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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1181
Introduced 2/8/2005, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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515 ILCS 5/1-53 new |
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515 ILCS 5/1-55 |
from Ch. 56, par. 1-55 |
515 ILCS 5/1-125 |
from Ch. 56, par. 1-125 |
515 ILCS 5/10-100 |
from Ch. 56, par. 10-100 |
515 ILCS 5/20-35 |
from Ch. 56, par. 20-35 |
515 ILCS 5/20-70 |
from Ch. 56, par. 20-70 |
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Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Defines "indigenous species" as aquatic life specified by administrative rule. Excepts Asian carp from the definition of "minnow". Provides that possession, transport, or release of viable gametes listed by administrative rule is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides for "aquatic life dealers" (rather than "fish dealers"). Provides that licensing requirements concerning wholesale and retail aquatic life dealers do not apply to minnows or saltwater species commonly used as seafood. Makes a violation of certain laws and administrative rules concerning aquatic life dealers a Class B misdemeanor. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning fish and aquatic life.
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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 Sections 1-55, 1-125, 10-100, 20-35, and 20-70 and by |
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| adding Section 1-53 as follows: |
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| (515 ILCS 5/1-53 new)
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| Sec. 1-53. Indigenous species. "Indigenous species" means |
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| those species of aquatic life specified by administrative rule.
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| (515 ILCS 5/1-55) (from Ch. 56, par. 1-55)
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| Sec. 1-55. Minnow. "Minnow" means any fish in the family |
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| Cyprinidae
except common carp (Cyprinus carpio),
and goldfish |
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| (Carassius auratus), and Asian carp [bighead carp |
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| (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), black carp (Mylopharyngodon |
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| piceus), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), and silver carp |
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| (Hypophthalmichthys molotrix)] .
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| (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
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| (515 ILCS 5/1-125) (from Ch. 56, par. 1-125)
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| Sec. 1-125. Administrative rules. The Department is |
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| authorized to issue
administrative rules for carrying out, |
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| administering, and enforcing the
provisions of this Code. The |
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| administrative rules shall be promulgated in
accordance with |
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| the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
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| Rules, after becoming effective, shall be enforced in the |
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| same manner as
are any other provisions of this Code. It is |
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| unlawful for any person to violate any provision of any |
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| administrative rule promulgated by the Department. Violators |
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| of administrative rules
are subject to the penalties set out in |
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| this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
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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
waters of this State without first securing |
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| permission of the
Department to do so, except that the owner of |
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| a body of water may release
aquatic life indigenous to the |
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| State of Illinois into waters wholly upon his or her property |
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| that are
indigenous to the
State of Illinois . 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
released into |
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| waters from where
which 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. A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A |
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| misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| (515 ILCS 5/20-35) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-35)
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| Sec. 20-35. Offenses.
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| (a) Except as prescribed in Section 5-25 and unless |
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| otherwise provided in
this Code, any person who is found guilty |
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| of violating any of the provisions
of this Code, including |
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| administrative rules, is guilty of a petty offense.
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| Any person who violates any of the provisions of Section |
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| 5-20, 10-5,
10-10, 10-15, 10-20, 10-25, 10-30, 10-35, 10-50, |
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| 10-60, 10-70, 10-75, 10-95,
10-115, 10-135, 15-5, 15-10, 15-15, |
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| 15-20, 15-30, 15-32, 15-40, 15-45, 15-55,
15-60, 15-65, 15-75, |
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| 15-80, 15-85, 15-90, 15-95, 15-100, 15-105, 15-110,
15-115, |
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| 15-120, 15-130, 15-140, 20-70, 20-75, 20-80, 20-85, 25-10, |
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| 25-15, or
25-20 of this Code, including administrative rules |
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| relating to those Sections,
is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
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| Any person who violates any of the provisions of Section |
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| 1-200, 1-205,
10-55, 10-80, 10-100(b), 15-35, or 20-120 of this |
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| Code, including administrative rules
relating to those |
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| Sections, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Code, |
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| including
administrative rules, during the 5 years following |
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| the revocation of his or
her license, permit, or privileges |
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| under Section 20-105 is guilty of a Class
A misdemeanor.
