102 17233 KMF 22694 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 | | changing Section 10-110 as follows:
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| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/10-110) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-110)
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| 7 | | Sec. 10-110. Taking carp, catfish, buffalo, suckers, gar, |
| 8 | | bowfin, shad, and drum. |
| 9 | | (a) Carp, catfish,
buffalo, suckers, gar, bowfin, shad, |
| 10 | | and drum may be taken by means of a pitchfork,
underwater spear |
| 11 | | gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling |
| 12 | | shot bow, spear, or gig.
Each person taking fish by these means |
| 13 | | shall possess a valid sport fishing
license. Fish taken by |
| 14 | | these means shall not be sold or bartered except as authorized |
| 15 | | by the Department. The daily take, harvest limits, or |
| 16 | | additional species are subject to and set forth in |
| 17 | | administrative rule.
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| 18 | | (b) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to |
| 19 | | take aquatic life as provided in subsection (a) along, upon, |
| 20 | | across, or from any public right-of-way or highway in this |
| 21 | | State. |
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-182, eff. 8-5-13; 99-867, eff. 1-1-17.)
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