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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1915

 2        AMENDMENT  NO.  _______.   Amend  House  Bill   1915   by
 3    replacing  everything  after  the  enacting  clause  with the
 4    following:

 5        "Section  5.  The   Department   of   Natural   Resources
 6    (Conservation)  Law  of  the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
 7    Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-545 as follows:

 8        (20 ILCS 805/805-545 new)
 9        Sec.  805-545.   The  Department of Natural Resources may
10    enter  into  one  or  more  interstate  compacts   concerning
11    conservation  law  violators  with  one or more other states.
12    The Department may adopt administrative  rules  necessary  to
13    implement these compacts.

14        Section 10.  The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
15    changing Sections 20-35, 20-75, and 20-80 as follows:

16        (515 ILCS 5/20-35) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-35)
17        Sec.  20-35.   Offenses.  Except as prescribed in Section
18    5-25 and unless otherwise provided in this Code,  any  person
19    who  is  found  guilty  of violating any of the provisions of
20    this Code, including administrative rules, is shall be guilty
 
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 1    of a petty offense.
 2        Any person who violates any of the provisions of  Section
 3    5-20,  10-5, 10-10, 10-15, 10-20, 10-25, 10-30, 10-35, 10-50,
 4    10-60, 10-70, 10-75,  10-95,  10-115,  10-135,  15-5,  15-10,
 5    15-15,  15-20,  15-30,  15-32,  15-35,  15-40,  15-45, 15-55,
 6    15-60, 15-65, 15-75,  15-80,  15-85,  15-90,  15-95,  15-100,
 7    15-105, 15-110, 15-115, 15-120, 15-130, 15-140, 20-70, 20-75,
 8    20-80,  20-85,  25-10,  25-15,  or 25-20 of this Code Section
 9    10-80,  including  administrative  rules  relating  to  those
10    Sections, is that Section, shall  be  guilty  of  a  Class  B
11    misdemeanor.
12        Any  person who violates any of the provisions of Section
13    1-200, 1-205, or 10-55, 10-80, 15-35, or 20-120 of this Code,
14    including administrative rules relating to those Sections, is
15    shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
16        Any person who violates any of  the  provisions  of  this
17    Code,  including  administrative  rules,  during  the 5 years
18    following the revocation of his or her  license,  permit,  or
19    privileges under Section 20-105 is shall be guilty of a Class
20    A misdemeanor.
21        Any  person  who  violates  Section  5-25  of  this Code,
22    including administrative rules, is shall be guilty of a Class
23    3 felony.
24        Offenses committed by minors under the direct control  or
25    with  the  consent  of  a  parent or guardian may subject the
26    parent or  guardian  to  the  penalties  prescribed  in  this
27    Section or as otherwise provided in this Code.
28        In  addition  to any fines imposed under this Section, or
29    as otherwise provided in this Code, any person  found  guilty
30    of unlawfully taking or possessing any aquatic life protected
31    by  this  Code  shall  be  assessed  a civil penalty for that
32    aquatic life in accordance  with  the  values  prescribed  in
33    Section  5-25  of  this  Code.  This  civil  penalty shall be
34    imposed at the time of the conviction by  the  Circuit  Court
 
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 1    for   the  county  where  the  offense  was  committed.   All
 2    penalties provided for in this Section shall be  remitted  to
 3    the  Department  in accordance with the provisions of Section
 4    1-180 of this Code.
 5    (Source: P.A. 87-798; 87-833; 87-895.)

 6        (515 ILCS 5/20-75) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-75)
 7        Sec. 20-75.  Mussel  dealer  permits;  fees;  violations.
 8    Any  person,  before receiving, buying, or offering to do so,
 9    or acting as an agent or broker in  receipt  or  purchase  of
10    mussels,  within  the State of Illinois, shall first obtain a
11    permit from the Department to do so.
12        The fee for a  permit  for  residents  of  the  State  of
13    Illinois  shall  be $300 a year, and for non-residents of the
14    State of Illinois the fee  shall  be  $2,500  a  year.  These
15    permits shall expire on the 31st day of January of each year.
16    A  report  of each year's activities of each person holding a
17    permit shall be required as directed by the Department.
18        Any person who violates any provision  of  this  Section,
19    including  administrative  rules  relating  to  this Section,
20    shall be guilty of a business offense and fined not less than
21    $1,000 and no more than $5,000.
22    (Source: P.A. 87-833.)

23        (515 ILCS 5/20-80) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-80)
24        Sec.  20-80.   Minnow  dealers  license;  penalties.  Any
25    resident who, within the State of Illinois, sells  or  offers
26    for  sale,  to  any  other  wholesaler  or  retailer  or  for
27    consumption,  live  minnows,  whether  from  waters within or
28    without the State is an intrastate  wholesale  minnow  dealer
29    for  purposes  of  this Code. Any person selling live minnows
30    for stocking only or selling live minnows legally  caught  or
31    taken  by  that person to a licensed wholesale minnow dealer,
32    however, is exempt from the provisions of this Section.
 