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| Any person who violates Section 5-25 of this Code, |
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| including administrative
rules, is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
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| (b)(1) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to |
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| take aquatic
life from any aquatic life farm except with the |
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| consent of the owner of the
aquatic life farm. Any person |
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| possessing fishing tackle on the premises of an
aquatic life |
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| farm is presumed to be fishing. The presumption may be rebutted
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| by clear and convincing evidence. All fishing tackle, |
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| apparatus, and vehicles
used in the violation of this |
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| subsection (b) shall be confiscated by the
arresting officer. |
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| Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
seizure |
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| and confiscation procedures set forth in Section 1-215 of this |
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| Code
shall apply. If the confiscated property is determined by |
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| the circuit court
to have been used in the violation of this |
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| subsection (b), the confiscated
property shall be sold at |
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| public auction by the county sheriff of the county
where the |
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| violation occurred. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited |
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| in
the county general fund; provided that the auction may be |
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| stayed by an
appropriate court order.
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| (2) A violation of paragraph (1) of this subsection (b) is |
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| a Class A
misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony |
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| for a second or subsequent
offense.
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| (c)(1) It is unlawful for any person to trespass or fish on |
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| an aquatic life
farm located on a strip mine lake or other body |
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| of water used for aquatic life
farming operations, or within a |
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| 200 foot buffer zone surrounding cages or
netpens that are |
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| clearly delineated by buoys of a posted aquatic life farm, by
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| swimming, scuba diving, or snorkeling in, around, or under the |
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| aquatic life
farm or by operating a watercraft over, around, or |
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| in the aquatic life farm
without the consent of the owner of |
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| the aquatic life farm.
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| (2) A violation of paragraph (1) of this subsection (c) is |
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| a Class B
misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A |
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| misdemeanor for a second or
subsequent offense. All fishing |
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| tackle, apparatus, and watercraft used in a
second or |
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| subsequent violation of this subsection (c) shall be |
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| confiscated by
the arresting officer. Except as otherwise |
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| provided in this subsection, the
seizure and confiscation |
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| procedures set forth in Section 1-215 of this Code
shall apply. |
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| If the confiscated property is determined by the circuit court
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| to have been used in a violation of this subsection (c), the |
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| confiscated
property shall be sold at public auction by the |
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| county sheriff of the county
where the violation occurred. The |
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| proceeds of the sale shall be deposited
in the county general |
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| fund; provided that the auction may be stayed by an
appropriate |
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| court order.
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| (d) Offenses committed by minors under the direct control |
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| or with the
consent of a parent or guardian may subject the |
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| parent or guardian to the
penalties prescribed in this Section |
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| or as otherwise provided in this Code.
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| (e) In addition to any fines imposed under this Section, or |
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| as otherwise
provided in this Code, any person found guilty of |
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| unlawfully taking or
possessing any aquatic life protected by |
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| this Code shall be assessed a
civil penalty for that aquatic |
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| life in accordance with the values
prescribed in Section 5-25 |
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| of this Code. This civil penalty shall be
imposed at the time |
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| of the conviction by the Circuit Court for the county
where the |
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| offense was committed. Except as otherwise provided for in
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| subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, all penalties provided |
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| for in this
Section shall be remitted to the Department in |
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| accordance with the provisions
of Section 1-180 of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-385, eff. 8-16-01; 92-513, eff. 6-1-02; |
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| 92-651, eff.
7-11-02.)
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| (515 ILCS 5/20-70) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-70)
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| Sec. 20-70. Non-resident and resident aquatic life
fish
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| dealers. Non-resident
and resident aquatic life
fish dealers |
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| shall maintain records of all fish and other
aquatic life |
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| bought, sold, or shipped in Illinois. These records shall
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| include the name of the seller and the species and poundage of |
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| the fish or
aquatic life involved. The records shall be kept |
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| for a minimum of one year
from the date of the transaction and |
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| shall be made immediately available to
authorized employees of |
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| the Department upon request.
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| (a) Non-resident aquatic life
fish dealers. Any person not |
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| a resident
of Illinois who sells or ships to other wholesalers, |
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| retailers, or
consumers any of the aquatic life protected by |
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| this Code, whether from
waters within or without the State is a |
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| non-resident aquatic life
fish dealer within
the meaning of |
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| this Code.
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| All licenses issued to non-resident aquatic life
fish
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| dealers are valid only in
the location described and designated |
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| in the application for the
license. Wholesalers may deliver |
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| their products by truck or common
carrier of any type but must |
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| possess a separate license for each truck
from which aquatic |
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| life are being sold if business is solicited
from the
trucks.
