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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lion |
| 5 | | Meat
Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Administration of Act. This Act shall be |
| 7 | | administered by the Director of Agriculture.
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| 8 | | Section 10. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the |
| 9 | | context otherwise requires: |
| 10 | | (1) "Lion meat" means the flesh of any lion (Panthera |
| 11 | | leo). |
| 12 | | (2) "Slaughter" means killing lions for |
| 13 | | commercialization. |
| 14 | | (3) "Person" means any individual, partnership, |
| 15 | | cooperative, association, firm, or
corporation. |
| 16 | | (4) "Buyer" means a person who is engaged in the |
| 17 | | business of buying lion meat or other
lion parts. |
| 18 | | (5) "Commercialization" means selling or bartering, |
| 19 | | offering to sell or barter, purchasing, possessing,
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| 20 | | transporting, delivering, or receiving lion meat or any |
| 21 | | product, item, or substance containing lion meat or
labeled |
| 22 | | or advertised as containing lion meat. "Commercialization" |
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| 1 | | also includes serving lion meat as a part of a meal by any |
| 2 | | restaurant, hotel, or other
commercial establishment. |
| 3 | | (6) "Transport" or "ship" means to convey by means of |
| 4 | | parcel post, express, freight
baggage, or shipment by |
| 5 | | common carrier of any description or by automobile,
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| 6 | | motorcycle, or other vehicle of any kind or by watercraft |
| 7 | | or aircraft of any kind or by any
other means of |
| 8 | | transportation. |
| 9 | | (7) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. |
| 10 | | (8) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture.
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| 11 | | Section 15. Slaughter unlawful. |
| 12 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is |
| 13 | | unlawful for any person to slaughter
a lion. |
| 14 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is |
| 15 | | unlawful for any person to possess,
breed, import to this |
| 16 | | State, export from this State, buy, or sell lions for the |
| 17 | | purpose of
slaughter.
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| 18 | | Section 20. Slaughter for human consumption unlawful. |
| 19 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is |
| 20 | | unlawful for any person to slaughter
a lion for the purpose of |
| 21 | | human consumption or commercialization of any part of a
lion. |
| 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is |
| 23 | | unlawful for any person to possess,
sell, buy, give away, hold, |
| 24 | | or accept lion meat or any product, item, or substance
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| 1 | | containing or labeled as containing lion meat for the purpose |
| 2 | | of human consumption.
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| 3 | | Section 25. Commercialization of lion meat unlawful. |
| 4 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is unlawful for |
| 5 | | a person to sell or
barter, offer to sell or barter, purchase, |
| 6 | | possess, transport, deliver, receive, import
into this State, |
| 7 | | export from this State, or in any other manner commercialize |
| 8 | | lion meat or any
product, item, or substance containing or |
| 9 | | labeled or advertised as containing lion
meat.
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| 10 | | Section 30. Rules. The Department shall adopt and enforce |
| 11 | | any rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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| 12 | | Section 35. Enforcement. The Department shall, in
the name |
| 13 | | and by the authority of the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 14 | | bring or cause to be brought actions and proceedings to enforce |
| 15 | | the provisions of
this Act.
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| 16 | | Section 40. Violation. Whoever violates any provision of |
| 17 | | this Act shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 19 | | becoming law.
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