Chapter 510 — ANIMALS

(510 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 956) Sec. 6. Administration and enforcement of Act. The Department may establish a program to control the spread of equine infectious anemia. This program may include, but is not limited to, requiring negative tests of equidae entering the State …

(510 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 8, par. 957) Sec. 7. Violations. Any person violating, or aiding or abetting a person violating this Act or any provision of any rule, regulation, or order of the Department issued pursuant to this Act may be ordered, following an administrative hearing,…

(510 ILCS 67/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Equine Research and Promotion Act. (Source: P.A. 93-135, eff. 7-10-03.)

(510 ILCS 67/10) Sec. 10. Referendum. Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act, the University of Illinois Extension shall determine by referendum whether the affected equine owners in Illinois assent to the levy, collection, and use of an equine feed assessment in acc…

(510 ILCS 67/15) Sec. 15. Qualified Illinois equine owner. A resident of Illinois shall be considered a qualified Illinois equine owner if he or she executes an affidavit verifying Illinois residency and one of the following requirements: (1) Current registration for the equine. …

(510 ILCS 67/20) Sec. 20. Illinois Equine Industry Research and Promotion Board. (a) Upon certification of the assent by the majority of qualified Illinois equine owners voting on the referendum, the qualified industry organization shall select the 12 members of the Illinois Equi…

(510 ILCS 67/25) Sec. 25. Assessments. (a) The Board shall set the assessment at $2 per ton or 5 cents per 50-pound bag of commercial equine feed. The assessed amount shall apply to all manufacturers of commercial equine feed when the feed is sold or imported for sale in Illinois…

(510 ILCS 67/30) Sec. 30. Refunds. The final purchaser of commercial equine feed, who has a dated receipt displaying the assessment added as a line item to the sale price, may by application in writing to the Board secure a refund in the amount added. The refund shall be payable …

(510 ILCS 67/35) Sec. 35. Compliance. The circuit courts of this State have jurisdiction specifically to enforce this Act. (Source: P.A. 93-135, eff. 7-10-03.)

(510 ILCS 67/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Board" means the Illinois Equine Industry Research and Promotion Board appointed in accordance with this Act. "Commercial equine feed" means manufactured feed, supplement, or premix intended or labeled for equine use. "Di…

(510 ILCS 67/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 93-135, eff. 7-10-03.)

(510 ILCS 68/1-1) Sec. 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Herptiles-Herps Act. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)

(510 ILCS 68/1-10) Sec. 1-10. Administrative agency. This Act shall be administered and under the direction of the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)

(510 ILCS 68/1-15) Sec. 1-15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms are defined as: "Administrative rule" means a regulatory measure issued by the Director under this Act. "Authorized law enforcement officer"…

(510 ILCS 68/1-5) Sec. 1-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to regulate the protection, control, possession, and propagation of herptiles in this State. (Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)

(510 ILCS 68/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Surgically altered venomous reptiles. It is not a defense to a violation of Article 65 that the person violating that Article has had the venomous reptile surgically altered to render it harmless. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)

(510 ILCS 68/10-15) Sec. 10-15. Venomous reptile permit requirements. In addition to those requirements listed in Articles 60 and 65 of this Act, Herptile Special Use permits may be issued to residents using approved venomous reptile species only for bona fide educational program…

(510 ILCS 68/10-20) Sec. 10-20. Approved venomous reptiles. Permittees may keep legally obtained venomous reptile specimens native to the United States, except the following species: Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus); Western diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalu…

(510 ILCS 68/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Maintenance of venomous reptiles. Permittees shall keep approved venomous reptiles in strong escape-proof enclosures that at a minimum are: impact resistant, locked at all times, prominently labeled with the permittee's full name, address, telephon…

(510 ILCS 68/10-30) Sec. 10-30. Educational programs with approved venomous reptiles. Permittees shall keep approved venomous reptiles in strong escape-proof enclosures that at a minimum are: impact resistant, locked at all times, prominently labeled with the permittee's full nam…

(510 ILCS 68/10-35) Sec. 10-35. Transport of approved venomous reptiles. During transport of any approved venomous reptile, it must be kept out of sight of the public in an escape-proof enclosure at all times that is labeled "venomous". Transport of any venomous reptile to any pu…

(510 ILCS 68/10-40) Sec. 10-40. Additional regulations. Venomous reptiles shall not be bred, sold, or offered for sale within this State. The Department may approve limited transfers among existing permittees as set forth in administrative rule. As determined by the Department, n…

(510 ILCS 68/10-5) Sec. 10-5. Venomous reptile defined. Venomous reptiles include, but are not limited to, any medically significant venomous species of the families or genera of the Order Squamata: Helodermatidae, such as gila monsters and beaded lizards; Elapidae, such as cobra…

(510 ILCS 68/100-10) Sec. 100-10. Search and seizure. Whenever any authorized employee of the Department, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer of the State has reason to believe that any person, owner, possessor, commercial institution, pet store, or reptile show vendo…

(510 ILCS 68/100-15) Sec. 100-15. Seizure and forfeiture. If any person is found to possess a special use herptile that is in violation of this Act, including any administrative rules, then the special use herptile and any equipment or items used contrary to this Act shall be sub…

(510 ILCS 68/100-5) Sec. 100-5. Prima facie evidence; confiscation. The possession of any herptile, special use herptile, or part of any herptile or special use herptile protected under this Act is prima facie evidence that the herptile or special use herptile or any part of is s…

