Bill Text: IL HB0232 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that taxidermy records must be open for inspection by any peace officer during normal business hours (now, "any reasonable hour"). Requires certain taxidermy records to be kept for 6 months (now, "2 years"). Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that taxidermy records must be open for inspection by any peace officer during normal business hours (now, "any reasonable hour"). Requires certain taxidermy records to be kept for 6 months (now, "2 years").

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-24 - Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose [HB0232 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0232-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0232 Introduced 1/20/2009, by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
515 ILCS 5/20-85 from Ch. 56, par. 20-85
520 ILCS 5/3.21 from Ch. 61, par. 3.21
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that taxidermy records must be open for inspection by any peace officer during normal business hours (now, "any reasonable hour"). Requires certain taxidermy records to be kept for 6 months (now, "2 years"). Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that taxidermy records must be open for inspection by any peace officer during normal business hours (now, "any reasonable hour"). Requires certain taxidermy records to be kept for 6 months (now, "2 years").
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning husbandry.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
changing Section 20-85 as follows:
(515 ILCS 5/20-85) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-85)
Sec. 20-85. Taxidermist license.
(a) Before engaging in the business of taxidermy, every
person shall obtain a license for that purpose from the
Department. Application for a license shall be filed with the
Department and shall set forth the name of the applicant; its
principal officers, if the applicant is a corporation, or the
partners, if the applicant is a partnership; the location of
the place of business; and any additional information the
Department may require. The annual fee for each taxidermist
license shall be $25. All licenses issued to taxidermists are
valid only at the location described and designated on the
application for the license. All taxidermist licenses shall
expire on January 31 of each year. Individuals employed by a
licensed taxidermist shall not be required to possess a
taxidermist license while working for and at the place of
business of the license holder.
Licensed taxidermists shall submit to the Department a list

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naming all individuals who will be working at the place of
business specified on the permit. Only those individuals whose
names are on file with the Department shall be authorized to
work under the scope of the taxidermist's license.
(b) Taxidermists shall keep written records of all aquatic
life or parts of aquatic life received or returned by them.
Records shall include the following information:
(1) The date the aquatic life was received.
(2) The name and address of the person from whom the
aquatic life was received.
(3) The number and species of all aquatic life
received.
(4) The number and state of issuance of the fishing
license, or special Department permit, of the person from
whom the aquatic life was received. In the absence of a
license or permit number, the taxidermist may rely on the
written certification of the person from whom the aquatic
life was received that the specimen was legally taken or
obtained, or, in the event the person is exempt from the
apposite license requirements, an indication of the
exemption.
(c) All aquatic life or parts of aquatic life that have
been received, preserved, mounted, or possessed by a
taxidermist are required to bear a coded origin tag or label.
The coded origin tag or label shall correspond with written
records containing more complete information as required by the

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Department.
(d) Taxidermy records shall be open for inspection by any
peace officer during normal business hours at any reasonable
hour. Taxidermists shall maintain records for a period of 6
months 2 years from the date of receipt of the aquatic life or
for as long as the specimen or mount remains in the
taxidermist's possession, whichever is longer.
The Department may require the taxidermist to submit to it
any information it deems necessary.
(e) No taxidermist shall have in his or her possession any
aquatic life that is not listed in his or her written records
and properly tagged or labeled.
(f) All persons licensed as taxidermists under this Code
who shall ship any aquatic life or parts of aquatic life that
have been received, preserved, or mounted shall tag or label
the shipment and the tag or label shall state the name of the
taxidermist and the number and date of his or her license.
(g) Nothing in this Section removes taxidermists from
responsibility for the observance of any federal laws, rules,
or regulations that may apply to the taxidermy business.
(Source: P.A. 88-416; 89-66, eff. 1-1-96.)
Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
Section 3.21 as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/3.21) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.21)

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Sec. 3.21. (a) Every person before engaging in the business
of taxidermy shall obtain a license for such purpose from the
Department. Application for such license shall be filed with
the Department and shall set forth the name of the applicant;
its principal officers, if the applicant is a corporation, or
the partners, if the applicant is a partnership; the location
of the place of business and such additional information as the
Department may require. The annual fee for each taxidermist
license shall be $25.00. All licenses issued to taxidermists
are valid only at the location described and designated on the
application for such license. All taxidermist permits shall
expire on January 31 of each year. Persons employed by a
licensed taxidermist shall not be required to possess a
taxidermist license while working for and at the place of
business of the license holder.
Licensed taxidermists shall submit to the Department a list
naming all individuals who will be working at the place of
business specified on the license. Only those individuals whose
names are on file with the Department shall be authorized to
work under the scope of the taxidermist's license.
(b) Taxidermists shall keep written records of all birds or
mammals, or parts thereof, received or returned by them.
Records shall include the following information:
(1) The date the bird or mammal was received.
(2) The name and address of the person from whom the
bird or mammal was received.

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(3) The number and species of each bird or mammal
received.
(4) The number and state of issuance of the hunting or
trapping license, or special Department permit, of the
individual from whom the bird or mammal was received. In
the absence of a license or permit number, the taxidermist
may rely on the written certification of the person from
whom the bird or mammal was received that the specimen was
legally taken or obtained, or, in the event the individual
is exempt from the apposite license requirements, an
indication of such exemption.
(c) All birds or mammals or parts thereof that have been
received, preserved or mounted or possessed by a taxidermist
are required to bear a coded origin tag or label. The origin
tag or label shall correspond with written records containing
more complete information as required by the Department.
(d) Taxidermy records shall be open for inspection by any
peace officer during normal business hours at any reasonable
hour. Taxidermists shall maintain records for a period of 6
months 2 years from the date of receipt of the bird or mammal
or for as long as the specimen or mount remains in the
taxidermist's possession, whichever is longer. The Department
may require the taxidermist to submit to it such information as
it deems necessary.
(e) A licensed taxidermist may possess the green hides of
furbearers and other game mammals the year round as long as

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such hides are tagged as and remain the property of the
individual who legally took them and for whom the taxidermist
is performing services.
(f) A licensed taxidermist may without a fur tanners permit
tan the green hides of furbearers and other game mammals as
long as such hides are tagged as and remain the property of the
individual who legally took them and for whom the taxidermist
is performing services.
(f.5) A licensed taxidermist may, without a fur buyer's
permit, buy, sell, transport and possess the green or tanned
hides of any legally obtained furbearer or game mammal the year
round as long as the hides in the taxidermist's possession are
used for taxidermy purposes only and bear a coded origin tag or
label. The origin tag or label shall correspond with written
records containing more complete information as required by the
Department.
(g) No taxidermist shall have in his or her possession any
bird or mammal that is not listed in his written records and
properly tagged or labeled.
(h) All persons licensed as taxidermists under this Act who
shall ship any birds or mammals or parts thereof that have been
received, preserved or mounted, shall tag or label such
shipment and such tag or label shall state the name of the
taxidermist and the number and date of his or her license.
(i) Nothing in this Section removes taxidermists from
responsibility for the observance of any federal laws, rules,

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or regulations that may apply to the taxidermy business.
(Source: P.A. 88-416.)