(515 ILCS 5/1-185) (from Ch. 56, par. 1-185)
Sec. 1-185.
Power of entry and examination.
Authorized employees of the
Department are empowered, under law, to enter all lands and waters to
enforce this Code. Authorized employees are further empowered to examine
all buildings, private or public clubs (except dwellings), fish markets,
cold storage houses, locker plants, camps, vessels, cars (except sealed
railroad cars or other common carriers), conveyances, vehicles, water
craft, or any other means of transportation or shipping, tents, game bags,
game coats, or other receptacles and to open and examine any box, barrel,
package, or other receptacle in the possession of a common carrier, that
they have reason to believe contains aquatic life or any part of aquatic
life taken, bought, sold or bartered, shipped, or had in possession
contrary to this Code, including administrative rules, or that the
receptacle containing the aquatic life is falsely labeled.
Authorized employees of the Department shall be given free access to
and shall not be hindered or interfered with in making an entry and
examination. Any license held by a person preventing free access or
interfering with or hindering an employee shall not be issued to that
person for the period of one year after his or her action.
Employees of the Department as specifically authorized by the Director
are empowered to enter all lands and waters for purposes of pollution
investigations, State and federal permit inspections, as well as aquatic
life and wildlife censuses or inventories, and are further empowered to
conduct examination of equipment and devices in the field, under law, to
ensure compliance with this Code.
(Source: P.A. 87-833.)
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