Full Text of HB3899 99th General Assembly
HB3899 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3899 Introduced , by Rep. David Reis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 520 ILCS 5/2.2a | |
520 ILCS 5/2.36 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.36 |
520 ILCS 5/3.24 | from Ch. 61, par. 3.24 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that exotic wild animals, or any parts thereof, may be held, possessed, sold or otherwise dealt with by licensed meat processors or meat processing facilities. Makes conforming changes.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2.2a, 2.36, and 3.24 as follows: | 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.2a) | 7 | | Sec. 2.2a. Invasive and exotic wild animals. The Department | 8 | | may prohibit or limit the importation, possession, release into | 9 | | the wild, take,
commercialization of take, sale, and | 10 | | propagation of wild mammals, wild birds, and feral livestock | 11 | | that are not
defined as protected species in Section 2.2 of | 12 | | this Act, to reduce risks of communicable diseases, nuisances, | 13 | | and damages to
wild or domestic species, agricultural crops, | 14 | | property, and environment. The Department shall set forth | 15 | | applicable
regulations in an administrative rule. Nothing in | 16 | | this Act shall prohibit bona fide public or State scientific,
| 17 | | educational, or zoological institutions from receiving, | 18 | | holding, and displaying unprotected species that were
salvaged | 19 | | or legally obtained. | 20 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to criminalize | 21 | | the accidental escape of domestic livestock.
| 22 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the possession and | 23 | | processing of exotic wild animal meat by licensed meat |
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| 1 | | processors or meat processing facilities under Sections 2.36 | 2 | | and 3.24 of this Code. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 97-431, eff. 8-16-11.)
| 4 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.36)
| 5 | | Sec. 2.36. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell or barter, or | 6 | | offer to buy,
sell or
barter, and for a commercial institution, | 7 | | other than a regularly
operated refrigerated storage | 8 | | establishment, to have in its possession
any of the wild birds, | 9 | | or any part thereof (and their eggs), or wild
mammals or any | 10 | | parts thereof, protected by this Act unless
done as hereinafter | 11 | | provided:
| 12 | | Game birds or any parts thereof (and their eggs), may be | 13 | | held,
possessed, raised and sold, or otherwise dealt with, as | 14 | | provided in
Section 3.23 of this Act or when legally produced | 15 | | under similar special
permit in another state or country and | 16 | | legally transported into the
State of Illinois; provided that | 17 | | such imported game birds or any parts
thereof, shall be marked | 18 | | with permanent irremovable tags, or similar
devices, to | 19 | | establish and retain their origin and identity;
| 20 | | Rabbits may be legally taken and possessed as provided in | 21 | | Sections
3.23, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act;
| 22 | | Exotic wild animals, or any parts thereof, may be held, | 23 | | possessed, sold or otherwise dealt with by licensed meat | 24 | | processors or meat processing facilities as provided in | 25 | | Sections 2.2a and 3.24 of this Act; |
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| 1 | | Deer, or any parts thereof, may be held, possessed, sold or | 2 | | otherwise
dealt with as provided in this Section and Sections | 3 | | 3.23 and 3.24 of this Act;
| 4 | | If a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat | 5 | | processing facility, the meat processor at the facility is an | 6 | | active member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program, | 7 | | and the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer | 8 | | within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat | 9 | | processing facility that the owner no longer wants the | 10 | | processed deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the | 11 | | licensed meat processor to another person or donated to any | 12 | | other charitable organization or community food bank that | 13 | | receives wild game meat. The licensed meat processing facility | 14 | | may charge the person receiving the deer meat a reasonable and | 15 | | customary processing fee; | 16 | | Meat processors who are active members of the Illinois | 17 | | Sportsmen Against Hunger program shall keep written records of | 18 | | all deer received. Records shall include the following | 19 | | information: | 20 | | (1) the date the deer was received; | 21 | | (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the
| 22 | | person from whom the deer was received; | 23 | | (3) whether the deer was received as a whole carcass
or | 24 | | as deboned meat; if the deer was brought to the
meat | 25 | | processor as deboned meat, the processor shall include the | 26 | | weight of the meat; |
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| 1 | | (4) the number and state of issuance of the permit of
| 2 | | the person from whom the deer was received; in
the absence | 3 | | of a permit number, the meat processor
may rely on the | 4 | | written certification of the
