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Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
Filed: 3/5/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 918
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 918 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 3.22 as follows:
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| (520 ILCS 5/3.22) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.22)
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| Sec. 3.22. Issuance of scientific and special purpose |
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| permits. Scientific permits Permits may be granted by the |
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| Department to any properly accredited
person at least 18 years |
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| of age, permitting the capture, marking, handling, banding, or |
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| collecting
(including fur, hide, skin, teeth, feathers, claws, |
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| nests, eggs, or young),
for strictly scientific purposes, of |
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| any of the fauna now protected
under this Code. A special |
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| purpose salvage permit may be granted to qualified
individuals |
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| at least 15 years of age for the purpose of salvaging dead, |
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| sick, orphaned, or
crippled wildlife species protected by this |
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| Act for permanent donation to
bona fide public or state |
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| scientific, educational or zoological
institutions or, for the |
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| purpose of rehabilitation and subsequent release
to the wild, |
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| or other
disposal as directed by the Department.
Private |
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| educational organizations may be granted a special purpose |
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| permit to possess wildlife or parts thereof for educational |
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| purposes. A special purpose permit is required prior to |
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| treatment, administration, or both of any wild fauna protected |
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| by this Code that is captured, handled, or both in the wild or |
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| will be released to the wild with any type of chemical or other |
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| compound (including but not limited to vaccines, inhalants, |
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| medicinal agents requiring oral or dermal application) |
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| regardless of means of delivery, except that individuals and |
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| organizations removing or destroying wild birds and wild |
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| mammals under Section 2.37 of this Code or releasing game birds |
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| under Section 3.23 of this Code are not required to obtain |
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| those special purpose permits. Treatment under this special |
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| purpose permit means to effect a cure or physiological change |
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| within the animal. The Department shall set forth applicable |
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| regulations in an administrative rule covering qualifications |
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| and facilities needed to obtain both a scientific and a special |
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| purpose permit. The application for these permits such a permit |
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| shall be approved by the Department to determine if a permit |
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| should be issued. Disposition of fauna taken under the |
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| authority of this Section shall be specified by the Department.
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| The holder of each such scientific or special purpose |
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| permit shall make to the Department, within
30 days after the |
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| expiration of his or her permit, a report in writing
upon |
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| blanks furnished by the Department. Such reports shall be made |
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| (i) annually if the permit is granted for a period of more than |
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| one year or (ii) within 30 days after the expiration of the |
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| permit if the permit is granted for a period of one year or |
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| less. Such reports shall include report shall show the name
and |
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| address of all persons from whom specimens were received, the |
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| kinds
of specimens taken, disposition made of same, and any |
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| other information
which the Department may consider necessary.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-150.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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