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1    AN ACT concerning fish.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
5changing Section 10-100 as follows:
 
6    (515 ILCS 5/10-100)  (from Ch. 56, par. 10-100)
7    Sec. 10-100. Release of aquatic life.
8    (a) It shall be unlawful to release any aquatic life into
9the wild in this State without first securing permission of the
10Department to do so, except that the owner of a body of water
11may release aquatic life indigenous to the State of Illinois
12into waters wholly upon his or her property. The Department
13shall have the authority to promulgate necessary rules and
14regulations, under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
15regulating the possession, transportation, and shipping of
16aquatic life not indigenous to the State of Illinois. All
17aquatic life may be immediately returned unharmed from where
18they were taken. A violation of this subsection (a) is a Class
19B misdemeanor.
20    (b) It is unlawful to possess, transport, or release any
21live specimen or viable gametes of any species listed as
22injurious by administrative rule, unless authorized by that
23rule. A violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A

 

 

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1misdemeanor.
2(Source: P.A. 94-592, eff. 1-1-06.)