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1		AN ACT concerning wildlife.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
5		Section 2.36 as follows:
6		(520 ILCS 5/2.36) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.36)
7		Sec. 2.36. It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, or barter, or
8		offer to buy, sell, or barter, and for a commercial
9		institution, other than a regularly operated refrigerated
10		storage establishment, to have in its possession any of the
11		wild birds, or any part thereof (and their eggs), or wild
12		mammals or any parts thereof, protected by this Act unless
13		done as hereinafter provided:
14		Game birds or any parts thereof (and their eggs), may be
15		held, possessed, raised and sold, or otherwise dealt with, as
16		provided in Section 3.23 of this Act or when legally produced
17		under similar special permit in another state or country and
18		legally transported into the State of Illinois; provided that
19		such imported game birds or any parts thereof, shall be marked
20		with permanent irremovable tags, or similar devices, to
21		establish and retain their origin and identity;
22		Rabbits may be legally taken and possessed as provided in
23		Sections 3.23, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act;

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1		Deer, or any parts thereof, may be held, possessed, sold
2		or otherwise dealt with as provided in this Section and
3		Sections 3.23 and 3.24 of this Act;
4		If a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat
5		processing facility, the meat processor at the facility is an
6		active member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger
7		program, and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the
8		processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the
9		licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer
10		wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the
11		deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to
12		another person or donated to a any other charitable
13		organization or community food bank that receives wild game
14		meat. The licensed meat processing facility may charge the
15		person receiving the deer meat a reasonable and customary
16		processing fee;
17		Meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable
18		organization or community food bank that receives wild game
19		meat are active members of the Illinois Sportsmen Against
20		Hunger program shall keep written records of all deer
21		received. Records shall include the following information:
22		(1) the date the deer was received;
23		(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the
24		person from whom the deer was received;
25		(3) whether the deer was received as a whole carcass
26		or as deboned meat; if the deer was brought to the meat

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1		processor as deboned meat, the processor shall include the
2		weight of the meat;
3		(4) the number and state of issuance of the permit of
4		the person from whom the deer was received; in the absence
5		of a permit number, the meat processor may rely on the
6		written certification of the person from whom the deer was
7		received that the deer was legally taken or obtained; and
8		(5) if the person who originally delivered the deer to
9		the meat processor fails to collect or make arrangements
10		for the packaged deer meat to be collected or wishes to
11		donate the meat and if the meat processor gives all or part
12		of the unclaimed deer meat to another person or charitable
13		organization or community food bank that receives wild
14		game meat, the meat processor shall maintain a record of
15		the exchange; the meat processor's records shall include
16		the customer's name, physical address, telephone number,
17		as well as the quantity and type of deer meat given to the
18		customer. The meat processor shall also include the amount
19		of compensation received for the deer meat in his or her
20		records.
21		Meat processor records for unclaimed and donated deer meat
22		shall be open for inspection by any peace officer at any
23		reasonable hour. Meat processors shall maintain records for a
24		period of 2 years after the date of receipt of the wild game or
25		for as long as the specimen or meat remains in the meat
26		processors possession, whichever is longer;

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1		No meat processor shall have in his or her possession any
2		deer that is not listed in his or her written records and
3		properly tagged or labeled;
4		All licensed meat processors who ship any deer or parts of
5		deer that have been held, possessed, or otherwise dealt with
6		shall tag or label the shipment, and the tag or label shall
7		state the name of the meat processor;
8		Nothing in this Section removes meat processors from
9		responsibility for the observance of any State or federal
10		laws, rules, or regulations that may apply to the meat
11		processing business;
12		Fur-bearing mammals, or any parts thereof, may be held,
13		possessed, sold or otherwise dealt with as provided in
14		Sections 3.16, 3.24, and 3.26 of this Act or when legally taken
15		and possessed in Illinois or legally taken and possessed in
16		and transported from other states or countries;
17		It is unlawful for any person to act as a nuisance wildlife
18		control operator for fee or compensation without a permit as
19		provided in subsection subsection (b) of Section 2.37 of this
20		Act unless such trapping is in compliance with Section 2.30.
21		The inedible parts of game mammals may be held, possessed,
22		sold, or otherwise dealt with when legally taken, in Illinois
23		or legally taken and possessed in and transported from other
24		states or countries.
25		Failure to establish proof of the legality of possession
26		in another state or country and importation into the State of

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