|
|
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.)
|