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