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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:
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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.
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| | SB2143 | | LRB099 12677 MGM 36404 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2.30b as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.30b) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2.30b. River otter and bobcat pelts. |
| 8 | | (a) The pelts of river otters shall be tagged in accordance |
| 9 | | with federal regulation 50 CFR 23.69(e). The Department may |
| 10 | | require harvest registration and set forth procedures, fees for |
| 11 | | registration, and the process of tagging pelts in |
| 12 | | administrative rules. Fees for registration and tagging shall |
| 13 | | not exceed $5 per pelt.
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| 14 | | (b) No person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or |
| 15 | | purchase a bobcat pelt of a bobcat taken in this State. |
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-31, eff. 6-28-11.)
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