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