94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3702

 

Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. Angelo Saviano

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
515 ILCS 5/20-85   from Ch. 56, par. 20-85

    Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning taxidermy.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning fish.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
5 changing Section 20-85 as follows:
 
6     (515 ILCS 5/20-85)  (from Ch. 56, par. 20-85)
7     Sec. 20-85. Taxidermist license.
8     (a) Before engaging in the the business of taxidermy, every
9 person shall obtain a license for that purpose from the
10 Department. Application for a license shall be filed with the
11 Department and shall set forth the name of the applicant; its
12 principal officers, if the applicant is a corporation, or the
13 partners, if the applicant is a partnership; the location of
14 the place of business; and any additional information the
15 Department may require. The annual fee for each taxidermist
16 license shall be $25. All licenses issued to taxidermists are
17 valid only at the location described and designated on the
18 application for the license. All taxidermist licenses shall
19 expire on January 31 of each year. Individuals employed by a
20 licensed taxidermist shall not be required to possess a
21 taxidermist license while working for and at the place of
22 business of the license holder.
23     Licensed taxidermists shall submit to the Department a list
24 naming all individuals who will be working at the place of
25 business specified on the permit. Only those individuals whose
26 names are on file with the Department shall be authorized to
27 work under the scope of the taxidermist's license.
28     (b) Taxidermists shall keep written records of all aquatic
29 life or parts of aquatic life received or returned by them.
30 Records shall include the following information:
31         (1) The date the aquatic life was received.
32         (2) The name and address of the person from whom the

 

 

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1     aquatic life was received.
2         (3) The number and species of all aquatic life
3     received.
4         (4) The number and state of issuance of the fishing
5     license, or special Department permit, of the person from
6     whom the aquatic life was received. In the absence of a
7     license or permit number, the taxidermist may rely on the
8     written certification of the person from whom the aquatic
9     life was received that the specimen was legally taken or
10     obtained, or, in the event the person is exempt from the
11     apposite license requirements, an indication of the
12     exemption.
13     (c) All aquatic life or parts of aquatic life that have
14 been received, preserved, mounted, or possessed by a
15 taxidermist are required to bear a coded origin tag or label.
16 The coded origin tag or label shall correspond with written
17 records containing more complete information as required by the
18 Department.
19     (d) Taxidermy records shall be open for inspection by any
20 peace officer at any reasonable hour. Taxidermists shall
21 maintain records for a period of 2 years from the date of
22 receipt of the aquatic life or for as long as the specimen or
23 mount remains in the taxidermist's possession, whichever is
24 longer.
25     The Department may require the taxidermist to submit to it
26 any information it deems necessary.
27     (e) No taxidermist shall have in his or her possession any
28 aquatic life that is not listed in his or her written records
29 and properly tagged or labeled.
30     (f) All persons licensed as taxidermists under this Code
31 who shall ship any aquatic life or parts of aquatic life that
32 have been received, preserved, or mounted shall tag or label
33 the shipment and the tag or label shall state the name of the
34 taxidermist and the number and date of his or her license.
35     (g) Nothing in this Section removes taxidermists from
36 responsibility for the observance of any federal laws, rules,

 

 

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1 or regulations that may apply to the taxidermy business.
2 (Source: P.A. 88-416; 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)