Chapter 515 — FISH

(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 for…

(515 ILCS 5/20-90) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-90) Sec. 20-90. Aquaculture permits. Any person who shall engage in the breeding, hatching, propagation, or raising of aquatic life, whether indigenous or non-indigenous to this State, shall first procure a permit from the Department to do…

(515 ILCS 5/20-91) Sec. 20-91. Commercial roe harvest permit. (a) Any commercial fisherman who engages in taking roe-bearing species with commercial fishing devices from legally open waters of the State must annually procure a commercial roe harvest permit from the Department. Al…

(515 ILCS 5/20-92) Sec. 20-92. Commercial roe dealer permit. (a) Any resident wholesale aquatic life dealer who buys, sells, or ships roe from roe-bearing species, whether from the waters within or without the State, must annually procure a commercial roe dealer permit from the D…

(515 ILCS 5/20-95) (from Ch. 56, par. 20-95) Sec. 20-95. Daily fee fishing area. Any person owning, controlling, or operating a water area, including access to this water area, that is used for fishing by those either directly or indirectly paying a daily fee for fishing shall ma…

(515 ILCS 5/25-10) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-10) Sec. 25-10. Mussel preserves. The Department may, from time to time when it shall deem feasible for the conservation of mussels, by administrative rule prescribe waters to be known as mussel preserves from which mussels shall not be ta…

(515 ILCS 5/25-15) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-15) Sec. 25-15. Destruction of posted notices. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy, in whole or in part, or attempt to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy any notice or proclamation posted…

(515 ILCS 5/25-20) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-20) Sec. 25-20. Shipment of aquatic life; labels and tags. Except as provided in Sections 1-130, 20-85, and 20-90, any railroad company, express company, steamboat company, or other common carrier, before receiving any aquatic life protect…

(515 ILCS 5/25-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 25-5) Sec. 25-5. Aquatic life preserves; regulation of devices. All waters in the State including boundary waters under jurisdiction of the State shall be aquatic life preserves. Sport fishing devices, except as provided in this Code and its a…

(515 ILCS 5/30-10) (from Ch. 56, par. 30-10) Sec. 30-10. Assent to provisions of federal Act. The State of Illinois assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in fish restoration and management projects…

(515 ILCS 5/30-15) (from Ch. 56, par. 30-15) Sec. 30-15. Use of license fees. No funds accruing to the State of Illinois from license fees paid by fishermen shall be diverted for any other purpose than the administration of the Department of Natural Resources for the management o…

(515 ILCS 5/30-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 30-5) Sec. 30-5. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Fish Restoration Project Law. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)

(515 ILCS 5/35-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 35-5) Sec. 35-5. Severability. The provisions of this Code are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)

(515 ILCS 5/40-1) (from Ch. 56, par. 40-1) Sec. 40-1. Prior law. (a) A provision of this Code that is the same or substantially the same as a prior law shall be construed as a continuation of the prior law and not as a new or different law. (b) A citation in another Act to an Act…

(515 ILCS 5/40-10) (from Ch. 56, par. 40-10) Sec. 40-10. Home rule; mandates. Nothing in this Code as initially enacted (i) is a denial or limitation on home rule powers where no denial or limitation existed under prior law or (ii) creates a State mandate under the State Mandates…

(515 ILCS 5/40-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 40-5) Sec. 40-5. Other Acts of the 87th General Assembly. If any other Act of the 87th General Assembly changes, adds, or repeals a provision of prior law that is continued in this Code, then that change, addition, or repeal in the other Act s…

(515 ILCS 5/45-1) (from Ch. 56, par. 45-1) Sec. 45-1. Repeals. The following Acts or parts of Acts are repealed: The Fish Code of 1971. The Fish Restoration Project Act. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)

(515 ILCS 5/5-10) (from Ch. 56, par. 5-10) Sec. 5-10. Application. This Code shall apply to aquatic life or parts of aquatic life (i) in or from any of the lakes, rivers, creeks, sloughs, bayous, or other waters or watercourses or lands wholly within the boundaries of the State o…

(515 ILCS 5/5-15) (from Ch. 56, par. 5-15) Sec. 5-15. Permissible devices. Aquatic life or parts of aquatic life shall be taken only with the devices and in the manner permitted by this Code, and the terms of this Code shall apply with equal force to aquatic life when smoked, fro…

(515 ILCS 5/5-20) (from Ch. 56, par. 5-20) Sec. 5-20. Taking aquatic life on private property. Any person taking or attempting to take aquatic life by means of any device within waters other than public waters of the State shall first obtain the consent of the owner, tenant, or d…

(515 ILCS 5/5-25) (from Ch. 56, par. 5-25) Sec. 5-25. Value of protected species; violations. (a) Any person who, for profit or commercial purposes, knowingly captures or kills, possesses, offers for sale, sells, offers to barter, barters, offers to purchase, purchases, delivers …

(515 ILCS 5/5-30) Sec. 5-30. Shark fins. (a) As used in this Section, "shark" means any species of the subclass Elasmobranchii. (b) As used in this Section, "shark fin" means a raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin or a raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail o…

(515 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 56, par. 5-5) Sec. 5-5. Ownership and title; violations; penalties. The ownership of and title to all aquatic life within the boundaries of the State, are hereby declared to be in the State, and no aquatic life shall be taken or killed, in any manner or…

(515 ILCS 5/50-1) (from Ch. 56, par. 50-1) Sec. 50-1. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)