Bill Text: IL HB3756 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take aquatic life by means of a pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling shot bow, spear, or gig along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or highway in the State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 [HB3756 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3756-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take aquatic life by means of a pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling shot bow, spear, or gig along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or highway in the State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 [HB3756 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3756-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning fish.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10-110 as follows:
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6 | (515 ILCS 5/10-110) (from Ch. 56, par. 10-110)
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7 | Sec. 10-110. Taking carp, catfish, buffalo, suckers, gar, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | bowfin, shad, and drum. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Carp, catfish,
buffalo, suckers, gar, bowfin, shad, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and drum may be taken by means of a pitchfork,
underwater spear | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, including a sling | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | shot bow, spear, or gig.
Each person taking fish by these means | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall possess a valid sport fishing
license. Fish taken by | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | these means shall not be sold or bartered except as authorized | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | by the Department. The daily take, harvest limits, or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | additional species are subject to and set forth in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | administrative rule.
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18 | (b) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | take aquatic life as provided in subsection (a) along, upon, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | across, or from any public right-of-way or highway in this | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | State. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 98-182, eff. 8-5-13; 99-867, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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