Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5017 Compare Versions

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	1	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5017 Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/2.36 from Ch. 61, par. 2.36 Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat processing facility and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat. Requires meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat to keep written records of all deer received. LRB103 37623 JAG 67749 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5017 Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 520 ILCS 5/2.36 from Ch. 61, par. 2.36 520 ILCS 5/2.36 from Ch. 61, par. 2.36 Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat processing facility and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat. Requires meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat to keep written records of all deer received. LRB103 37623 JAG 67749 b LRB103 37623 JAG 67749 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5017 Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat processing facility and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat. Requires meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat to keep written records of all deer received.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning wildlife.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
7	15		5 Section 2.36 as follows:
8	16		6 (520 ILCS 5/2.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.36)
9	17		7 Sec. 2.36. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, or barter, or
10	18		8 offer to buy, sell, or barter, and for a commercial
11	19		9 institution, other than a regularly operated refrigerated
12	20		10 storage establishment, to have in its possession any of the
13	21		11 wild birds, or any part thereof (and their eggs), or wild
14	22		12 mammals or any parts thereof, protected by this Act unless
15	23		13 done as hereinafter provided:
16	24		14 Game birds or any parts thereof (and their eggs), may be
17	25		15 held, possessed, raised and sold, or otherwise dealt with, as
18	26		16 provided in Section 3.23 of this Act or when legally produced
19	27		17 under similar special permit in another state or country and
20	28		18 legally transported into the State of Illinois; provided that
21	29		19 such imported game birds or any parts thereof, shall be marked
22	30		20 with permanent irremovable tags, or similar devices, to
23	31		21 establish and retain their origin and identity;
24	32		22 Rabbits may be legally taken and possessed as provided in
25	33		23 Sections 3.23, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act;
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	37	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5017 Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat processing facility and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat. Requires meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat to keep written records of all deer received.
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34	68		1 Deer, or any parts thereof, may be held, possessed, sold
35	69		2 or otherwise dealt with as provided in this Section and
36	70		3 Sections 3.23 and 3.24 of this Act;
37	71		4 If a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat
38	72		5 processing facility, the meat processor at the facility is an
39	73		6 active member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger
40	74		7 program, and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the
41	75		8 processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the
42	76		9 licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer
43	77		10 wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the
44	78		11 deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to
45	79		12 another person or donated to a any other charitable
46	80		13 organization or community food bank that receives wild game
47	81		14 meat. The licensed meat processing facility may charge the
48	82		15 person receiving the deer meat a reasonable and customary
49	83		16 processing fee;
50	84		17 Meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable
51	85		18 organization or community food bank that receives wild game
52	86		19 meat are active members of the Illinois Sportsmen Against
53	87		20 Hunger program shall keep written records of all deer
54	88		21 received. Records shall include the following information:
55	89		22 (1) the date the deer was received;
56	90		23 (2) the name, address, and telephone number of the
57	91		24 person from whom the deer was received;
58	92		25 (3) whether the deer was received as a whole carcass
59	93		26 or as deboned meat; if the deer was brought to the meat
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70	104		1 processor as deboned meat, the processor shall include the
71	105		2 weight of the meat;
72	106		3 (4) the number and state of issuance of the permit of
73	107		4 the person from whom the deer was received; in the absence
74	108		5 of a permit number, the meat processor may rely on the
75	109		6 written certification of the person from whom the deer was
76	110		7 received that the deer was legally taken or obtained; and
77	111		8 (5) if the person who originally delivered the deer to
78	112		9 the meat processor fails to collect or make arrangements
79	113		10 for the packaged deer meat to be collected or wishes to
80	114		11 donate the meat and if the meat processor gives all or part
81	115		12 of the unclaimed deer meat to another person or charitable
82	116		13 organization or community food bank that receives wild
83	117		14 game meat, the meat processor shall maintain a record of
84	118		15 the exchange; the meat processor's records shall include
85	119		16 the customer's name, physical address, telephone number,
86	120		17 as well as the quantity and type of deer meat given to the
87	121		18 customer. The meat processor shall also include the amount
88	122		19 of compensation received for the deer meat in his or her
89	123		20 records.
90	124		21 Meat processor records for unclaimed and donated deer meat
91	125		22 shall be open for inspection by any peace officer at any
92	126		23 reasonable hour. Meat processors shall maintain records for a
93	127		24 period of 2 years after the date of receipt of the wild game or
94	128		25 for as long as the specimen or meat remains in the meat
95	129		26 processors possession, whichever is longer;
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106	140		1 No meat processor shall have in his or her possession any
107	141		2 deer that is not listed in his or her written records and
108	142		3 properly tagged or labeled;
109	143		4 All licensed meat processors who ship any deer or parts of
110	144		5 deer that have been held, possessed, or otherwise dealt with
111	145		6 shall tag or label the shipment, and the tag or label shall
112	146		7 state the name of the meat processor;
113	147		8 Nothing in this Section removes meat processors from
114	148		9 responsibility for the observance of any State or federal
115	149		10 laws, rules, or regulations that may apply to the meat
116	150		11 processing business;
117	151		12 Fur-bearing mammals, or any parts thereof, may be held,
118	152		13 possessed, sold or otherwise dealt with as provided in
119	153		14 Sections 3.16, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act or when legally taken
120	154		15 and possessed in Illinois or legally taken and possessed in
121	155		16 and transported from other states or countries;
122	156		17 It is unlawful for any person to act as a nuisance wildlife
123	157		18 control operator for fee or compensation without a permit as
124	158		19 provided in subsection subsection (b) of Section 2.37 of this
125	159		20 Act unless such trapping is in compliance with Section 2.30.
126	160		21 The inedible parts of game mammals may be held, possessed,
127	161		22 sold, or otherwise dealt with when legally taken, in Illinois
128	162		23 or legally taken and possessed in and transported from other
129	163		24 states or countries.
130	164		25 Failure to establish proof of the legality of possession
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