Full Text of HB5901 96th General Assembly
HB5901eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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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 Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 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 | 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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| 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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| (Source: P.A. 85-150.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 |
| becoming law.
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