Illinois Compiled Statutes 515 Fish: Article 1 - General Provisions

• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-1
  Short title. This Code may be cited as the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-5
  Administrative agency. This Code shall be administered by and under the direction of the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-10
  Definitions. As used in this Code, terms are defined according to the following Sections. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-15
  Administrative rule. "Administrative rule" means a regulatory measure issued by the Director under this Code. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-20
  Aquatic life. "Aquatic life" means all fish, crayfish, and mussels. For the purposes of Section 20-90, the definition of "aquatic life" shall include, but is...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-20.5
  Aquatic life farm. "Aquatic life farm" means property: (i) containing any or a combination of levee ponds, a strip mine lake, or other type...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-25
  Authorized employee. "Authorized employee" means all sworn members of the Law Enforcement Division and those specifically granted law enforcement authorization by the Director. (Source:...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-30
  Contraband. "Contraband" applies to all aquatic life or any part of aquatic life taken, bought, sold or bartered, shipped, or held in possession, or...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-35
  Department. "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-40
  Director. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-45
  Dressed. "Dressed" means having the head removed. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-50
  Fishing. "Fishing" means taking or attempting to take aquatic life in any waters of the State, by any method, and all other acts such...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-53
  Indigenous species. "Indigenous species" means those species of aquatic life specified by administrative rule. (Source: P.A. 94-592, eff. 1-1-06.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-55
  Minnow. "Minnow" means any fish in the family Cyprinidae except common carp (Cyprinus carpio), goldfish (Carassius auratus), and Asian carp [bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), black...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-60
  Mussel devices. "Mussel devices" includes any rake, fork, crow-foot bar, dredge, or air breathing device described as follows: (i) rake or fork: any rake...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-65
  Mussels. "Mussels" means and embraces any fresh water mussel or the shell of a mussel. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-70
  Person. "Person" includes the plural "persons", females as well as males, and shall extend and be applied to clubs, associations, corporations, firms, and partnerships...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-75
  Resident. "Resident" means a person who in good faith makes application for any license or permit and verifies by statement that he or she has...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-80
  Resident commercial fisherman. "Resident commercial fisherman" means an individual who has actually resided in Illinois for one year immediately preceding his or her application...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-85
  Salmon. "Salmon" includes all the salmons and trouts. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-90
  Salmon stamp. "Salmon stamp" means a special stamp issued by the Department authorizing taking or attempting to take salmon in Lake Michigan. (Source: P.A....
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-91
  Inland trout stamp. "Inland trout stamp" means a special stamp issued by the Department authorizing taking or attempting to take trout in all waters...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-95
  Sport fisherman. "Sport fisherman" means an individual who uses or attempts to use sport fishing devices as stated in Sections 10-95, 10-110, and 10-140....
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-100
  Take. "Take" means lure, kill, destroy, capture, gig or spear, trap or ensnare, or attempt to do so. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-103
  Taxidermy. "Taxidermy" means the art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of fish, birds, or mammals to make them appear lifelike. (Source: P.A.
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-105
  Transport; ship. "Transport" or "ship" means to convey by parcel post, express, freight, baggage, or shipment by common carrier of any description; by automobile,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-110
  Individual. "Individual" means a natural person. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-115
  Resident commercial musselor. "Resident commercial musselor" means an individual who has actually resided in Illinois for one year immediately preceding his or her application...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-116
  Roe. "Roe" means the eggs of fish that are whole and intact within the egg sac, whether within the body cavity of the fish or...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-117
  Roe-bearing species. "Roe-bearing species" means sturgeon, paddlefish, bowfin, and any other fish listed as such by the Department in an administrative rule. (Source: P.A. 95-147,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-120
  Seasons; daily limits. The seasons during which protected aquatic life may be taken and the size limits and daily catch limits set out in...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-125
  Administrative rules. The Department is authorized to issue administrative rules for carrying out, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this Code. The administrative rules shall...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-130
  Cooperation with EPA. The Department is authorized to cooperate with the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Illinois in making pollution investigations and...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-135
  Taking for propagation or maintaining biological balance. The Department and persons authorized by it may take, purchase, or propagate any aquatic life or their...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-140
  Production for stocking. The Department may produce under Section 1-135 any aquatic life or their eggs and distribute them to suitable waters for propagation...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-145
  Propagation facilities. The Department may, for the purpose of propagating aquatic life, establish and maintain facilities upon any water owned or leased by the...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-147
  Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any power granted under this Code to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-150
  Preservation of aquatic life; actions to enforce Code. The Department shall take all measures necessary for the conservation, distribution, introduction, and restoration of aquatic...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-155
  Conservation training schools; public education. The Department may establish Conservation Training Schools and employ technicians and other help necessary for the purpose of teaching...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-160
  Peace officers. All employees of the Department authorized by the Director shall have the power of, and shall be, peace officers in the enforcement...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-165
  Arrests; warrants. All authorized employees of the Department and all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and other police officers shall arrest any person detected in violation...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-170
  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...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-175
  Limitations. All prosecutions under this Code shall be commenced within 2 years from the time the offense charged was committed. (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-180
  Collection of fines. All fines provided for by this Code shall be collected and remitted to the Department, within 30 days after the collection...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-185
  Power of entry and examination. Authorized employees of the Department are empowered, under law, to enter all lands and waters to enforce this Code....
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-190
  Prima facie evidence; confiscation. The possession of any aquatic life protected under this Code is prima facie evidence that the aquatic life is subject...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-195
  Search warrant; process. Whenever any authorized employee of the Department, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer of the State has reason to believe...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-200
  Obstructing an officer. It shall be unlawful for any person to resist or obstruct any officer or employee of the Department in the discharge...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-205
  Posing as an officer. It shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself or herself falsely to be an officer or employee of...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-210
  Confiscation of contraband. All aquatic life or any part of aquatic life taken, bought, sold or bartered, shipped, or had in possession contrary to...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-215
  Illegal fishing devices; public nuisance. Every fishing device, including seines, nets, or traps, or any electrical device or any other devices, including vehicles, watercraft,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-220
  Violations; separate offenses. Each act of pursuing, taking, shipping, offering or receiving for shipment, transporting, buying, selling or bartering, or having in one's possession...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-225
  Accessory. Any person who aids in or contributes in any way to a violation of this Code, including administrative rules, is individually liable, as...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-230
  Wildlife and Fish Fund; disposition of money received. All fees, fines, income of whatever kind or nature derived from hunting and fishing activities on lands,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 1-235
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-833. Repealed by P.A. 97-916, eff. 8-9-12.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015