Sen. John O. Jones

Filed: 5/17/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2804

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2804 as follows:
 
3on page 2, line 5, immediately after "facility", by inserting
4", the meat processor at the facility is an active member of
5the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program,"; and
 
6on page 2, line 9, after "person" by inserting "or donated to
7any other charitable organization or community food bank that
8receives wild game meat"; and
 
9on page 2, immediately below line 12, by inserting the
10following:
11    "Meat processors who are active members of the Illinois
12Sportsmen Against Hunger program shall keep written records of
13all deer received. Records shall include the following
14information:
15        (1) the date the deer was received;

 

 

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1        (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the
2    person from whom the deer was received;
3        (3) whether the deer was received as a whole carcass or
4    as deboned meat; if the deer was brought to the meat
5    processor as deboned meat, the processor shall include the
6    weight of the meat;
7        (4) the number and state of issuance of the permit of
8    the person from whom the deer was received; in the absence
9    of a permit number, the meat processor may rely on the
10    written certification of the person from whom the deer was
11    received that the deer was legally taken or obtained; and
12        (5) if the person who originally delivered the deer to
13    the meat processor fails to collect or make arrangements
14    for the packaged deer meat to be collected and the meat
15    processor gives all or part of the unclaimed deer meat to
16    another person, the meat processor shall maintain a record
17    of the exchange; the meat processor's records shall include
18    the customer's name, physical address, telephone number,
19    as well as the quantity and type of deer meat given to the
20    customer. The meat processor shall also include the amount
21    of compensation received for the deer meat in his or her
22    records.
23    Meat processor records for unclaimed deer meat shall be
24open for inspection by any peace officer at any reasonable
25hour. Meat processors shall maintain records for a period of 2
26years after the date of receipt of the wild game or for as long

 

 

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1as the specimen or meat remains in the meat processors
2possession, whichever is longer.
3    No meat processor shall have in his or her possession any
4deer that is not listed in his or her written records and
5properly tagged or labeled.
6    All licensed meat processors who ship any deer or parts of
7deer that have been held, possessed, or otherwise dealt with
8shall tag or label the shipment, and the tag or label shall
9state the name of the meat processor.
10    Nothing in this Section removes meat processors from
11responsibility for the observance of any State or federal laws,
12rules, or regulations that may apply to the meat processing
13business.".