(515 ILCS 5/20-80) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-80)
Sec. 20-80. Minnow dealers license; penalties. Any resident who, within
the State of Illinois, sells or offers for sale, to any other wholesaler or
retailer or for consumption, live minnows, whether from waters within or
without the State is an intrastate wholesale minnow dealer for purposes of
this Code. Any person selling live minnows for stocking only or selling
live minnows legally caught or taken by that person to a licensed wholesale
minnow dealer, however, is exempt from the provisions of this Section.
(a) Before any resident commences activities as an intrastate wholesale
minnow dealer, he or she shall first procure a license from the Department
to do so. The fee for the license shall be $25 and these licenses shall expire on March 31
of each year.
Before any resident commences activities as an intrastate retail minnow
dealer, he or she shall first obtain a license from the Department to
do so. The fee for the license shall be $5 and these licenses shall expire on March 31
of each year.
(b) Only persons who are actual residents of the State of Illinois
shall be permitted to transport live minnows obtained in the State of
Illinois across any of the borders of the State of Illinois. These persons
shall be interstate minnow dealers for purposes of this Code. Before
any resident of the State of Illinois shall commence activities as an
interstate minnow dealer, he or she shall first obtain a license from the
Department to do so. The fee for the license shall be $500 and these
licenses shall expire on March 31 of each year. This Section
shall not apply to a resident of the State of Illinois possessing a valid
sport fishing license. An individual possessing a valid
sport fishing
license shall be permitted to transport not more than 6 dozen live minnows
obtained in Illinois across the borders of the State of Illinois.
(c) The Department is authorized to establish regulations as may be
deemed necessary in the handling of minnows in order to protect the
resource as well as the public's interest.
(Source: P.A. 100-256, eff. 1-1-18.)
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