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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning fish.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 10-100 as follows:
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| 6 | | (515 ILCS 5/10-100) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-100)
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| 7 | | Sec. 10-100. Release of aquatic life. |
| 8 | | (a) It shall be unlawful to
release any aquatic life
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| 9 | | the wild in this State without first securing permission of the
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| 10 | | Department to do so, except that the owner of a body of water |
| 11 | | may release
aquatic life indigenous to the State of Illinois |
| 12 | | into waters wholly upon his or her property. The Department |
| 13 | | shall have the authority to promulgate
necessary rules and |
| 14 | | regulations, under the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, |
| 15 | | regulating the possession, transportation, and shipping of
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| 16 | | aquatic life not indigenous to the State of Illinois. All |
| 17 | | aquatic life may be
immediately returned unharmed from where |
| 18 | | they were taken. A violation of this subsection (a) is a Class |
| 19 | | B misdemeanor.
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| 20 | | (b) It is unlawful to possess, transport, or release any |
| 21 | | live specimen or viable gametes of any species listed as |
| 22 | | injurious by administrative rule, unless authorized by that |
| 23 | | rule. A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A |