HB2804sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John O. Jones

Filed: 5/17/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2804

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2804 as follows:

on page 2, line 5, immediately after "facility", by inserting ", the meat processor at the facility is an active member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program,"; and

on page 2, line 9, after "person" by inserting "or donated to any other charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat"; and

on page 2, immediately below line 12, by inserting the following:

"Meat processors who are active members of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program shall keep written records of all deer received. Records shall include the following information:

(1) the date the deer was received;

(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the person from whom the deer was received;

(3) whether the deer was received as a whole carcass or as deboned meat; if the deer was brought to the meat processor as deboned meat, the processor shall include the weight of the meat;

(4) the number and state of issuance of the permit of the person from whom the deer was received; in the absence of a permit number, the meat processor may rely on the written certification of the person from whom the deer was received that the deer was legally taken or obtained; and

(5) if the person who originally delivered the deer to the meat processor fails to collect or make arrangements for the packaged deer meat to be collected and the meat processor gives all or part of the unclaimed deer meat to another person, the meat processor shall maintain a record of the exchange; the meat processor's records shall include the customer's name, physical address, telephone number, as well as the quantity and type of deer meat given to the customer. The meat processor shall also include the amount of compensation received for the deer meat in his or her records.

Meat processor records for unclaimed deer meat shall be open for inspection by any peace officer at any reasonable hour. Meat processors shall maintain records for a period of 2 years after the date of receipt of the wild game or for as long as the specimen or meat remains in the meat processors possession, whichever is longer.

No meat processor shall have in his or her possession any deer that is not listed in his or her written records and properly tagged or labeled.

All licensed meat processors who ship any deer or parts of deer that have been held, possessed, or otherwise dealt with shall tag or label the shipment, and the tag or label shall state the name of the meat processor.

Nothing in this Section removes meat processors from responsibility for the observance of any State or federal laws, rules, or regulations that may apply to the meat processing business.".