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| Application for a non-resident aquatic life
fish dealer's |
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| license shall be made to
and upon forms furnished by the |
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| Department and shall be in the form as the
Department may |
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| prescribe. The annual fee for a non-resident aquatic life
fish
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| dealer's
license shall be $100. All non-resident aquatic life
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| fish dealer licenses shall expire
on January 31 of each year.
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| Non-residents purchasing aquatic life
fish in Illinois for |
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| sale solely outside
the State are exempt from possessing an |
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| aquatic life
a fish dealer's license if
purchases are made from |
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| a licensed resident wholesale or retail aquatic life
fish
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| dealer.
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| (b) Resident aquatic life
fish dealer's licenses. Any |
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| person conducting a fish market
or buying, selling, or shipping |
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| any aquatic life (except minnows) protected
by this Code, |
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| whether from waters within or without the State, shall first
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| procure a license from the Department to do so, including any |
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| commercial
fisherman selling live fish for stocking only. Any |
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| commercial fisherman
person selling fish
legally caught or |
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| taken by themselves to a resident licensed wholesale aquatic |
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| life
fish
dealer, however, is exempt from the provisions of |
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| this Section.
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| (1) Wholesale aquatic life
fish dealer's license.
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| resident of this State who, within the State of Illinois,
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| conducts a wholesale fish market or who sells or ships to |
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| any
other wholesaler, retailer, or other commercial |
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| institution aquatic
life indigenous to this State (except |
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| minnows) and protected by this
Code, whether from waters |
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| within or without the State, is a
resident wholesale |
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| aquatic life
fish dealer in the meaning of this Code.
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| This provision, however, does not apply to minnows or |
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| saltwater species commonly used as seafood that will not |
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| survive in freshwater, such as lobsters, clams, mussels, |
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| and oysters.
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| All licenses issued to resident wholesale aquatic life
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| fish dealers are valid only
in the location described and |
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| designated in the application for license.
Wholesale |
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| aquatic life
fish dealers may deliver their products by |
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| truck or other common
carrier but must possess a separate |
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| license for each truck from which aquatic
life is being |
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| sold if business is solicited from the truck. Applications |
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| for
resident wholesale aquatic life
fish dealer's licenses |
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| shall be made to and upon forms
furnished by the |
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| Department, which shall be in the form as the Department
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| may prescribe. The annual license fee for each wholesale |
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| aquatic life
fish dealer's
license is $50. All wholesale |
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| aquatic life
fish dealer's licenses shall expire on
January |
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| 31 of each year.
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| (2) Retail aquatic life
fish dealer's license. Any |
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| resident of the State of
Illinois who, within the State of |
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| Illinois, conducts a retail fish market
where he or she |
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| sells or offers for sale any
aquatic life indigenous to |
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| this State (except minnows) and protected by
this Code, |
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| whether from waters from within or without the State, is a
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| retail aquatic life
fish dealer in the meaning of this |
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| Code.
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| This provision, however, does not apply to minnows or |
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| saltwater species commonly used as seafood that will not |
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| survive in freshwater, such as lobsters, clams, mussels, |
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| and oysters.
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| All licenses issued to resident aquatic life
fish
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| dealers are valid only in the
location described and |
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| designated in the application for the license.
Retailers |
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| may deliver their products by truck or other common carrier |
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| but
must possess a separate license for each truck from |
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| which aquatic life is being
sold if business is solicited |
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| from the truck.
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| Applications for resident retail aquatic life
fish
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| dealer's licenses shall be made
to and upon forms furnished |
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| by the Department, which shall be in the form
the |
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| Department may prescribe. The annual license for each |
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| resident retail
aquatic life
fish dealer's license is $10. |
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| All these licenses shall expire on January 31
of each year.
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| (3) Separate licenses. A license shall be procured for |
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| each separate
fish market or place of business operated by |
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| any wholesale or retail aquatic life
fish
dealer, whether a |
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| resident or non-resident, and for each vehicle from which
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| aquatic life is sold. All licenses shall be conspicuously |
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| displayed at all
times.
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| (c) The Department may adopt administrative rules |
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| pertaining to non-resident and resident aquatic life dealers. |
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| Any person who violates any provision of this Section 20-70, or |
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| related administrative rule, is guilty of a Class B |
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| misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
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