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 1        (a)  Before  any  resident  commences  activities  as  an
 2    intrastate wholesale minnow dealer, he  or  she  shall  first
 3    procure  a  license from the Department to do so. The fee for
 4    the license shall be $25 and these licenses shall expire upon
 5    the 31st day of January of each year.
 6        Before any resident commences activities as an intrastate
 7    retail minnow dealer, he or she shall first obtain a  license
 8    from  the  Department to do so. The fee for the license shall
 9    be $5 and these licenses shall expire upon the  31st  day  of
10    January of each year.
11        (b)  Only  persons  who are actual residents of the State
12    of Illinois shall be  permitted  to  transport  live  minnows
13    obtained  in  the State of Illinois across any of the borders
14    of the State of Illinois. These persons shall  be  interstate
15    minnow dealers for purposes of this Code. Before any resident
16    of  the  State  of  Illinois  shall commence activities as an
17    interstate minnow dealer, he or  she  shall  first  obtain  a
18    license from the Department to do so. The fee for the license
19    shall be $500 and these licenses shall expire on the 31st day
20    of  January  of  each year. This Section shall not apply to a
21    resident of the State of Illinois possessing  a  valid  sport
22    fishing  license.  An  individual  possessing  a  valid sport
23    fishing license shall be permitted to transport not more than
24    6 dozen live minnows obtained in Illinois across the  borders
25    of the State of Illinois.
26        (c)  The    Department   is   authorized   to   establish
27    regulations as may be deemed necessary  in  the  handling  of
28    minnows  in  order  to  protect  the  resource as well as the
29    public's interest.
30        (d)  Any   person    violating    subsection    (b)    or
31    administrative rules established under subsection (c) of this
32    Section  shall  be guilty of a business offense and fined not
33    less than  $1000  nor  more  than  $5000.  Persons  violating
34    subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  shall  be  subject to the
 
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 1    penalty provisions of Section 20-35 of this Code.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)

 3        Section 15.  The Ginseng Harvesting  Act  is  amended  by
 4    changing Section 5 and adding Section 6 as follows:

 5        (525 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 61, par. 517)
 6        Sec.  5. Penalties. Any Person who knowingly violates any
 7    provision  of  this  Act  or  rules  promulgated  under   the
 8    authority  of  this Act is shall, for each offense, be guilty
 9    of a class B misdemeanor and  may  have  any  license  issued
10    under this Act revoked and future license applications denied
11    for a period not to exceed 3 years.
12        Ginseng  possessed,  harvested, cut, rooted up, gathered,
13    propagated,  sold,  purchased,  traded,  or  given  away   in
14    violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  is contraband.
15    Contraband ginseng is subject to seizure and confiscation and
16    shall be disposed of as directed by the Department.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-152.)

18        (525 ILCS 20/6 new)
19        Sec.  6.  Additional  license   revocation   and   denial
20    provisions.
21        (a)  If  a  license  has  been issued to any person under
22    this  Act  and  that  person   is   found   guilty   of   any
23    misrepresentation in obtaining that license or a violation of
24    any  of  the provisions of this Act or its rules, the license
25    may be revoked by the Department.  The  Department  may  also
26    refuse  to  issue  any license to that person and may suspend
27    that person from  engaging  in  any  activity  requiring  the
28    license  for a period of time not to exceed 5 years following
29    the revocation.
30        (b)  If a person who has not been issued a license  under
31    this  Act  is  found  guilty  of  a  violation  of any of the
 
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 1    provisions of this Act  or  its  rules,  the  Department  may
 2    refuse  to  issue  any license to that person and may suspend
 3    that person from  engaging  in  any  activity  requiring  the
 4    license for a period of time not to exceed 5 years.
 5        (c)  The  Department's license revocation procedures must
 6    be established by administrative rule.
 7        (d)  Any person who violates any  of  the  provisions  of
 8    this  Act  or  its  rules  during  any period when his or her
 9    license is revoked or denied by virtue of  this  Section,  or
10    during  the time he or she is suspended under subsection (b),
11    is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
12        (e)   A person whose license to engage  in  any  activity
13    regulated  under  this  Act has been suspended or revoked may
14    not, during the period of the  suspension  or  revocation  or
15    until  obtaining the proper license, (i) be in the company of
16    any person engaging in the activity covered by the license or
17    (ii) serve as a guide or facilitator  for  a  person  who  is
18    engaged  or prepared to engage in the activity covered by the
19    license.

20        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
21    becoming law.".

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