(510 ILCS 68/105-95)
Sec. 105-95. Financial value of herptiles.
(a) For purposes of this Section, the financial value of all reptiles and amphibians described under this Act taken, possessed, or used in violation of this Act, whether in whole or in part, is as follows:
(1) for processed turtle parts, $8 for each pound or
fraction of a pound; for each non-processed turtle, $15 per whole turtle or fair market value, whichever is greater;
(2) for frogs, toads, salamanders, lizards, and
snakes, $5 per herptile or fair market value, whichever is greater, in whole or in part, unless specified as a special use herptile;
(3) for any special use herptile, the value shall be
no less than $250 per special use herptile or fair market value, whichever is greater;
(4) for any endangered or threatened herptile, the
value shall be no less than $150 per endangered or threatend herptile or fair market value, whichever is greater; and
(5) 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 for shipment, ships, exports, imports, causes to be shipped, exported, or imported, delivers for transportation, transports, or causes to be transported, carries or causes to be carried, or receives for shipment, transportation, carriage, or export any reptile or amphibian life, in part or in whole, of any of the reptiles and amphibians protected by this Act, and that reptile or amphibian life, in whole or in part, is valued at or in excess of a total of $300 or fair market value, whichever is greater, as per value specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection commits a Class 3 felony.
(b) The trier of fact may infer that a person "knowingly possesses" a reptile or amphibian, in whole or in part, captured or killed in violation of this Act, valued at or in excess of $600, as per value specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)
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