Public Act 094-0212
 		





HB1314 Enrolled
LRB094 09265 RCE 39500 b






    AN ACT concerning animals.

 
    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 
Sections 3.19 and 3.20 and adding Section 3.16a as follows:
 
    (520 ILCS 5/3.16a  new)
    Sec. 3.16a. Non-resident auction participation permit; 
fee. Any individual who is not a resident of the State of 
Illinois and does not possess a non-resident fur buyer permit 
must obtain a non-resident auction participation permit to 
receive, collect, buy, or act as an agent or broker in the 
receipt, collection, or purchase of the green hides of 
fur-bearing mammals at auctions organized for these purposes 
within the State of Illinois. Non-resident auction 
participation permits shall be issued by the Department. The 
annual fee for each non-resident auction participation permit 
is $50. Non-resident auction participation permits expire on 
April 30. A holder of a non-resident auction participation 
permit may receive, collect, buy, possess, transport, or act as 
an agent or broker in the receipt, collection, or purchase of 
legally taken fur-bearing mammals from May 1 through the next 
April 30. Failure to establish proof of legality or origin of 
the green hides of fur-bearing mammals, however, is prima facie 
evidence that the green hides are contraband within the State 
of Illinois. Nothing in this Section exempts any permittee from 
complying with any federal laws, rules, or regulations that may 
apply to the green hides of fur-bearing mammals.
 



    (520 ILCS 5/3.19)  (from Ch. 61, par. 3.19)


    Sec. 3.19. Each resident retail fur buyer, resident 
wholesale fur buyer, nonresident
fur buyer, non-resident 
auction participant, fur bearing mammal breeder or fur tanner 
shall have his permit
in his possession when receiving, 
collecting, buying, selling, or
offering for sale, the green 
hides of fur-bearing or game mammals or
accepting the same for 
dressing, dyeing, or tanning, and shall
immediately produce the 
same when requested to do so by an officer or authorized

employees of the Department, any sheriff, deputy sheriff or any 
other
peace officer. Persons conducting organized and

established auction sales or the green hides of fur-bearing or 
game
mammals, protected by this Act, shall be exempt from the 
provisions of
this Section.

(Source: P.A. 81-382.)

 



    (520 ILCS 5/3.20)  (from Ch. 61, par. 3.20)


    Sec. 3.20. All fur buyers and non-resident auction 
participants, shall, upon purchasing any green hide of any

fur-bearing mammal, protected by this Act, issue a numbered 
receipt to the
hunter,
trapper, fur buyer, fur-bearing mammal

breeder or other person from whom he purchased such hides, 
setting forth
the number and kinds of green hides, the date of 
purchase, the price paid
for each hide, the name and address of 
the hunter, trapper, fur buyer,
fur-bearing
mammal breeder or 
other person from whom he purchased such hides, and the

appropriate license number or stamp number of the hunter, 
trapper, fur
buyer, fur-bearing
mammal breeder or other person 
from whom the hides were purchased, if
applicable.
The original 
receipt shall be retained by the fur buyer for a minimum of
2 
years from the date of purchase listed on the receipt.
A 
duplicate receipt
shall be given to the hunter, trapper, fur 
buyer, fur-bearing mammal breeder
or other person from whom the 
green hides were purchased at the time of
purchase.

    All fur buyers shall submit a report to the Department on 
forms provided
by the Department showing the number and kinds 
of all green hides of
fur-bearing mammals received, collected 
or purchased, and the average price,
if any, paid therefore and 
such other information as required by the
Department.
This 
report shall be made on or before May 10 of each year and
shall 
include
all operations for the 12 months preceding May 1 of the

current year.
All such receipts, reports, and records required 
by this Section shall be
available for inspection by any 
officer or authorized employee of the
Department,
any sheriff, 
deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer at any reasonable

time when request is made for same.  Failure to comply with the 
provisions
of this Section shall bar the permittee from 
obtaining a fur
buyer permit
for the following year.

(Source: P.A. 89-341, eff. 8-17-95.)