99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2143

 

Introduced 5/31/2015, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/2.30b

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Prohibits the sale of bobcat pelts of bobcats taken in Illinois. Penalty for a violation of this provision is a petty offense, as provided in the general penalty section of the Code.


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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 Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
52.30b as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/2.30b)
7    Sec. 2.30b. River otter and bobcat pelts.
8    (a) The pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance
9with federal regulation 50 CFR 23.69(e). The Department may
10require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for
11registration, and the process of tagging pelts in
12administrative rules. Fees for registration and tagging shall
13not exceed $5 per pelt.
14    (b) No person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or
15purchase a bobcat pelt of a bobcat taken in this State.
16(Source: P.A. 97-31, eff. 6-28-11.)