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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2.36 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.36)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.36. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell or barter, or |
| 8 | | offer to buy,
sell or
barter, and for a commercial institution, |
| 9 | | other than a regularly
operated refrigerated storage |
| 10 | | establishment, to have in its possession
any of the wild birds, |
| 11 | | or any part thereof (and their eggs), or wild
mammals or any |
| 12 | | parts thereof, protected by this Act unless
done as hereinafter |
| 13 | | provided:
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| 14 | | Game birds or any parts thereof (and their eggs), may be |
| 15 | | held,
possessed, raised and sold, or otherwise dealt with, as |
| 16 | | provided in
Section 3.23 of this Act or when legally produced |
| 17 | | under similar special
permit in another state or country and |
| 18 | | legally transported into the
State of Illinois; provided that |
| 19 | | such imported game birds or any parts
thereof, shall be marked |
| 20 | | with permanent irremovable tags, or similar
devices, to |
| 21 | | establish and retain their origin and identity;
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| 22 | | Rabbits may be legally taken and possessed as provided in |
| 23 | | Sections
3.23, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act;
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| 1 | | Deer, or any parts thereof, may be held, possessed, sold or |
| 2 | | otherwise
dealt with as provided in this Section and Sections |
| 3 | | 3.23 and 3.24 of this Act;
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| 4 | | If a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat |
| 5 | | processing facility and the owner of the deer (i) fails to |
| 6 | | claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) |
| 7 | | notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner |
| 8 | | no longer wants the processed deer, then the deer meat may be |
| 9 | | given away by the licensed meat processor to another person. |
| 10 | | The licensed meat processing facility may charge the person |
| 11 | | receiving the deer meat a reasonable and customary processing |
| 12 | | fee; |
| 13 | | Fur-bearing mammals, or any parts thereof, may be held, |
| 14 | | possessed,
sold or otherwise dealt with as provided in Sections |
| 15 | | 3.16, 3.24, and 3.26 of
this Act or when legally taken and |
| 16 | | possessed in Illinois or
legally taken and possessed in and |
| 17 | | transported from other
states or countries;
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| 18 | | The inedible parts of game mammals may be held, possessed, |
| 19 | | sold or
otherwise dealt with when legally taken, in Illinois or |
| 20 | | legally taken and
possessed in and transported
from other |
| 21 | | states or countries.
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| 22 | | Failure to establish proof of the legality of possession in |
| 23 | | another
state or country and importation into the State of |
| 24 | | Illinois, shall be
prima facie evidence that such game birds or |
| 25 | | any parts thereof, and
their eggs, game mammals and fur-bearing |
| 26 | | mammals, or any parts thereof,
were taken within the State of |