SB2143 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning wildlife.

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

Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section 2.30b as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/2.30b)

Sec. 2.30b. River otter and bobcat pelts.

(a) The pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance with federal regulation 50 CFR 23.69(e). The Department may require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for registration, and the process of tagging pelts in administrative rules. Fees for registration and tagging shall not exceed $5 per pelt.

(b) No person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or purchase a bobcat pelt of a bobcat taken in this State.

(Source: P.A. 97-31, eff. 6-28-11.)