Bill Text: IL HB2804 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0567 [HB2804 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB2804-Amended.html

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Sen. John O. Jones

Filed: 5/17/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2804
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2804 as follows:
on page 2, line 5, immediately after "facility", by inserting
", the meat processor at the facility is an active member of
the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program,"; and
on page 2, line 9, after "person" by inserting "or donated to
any other charitable organization or community food bank that
receives wild game meat"; and
on page 2, immediately below line 12, by inserting the
following:
"Meat processors who are active members of the Illinois
Sportsmen Against Hunger program shall keep written records of
all deer received. Records shall include the following
information:
(1) the date the deer was received;

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(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the
person from whom the deer was received;
(3) whether the deer was received as a whole carcass or
as deboned meat; if the deer was brought to the meat
processor as deboned meat, the processor shall include the
weight of the meat;
(4) the number and state of issuance of the permit of
the person from whom the deer was received; in the absence
of a permit number, the meat processor may rely on the
written certification of the person from whom the deer was
received that the deer was legally taken or obtained; and
(5) if the person who originally delivered the deer to
the meat processor fails to collect or make arrangements
for the packaged deer meat to be collected and the meat
processor gives all or part of the unclaimed deer meat to
another person, the meat processor shall maintain a record
of the exchange; the meat processor's records shall include
the customer's name, physical address, telephone number,
as well as the quantity and type of deer meat given to the
customer. The meat processor shall also include the amount
of compensation received for the deer meat in his or her
records.
Meat processor records for unclaimed deer meat shall be
open for inspection by any peace officer at any reasonable
hour. Meat processors shall maintain records for a period of 2
years after the date of receipt of the wild game or for as long

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as the specimen or meat remains in the meat processors
possession, whichever is longer.
No meat processor shall have in his or her possession any
deer that is not listed in his or her written records and
properly tagged or labeled.
All licensed meat processors who ship any deer or parts of
deer that have been held, possessed, or otherwise dealt with
shall tag or label the shipment, and the tag or label shall
state the name of the meat processor.
Nothing in this Section removes meat processors from
responsibility for the observance of any State or federal laws,
rules, or regulations that may apply to the meat processing
business.".