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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1898
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Brandon W. Phelps SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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515 ILCS 5/10-100 |
from Ch. 56, par. 10-100 |
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Amends Article 10 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning the unlawful release or introduction of aquatic
life.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1898 |
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LRB096 05124 JDS 15190 b |
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| AN ACT concerning fish.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 10-100 as follows:
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| (515 ILCS 5/10-100) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-100)
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| Sec. 10-100. Release of aquatic life. |
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| (a) It shall be unlawful to
release any aquatic life
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| the
the wild in this State without first securing permission of |
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| the
Department to do so, except that the owner of a body of |
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| water may release
aquatic life indigenous to the State of |
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| Illinois into waters wholly upon his or her property. The |
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| Department shall have the authority to promulgate
necessary |
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| rules and regulations, under the Illinois Administrative
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| Procedure Act, regulating the possession, transportation, and |
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| shipping of
aquatic life not indigenous to the State of |
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| Illinois. All aquatic life may be
immediately returned unharmed |
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| from where they were taken. |
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| (b) It is unlawful to possess, transport, or release any |
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| live specimen or viable gametes of any species listed as |
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| injurious by administrative rule, unless authorized by that |
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| rule. A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A |
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| misdemeanor.
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