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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3827
Introduced 2/25/2009, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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515 ILCS 5/10-100 |
from Ch. 56, par. 10-100 |
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Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes it unlawful to propagate, buy, sell, barter, trade, transfer, or loan silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), and black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus). Effective immediately.
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| CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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A BILL FOR
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HB3827 |
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LRB096 07718 JDS 17819 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 wild in this State without first securing permission of the
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| Department to do so, except that the owner of a body of water |
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| may release
aquatic life indigenous to the State of Illinois |
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| into waters wholly upon his or her property. The Department |
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| shall have the authority to promulgate
necessary rules and |
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| regulations, under the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, |
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| regulating the possession, transportation, and shipping of
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| aquatic life not indigenous to the State of Illinois. All |
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| aquatic life may be
immediately returned unharmed from where |
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| 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. It is also unlawful to propagate, buy, sell, barter, |
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| trade, transfer, or loan silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys |