96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3827

 

Introduced 2/25/2009, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
515 ILCS 5/10-100   from Ch. 56, par. 10-100

    Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes it unlawful to propagate, buy, sell, barter, trade, transfer, or loan silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), and black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus). Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 10-100 as follows:
 
6     (515 ILCS 5/10-100)  (from Ch. 56, par. 10-100)
7     Sec. 10-100. Release of aquatic life.
8     (a) It shall be unlawful to release any aquatic life into
9 the wild in this State without first securing permission of the
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
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.
19     (b) It is unlawful to possess, transport, or release any
20 live specimen or viable gametes of any species listed as
21 injurious by administrative rule, unless authorized by that
22 rule. It is also unlawful to propagate, buy, sell, barter,
23 trade, transfer, or loan silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys

 

 

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1 molitrix), bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), and
2 black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus). A violation of this
3 subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor.
4 (Source: P.A. 94-592, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.