510 ILCS 68/ Herptiles-Herps Act

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510 ILCS 68/Art. 55

(510 ILCS 68/Art. 55 heading)

ARTICLE 55. HERPETOCULTURE PERMIT APPLICATION AND FEES

(Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)

510 ILCS 68/55-5

(510 ILCS 68/55-5)
Sec. 55-5. Permit application and fees.

  An applicant for a Herpetoculture permit must file an application with the Department on a form provided by the Department. The application must include all information and requirements as set forth by administrative rule.  The application for these permits shall be reviewed by the Department to determine if a permit will be issued.

An annual permit renewal must be accompanied by a non-refundable fee as set by the Department.  The annual fee for a residential Herpetoculture permit shall be set by administrative rule.  The Department shall adopt, by administrative rule, any additional procedures for the renewal of a Herpetoculture permit.  All fees shall be deposited into the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund.

As determined by administrative rule, non-residents may apply for a permit not to exceed 15 consecutive days to commercialize herptiles indigenous to this State as outlined in this Article.  The application, procedures, and fee for the permit and permit renewal shall be set by administrative rule, and all fees shall be deposited into the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund.

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22; 103-363, eff. 7-28-23.)

510 ILCS 68/55-10

(510 ILCS 68/55-10)
Sec. 55-10. Additional regulations.

  Nothing in Articles 50 and 55 shall be construed to give permittees authority to breed, hatch, propagate, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise commercialize any herptile or parts thereof from herptiles indigenous to this State, either partially or in whole, that originate from the wild in this State.

Any offspring resulting from the breeding of herptiles where one parent has been taken from the wild in this State and the other parent from non-Illinois stock or captive bred stock may not be legally sold or otherwise commercialized and shall be treated as indigenous or native Illinois herptile taxa subject to Article 5 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)

510 ILCS 68/55-15

(510 ILCS 68/55-15)
Sec. 55-15.

Intergrade, hybrid,

or

morphological
variation.

The Department shall have the authority to enforce any and all provisions under this Act with respect to an intergrade, hybrid, or morphological variation of a species protected under this Act or administrative rule. Any intergrade or hybrid specimen of a species protected under this Act shall have the same protections that any herptile parent of the intergrade or hybrid specimen has under this Act or administrative rule. The Department may adopt administrative rules for the regulation and administration of intergrade, hybrid, or morphological variations of herptiles.

Any offspring resulting from the breeding of herptiles in which one herptile parent has been taken from the wild in this State and the other parent is from non-Illinois stock or




captive bred stock may not be legally sold or otherwise commercialized and shall be treated as indigenous or native Illinois herptile taxa subject to Article 5 of this Act.

Morphological variety relating to color or pattern variations that are different from the normal, wild-type coloration or pattern of any herptile indigenous to this State or listed as a threatened or endangered species in the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act shall be treated as indigenous or native Illinois herptile taxa subject to this Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)