(510 ILCS 68/105-10) Sec. 105-10. Conservation of herptiles. The Department shall take all measures necessary for the conservation, distribution, introduction, and restoration of herptiles. The Department shall also bring or cause to be brought actions and proceedings, in the nam…

(510 ILCS 68/105-100) Sec. 105-100. Home rule. A municipality or county may adopt an ordinance governing amphibian and reptile species that is more restrictive than this Act. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)

(510 ILCS 68/105-15) Sec. 105-15. Peace officers. All employees of the Department authorized by the Director shall have the power of, and shall be, peace officers in the enforcement of this Act, including administrative rules, and may carry weapons as may be necessary in the perf…

(510 ILCS 68/105-20) Sec. 105-20. Arrests; warrants. All authorized employees of the Department and all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and other police officers shall arrest any person detected in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules. Any dul…

(510 ILCS 68/105-25) Sec. 105-25. Prosecutions; State's Attorneys. All prosecutions shall be brought in the name and by the authority of the People of the State of Illinois before the circuit court for the county where the offense was committed. All State's Attorneys shall enforc…

(510 ILCS 68/105-30) Sec. 105-30. Statute of limitations. All prosecutions under this Act shall be commenced within 3 years after the commission of the offense if it is a felony, or within one year and 6 months after its commission if it is a misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 102-315, e…

(510 ILCS 68/105-35) Sec. 105-35. Collection of fines. All fines provided for by this Act shall be collected and remitted to the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, within 30 days after the collection of the fine, by the clerk of the circuit court collecting the fines who shall …

(510 ILCS 68/105-40) Sec. 105-40. Power of entry and examination; access to lands and waters. Authorized employees of the Department are empowered, under law, to enter all lands and waters to enforce the provisions of this Act. Authorized employees are further empowered to examin…

(510 ILCS 68/105-45) Sec. 105-45. Obstructing an officer. It shall be unlawful for any person to resist or obstruct any officer or employee of the Department in the discharge of his or her duties under this Act. Any person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdem…

(510 ILCS 68/105-5) Sec. 105-5. Administrative rules. The Department is authorized to adopt administrative rules for carrying out, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this Act. The administrative rules shall be adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Pro…

(510 ILCS 68/105-50) Sec. 105-50. Posing as an officer or employee. It shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself or herself falsely to be an officer or employee of the Department or to assume to act as an officer or employee of the Department without having been duly …

(510 ILCS 68/105-55) Sec. 105-55. Illegal collecting devices; public nuisance. Every collecting device, including seines, nets, traps, pillowcases, bags, snake hooks or tongs, or any electrical device or any other devices including vehicles or conveyance, watercraft, or aircraft …

(510 ILCS 68/105-60) Sec. 105-60. Violations; separate offenses. Each act of pursuing, taking, shipping, offered or received for shipping, offering or receiving for shipment, transporting, buying, selling or bartering, or having in one's possession any protected herptile or any p…

(510 ILCS 68/105-65) Sec. 105-65. Accessory to violation; accountability. (a) Any person who aids in or contributes in any way to a violation of this Act, including administrative rules, is individually liable, as a separate offense under this Act, for the penalties imposed again…

(510 ILCS 68/105-70) Sec. 105-70. Permit fraudulently obtained. No person shall at any time: (1) falsify, alter, or change in any manner, or provide deceptive or false information required for any permit issued under the provisions of this Act; (2) falsify any record required by …

(510 ILCS 68/105-75) Sec. 105-75. Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund; disposition of money received. All fees, fines, income of whatever kind or nature derived from herptile activities regulated by this Act on lands, waters, or both under the jurisdiction or control of the Depar…

(510 ILCS 68/105-80) Sec. 105-80. Ownership and title of wild indigenous reptiles and amphibians. The ownership of and title to all wild indigenous herptile life within the boundaries of the State are hereby declared to be in the State and no wild indigenous herptile life shall b…

(510 ILCS 68/105-85) Sec. 105-85. Application. This Act shall apply to reptile and amphibian life or any part of reptile and amphibian life (i) in or from any of the waters or lands wholly within the boundaries of the State or over which the State has concurrent jurisdiction with…

(510 ILCS 68/105-90) Sec. 105-90. Taking on private property. It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take any species of reptile or amphibian, or parts thereof, within or upon the land of another, or upon waters flowing over or standing on the land of another, withou…

(510 ILCS 68/105-95) Sec. 105-95. Financial value of herptiles. (a) For purposes of this Act, replacement cost shall be used to determine the financial value of the herptile species protected by this Act, but in no case shall the minimum value of any species protected under this …

(510 ILCS 68/110-5) Sec. 110-5. Exemptions. When acting in their official capacity, the following entities and their agents are exempt from Section 75-5 and 85-5 of this Act: (1) public zoos or aquaria accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums or the Zoological Associat…

(510 ILCS 68/15-10) Sec. 15-10. Maintenance of boas, pythons, and anacondas. Any species of boa, python, or anaconda not native to the United States, regardless of length, must be properly maintained in suitable, strong, impact resistant, escape-proof enclosures at all times unle…

(510 ILCS 68/15-15) Sec. 15-15. Educational programs with boas, pythons, and anacondas. During any bona fide educational program involving boas, pythons, or anacondas not native to the United States, the owner or affiliated agent must maintain physical possession of the snake at …

(510 ILCS 68/15-20) Sec. 15-20. Transport of boas, pythons, and anacondas. During transport of any boa, python, or anaconda, the snake must be kept out of sight of the public in an escape-proof enclosure at all times. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)