person from whom the deer was | 5 | | received that the
deer was legally taken or obtained; and | 6 | | (5) if the person who originally delivered the deer to
| 7 | | the meat processor fails to collect or make
arrangements | 8 | | for the packaged deer meat to be
collected and the meat | 9 | | processor gives all or part
of the unclaimed deer meat to | 10 | | another person, the
meat processor shall maintain a record | 11 | | of the exchange;
the meat processor's records shall include | 12 | | the
customer's name, physical address, telephone
number, | 13 | | as well as the quantity and type of deer
meat given to the | 14 | | customer. The meat processor
shall also include the amount | 15 | | of compensation
received for the deer meat in his or her | 16 | | records. | 17 | | Meat processor records for unclaimed deer meat shall be | 18 | | open for inspection by any peace officer at any reasonable | 19 | | hour. Meat processors shall maintain records for a period of 2 | 20 | | years after the date of receipt of the wild game or for as long | 21 | | as the specimen or meat remains in the meat processors | 22 | | possession, whichever is longer; | 23 | | No meat processor shall have in his or her possession any | 24 | | deer that is not listed in his or her written records and | 25 | | properly tagged or labeled; | 26 | | All licensed meat processors who ship any deer or parts of |
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| 1 | | deer that have been held, possessed, or otherwise dealt with | 2 | | shall tag or label the shipment, and the tag or label shall | 3 | | state the name of the meat processor; | 4 | | Nothing in this Section removes meat processors from | 5 | | responsibility for the observance of any State or federal laws, | 6 | | rules, or regulations that may apply to the meat processing | 7 | | business; | 8 | | Fur-bearing mammals, or any parts thereof, may be held, | 9 | | possessed,
sold or otherwise dealt with as provided in Sections | 10 | | 3.16, 3.24, and 3.26 of
this Act or when legally taken and | 11 | | possessed in Illinois or
legally taken and possessed in and | 12 | | transported from other
states or countries;
| 13 | | The inedible parts of game mammals may be held, possessed, | 14 | | sold or
otherwise dealt with when legally taken, in Illinois or | 15 | | legally taken and
possessed in and transported
from other | 16 | | states or countries.
| 17 | | Failure to establish proof of the legality of possession in | 18 | | another
state or country and importation into the State of | 19 | | Illinois, shall be
prima facie evidence that such game birds or | 20 | | any parts thereof, and
their eggs, game mammals and fur-bearing | 21 | | mammals, or any parts thereof,
were taken within the State of | 22 | | Illinois.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-567, eff. 8-25-11.)
| 24 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.24) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.24)
| 25 | | Sec. 3.24.
Before any person, except permittees under |
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| 1 | | Section 3.23 of
this Act, shall engage in buying, selling or | 2 | | processing wild game , including exotic wild animals, for the | 3 | | purpose
of buying, selling or shipping the same, including the | 4 | | carcasses of
fur-bearing mammals, for public consumption, he | 5 | | shall
first procure a license
to do so from the Department. | 6 | | Dealers in deer, or any parts thereof,
legally taken and | 7 | | possessed in and transported from, other states, shall
also be | 8 | | licensed under the provisions of this Section. All such deer, | 9 | | or
parts thereof, shall be marked with permanent irremovable | 10 | | tags, or
similar devices, to establish and retain their origin | 11 | | and identity.
| 12 | | The terms "buying or selling" include buying or selling by | 13 | | hotel
keepers, restaurant keepers and others engaged in buying | 14 | | or selling
prepared foods for consumption.
| 15 | | A permit shall be procured for each separate market or | 16 | | place of
business operated by any person who sells wild game | 17 | | for public
consumption and for each vehicle from
which game or | 18 | | fur-bearing mammals are sold. Such
permits shall be
| 19 | | conspicuously displayed at all times.
| 20 | | This permit shall be known as a processed wild game | 21 | | dealer's permit. It
shall be issued by the Department for a fee | 22 | | of $25.00 annually and shall
expire on March 31st of each year. | 23 | | The Department may prescribe
the necessary forms as may be | 24 | | desirable for the maintenance of records
by the licensee, to | 25 | | record all transactions in wild game that may be
marketed under | 26 | | the provisions of the laws of this State and game
imported |
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| 1 | | legally from other states.
| 2 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to give the | 3 | | holder of a
processed wild game dealer's permit authority to | 4 | | take game birds, game
or fur-bearing mammals in their wild | 5 | | state contrary to other provisions of this Act.
The person in | 6 | | possession of such game birds and mammals has the burden
of | 7 | | proving the legality of his possession.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 84-150.)
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