Public Act 094-0212
 
HB1314 Enrolled LRB094 09265 RCE 39500 b

    AN ACT concerning animals.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
Sections 3.19 and 3.20 and adding Section 3.16a as follows:
 
    (520 ILCS 5/3.16a new)
    Sec. 3.16a. Non-resident auction participation permit;
fee. Any individual who is not a resident of the State of
Illinois and does not possess a non-resident fur buyer permit
must obtain a non-resident auction participation permit to
receive, collect, buy, or act as an agent or broker in the
receipt, collection, or purchase of the green hides of
fur-bearing mammals at auctions organized for these purposes
within the State of Illinois. Non-resident auction
participation permits shall be issued by the Department. The
annual fee for each non-resident auction participation permit
is $50. Non-resident auction participation permits expire on
April 30. A holder of a non-resident auction participation
permit may receive, collect, buy, possess, transport, or act as
an agent or broker in the receipt, collection, or purchase of
legally taken fur-bearing mammals from May 1 through the next
April 30. Failure to establish proof of legality or origin of
the green hides of fur-bearing mammals, however, is prima facie
evidence that the green hides are contraband within the State
of Illinois. Nothing in this Section exempts any permittee from
complying with any federal laws, rules, or regulations that may
apply to the green hides of fur-bearing mammals.
 
    (520 ILCS 5/3.19)  (from Ch. 61, par. 3.19)
    Sec. 3.19. Each resident retail fur buyer, resident
wholesale fur buyer, nonresident fur buyer, non-resident
auction participant, fur bearing mammal breeder or fur tanner
shall have his permit in his possession when receiving,
collecting, buying, selling, or offering for sale, the green
hides of fur-bearing or game mammals or accepting the same for
dressing, dyeing, or tanning, and shall immediately produce the
same when requested to do so by an officer or authorized
employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff or any
other peace officer. Persons conducting organized and
established auction sales or the green hides of fur-bearing or
game mammals, protected by this Act, shall be exempt from the
provisions of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 81-382.)
 
    (520 ILCS 5/3.20)  (from Ch. 61, par. 3.20)
    Sec. 3.20. All fur buyers and non-resident auction
participants, shall, upon purchasing any green hide of any
fur-bearing mammal, protected by this Act, issue a numbered
receipt to the hunter, trapper, fur buyer, fur-bearing mammal
breeder or other person from whom he purchased such hides,
setting forth the number and kinds of green hides, the date of
purchase, the price paid for each hide, the name and address of
the hunter, trapper, fur buyer, fur-bearing mammal breeder or
other person from whom he purchased such hides, and the
appropriate license number or stamp number of the hunter,
trapper, fur buyer, fur-bearing mammal breeder or other person
from whom the hides were purchased, if applicable. The original
receipt shall be retained by the fur buyer for a minimum of 2
years from the date of purchase listed on the receipt. A
duplicate receipt shall be given to the hunter, trapper, fur
buyer, fur-bearing mammal breeder or other person from whom the
green hides were purchased at the time of purchase.
    All fur buyers shall submit a report to the Department on
forms provided by the Department showing the number and kinds
of all green hides of fur-bearing mammals received, collected
or purchased, and the average price, if any, paid therefore and
such other information as required by the Department. This
report shall be made on or before May 10 of each year and shall
include all operations for the 12 months preceding May 1 of the
current year. All such receipts, reports, and records required
by this Section shall be available for inspection by any
officer or authorized employee of the Department, any sheriff,
deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer at any reasonable
time when request is made for same. Failure to comply with the
provisions of this Section shall bar the permittee from
obtaining a fur buyer permit for the following year.
(Source: P.A. 89-341, eff. 8-17-95.)