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| 1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 3.22 as follows:
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| 6 | (520 ILCS 5/3.22) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.22)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.22. Issuance of scientific and special purpose | ||||||
| 8 | permits. Scientific permits Permits may be granted by the | ||||||
| 9 | Department to any properly accredited
person at least 18 years | ||||||
| 10 | of age, permitting the capture, marking, handling, banding, or | ||||||
| 11 | collecting
(including fur, hide, skin, teeth, feathers, claws, | ||||||
| 12 | nests, eggs, or young),
for strictly scientific purposes, of | ||||||
| 13 | any of the fauna now protected
under this Code. A special | ||||||
| 14 | purpose salvage permit may be granted to qualified
individuals | ||||||
| 15 | at least 15 years of age for the purpose of salvaging dead, | ||||||
| 16 | sick, orphaned, or
crippled wildlife species protected by this | ||||||
| 17 | Act for permanent donation to
bona fide public or state | ||||||
| 18 | scientific, educational or zoological
institutions or, for the | ||||||
| 19 | purpose of rehabilitation and subsequent release
to the wild, | ||||||
| 20 | or other
disposal as directed by the Department.
Private | ||||||
| 21 | educational organizations may be granted a special purpose | ||||||
| 22 | permit to possess wildlife or parts thereof for educational | ||||||
| 23 | purposes. A special purpose permit is required prior to | ||||||
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| 1 | treatment, administration, or both of any wild fauna protected | ||||||
| 2 | by this Code that is captured, handled, or both in the wild or | ||||||
| 3 | will be released to the wild with any type of chemical or other | ||||||
| 4 | compound (including but not limited to vaccines, inhalants, | ||||||
| 5 | medicinal agents requiring oral or dermal application) | ||||||
| 6 | regardless of means of delivery, except that individuals and | ||||||
| 7 | organizations removing or destroying wild birds and wild | ||||||
| 8 | mammals under Section 2.37 of this Code or releasing game birds | ||||||
| 9 | under Section 3.23 of this Code are not required to obtain | ||||||
| 10 | those special purpose permits. Treatment under this special | ||||||
| 11 | purpose permit means to effect a cure or physiological change | ||||||
| 12 | within the animal. The Department shall set forth applicable | ||||||
| 13 | regulations in an administrative rule covering qualifications | ||||||
| 14 | and facilities needed to obtain both a scientific and a special | ||||||
| 15 | purpose permit. The application for these permits such a permit | ||||||
| 16 | shall be approved by the Department to determine if a permit | ||||||
| 17 | should be issued. Disposition of fauna taken under the | ||||||
| 18 | authority of this Section shall be specified by the Department.
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| 19 | The holder of each such scientific or special purpose | ||||||
| 20 | permit shall make to the Department, within
30 days after the | ||||||
| 21 | expiration of his or her permit, a report in writing
upon | ||||||
| 22 | blanks furnished by the Department. Such reports shall be made | ||||||
| 23 | (i) annually if the permit is granted for a period of more than | ||||||
| 24 | one year or (ii) within 30 days after the expiration of the | ||||||
| 25 | permit if the permit is granted for a period of one year or | ||||||
| 26 | less. Such reports shall include report shall show the name
and | ||||||
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| 1 | address of all persons from whom specimens were received, the | ||||||
| 2 | kinds
of specimens taken, disposition made of same, and any | ||||||
| 3 | other information
which the Department may consider necessary.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 85-150.)
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.
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