94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1314


 
Introduced 2/9/2005, by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		

















520 ILCS 5/3.16a new





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


520 ILCS 5/3.20
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    Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that any person who does not possess a non-resident fur buyer permit must obtain a non-resident auction participation permit to deal in green hides at auctions. Sets fees. Makes other changes.
















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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning animals.

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


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



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


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    Sec. 3.19. Each resident retail fur buyer, resident 
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wholesale fur buyer, nonresident
fur buyer, non-resident 
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auction participant, fur bearing mammal breeder or fur tanner 
 


 






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shall have his permit
in his possession when receiving, 
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collecting, buying, selling, or
offering for sale, the green 
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hides of fur-bearing or game mammals or
accepting the same for 
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dressing, dyeing, or tanning, and shall
immediately produce the 
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same when requested to do so by an officer or authorized

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

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

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

 



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


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

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

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

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

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


 






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include
all operations for the 12 months preceding May 1 of the

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

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

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