SB1069 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1069

Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John M. Sullivan - Emil Jones, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

515 ILCS 5/10-100

from Ch. 56, par. 10-100

Amends Article 10 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful release or introduction of aquatic life.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning fish.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by changing Section 10-100 as follows:

(515 ILCS 5/10-100) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-100)

Sec. 10-100. Release of aquatic life. It shall be unlawful to release any aquatic life into waters of this State without first securing permission of the the Department to do so, except that the owner of a body of water may release aquatic life into waters wholly upon his or her property that are indigenous to the State of Illinois. The Department shall have the authority to promulgate necessary rules and regulations, under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, regulating the possession, transportation, and shipping of aquatic life not indigenous to the State of Illinois. All aquatic life may be released into waters from which they were taken.

(Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)