Illinois Compiled Statutes 525 Conservation: Article -

• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 0.01
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Ginseng Harvesting Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 1
  Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (Source: P.A. 83-680.)
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 1a
  "Cultivated ginseng" means ginseng growing in tilled beds under shade of artificial structures or under natural shade. (Source: P.A. 83-680.)
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 1b
  "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 1c
  "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 1d
  "Ginseng" means the root of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolium). (Source: P.A. 83-680.)
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 1e
  "Wild ginseng" means ginseng in, or collected from, its native habitat, notwithstanding whether the ginseng occurs naturally from that habitat or was introduced or...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2
  Licenses. The following licensing provisions shall be applied by the Department: (Source: P.A. 83-680.)
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2a
  Harvest License. No person may cut, root up, gather or harvest wild ginseng unless the person has a harvest license issued by the Department....
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2b
  Grower's License. Any person engaged in the propagation and harvesting of cultivated ginseng shall secure a registered grower's license from the Department annually for...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2c
  Dealer License. No person shall be engaged in the business of buying wild or cultivated ginseng from harvesters, growers or other dealers for resale...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2d
  Purchase with Knowledge. No dealer may purchase wild ginseng or other protected plants if the person knows it was cut, dug, rooted up or...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2e
  Certification. The Department must certify the origin and quantity of all ginseng harvested in the State of Illinois. Certifications will only be made within...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2f
  Exception. Sections 2a and 3 do not apply to a person who roots up or destroys wild ginseng growing on the person's own land...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 2g
  All fees, fines, and other income of whatsoever kind or nature derived from this Act shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 3
  Harvest Season. The Department shall establish by administrative rule the legal season for cutting, digging up, rooting up or gathering wild ginseng. The harvest...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 4
  Trespass to Harvest Ginseng. No person shall, without permission of the owner, enter the forest, field, yard, building, garden or other enclosure of another...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 5
  Penalties. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Act or rules promulgated under the authority of this Act is, for each offense,...
• Illinois Ginseng Harvesting Act. - 525 ILCS 20, Section 6
  Additional license revocation and denial provisions. (a) If a license has been issued to any person under this Act and that person is found...

Last modified: February 18, 2015