99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0048
 
Introduced 1/15/2015, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
520 ILCS 10/3.5 new

     Amends the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Provides that the removal of an endangered animal from its habitat that is imminently necessary to avoid serious injury, additional injury, or death of the animal, does not violate the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act.  Requires a person who removes an animal under this Section to immediately take the endangered animal to an animal shelter. Requires both the person removing the animal and the animal shelter to report the removal to the Department of Natural Resources within 24 hours of the removal.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act 
5is amended  by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 10/3.5 new)
7    Sec. 3.5. Good samaritan exemption.
8    (a)       It shall not be a violation of this Act to remove an 
9endangered animal from its habitat if:
10        (1)   the removal is imminently necessary to avoid 
11    serious injury, additional injury, or death to an 
12    endangered animal;
13        (2)   reasonable care is taken to prevent any further 
14    injury to the endangered animal;
15        (3)   the endangered animal is immediately taken to an 
16    animal shelter; and
17        (4)   both the person removing the animal and the animal 
18    shelter report the removal of the endangered animal to the 
19    Department of Natural Resources within 24 hours of the 
20    removal.