(525 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 61, par. 515)

Sec. 3. Harvest Season. The Department shall establish by administrative rule the legal season for cutting, digging up, rooting up or gathering wild ginseng. The harvest season for wild ginseng must be within the time period of August 1 to November 1 of each calendar year and may be closed in all or part of the State only by action of the Illinois General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 83-680.)