Illinois introduces bill to ban Shark Fins

Bill Status of HB4119

97th General Assembly

Short Description:  SHARK FIN BAN

House Sponsors
Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

LAST ACTION :

Date : 1/25/2012
Chamber : House
Action: Referred to Rules Committee

Full Text of HB4119 :

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4119

Introduced , by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

515 ILCS 5/5-30 new

Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin. Defines “shark” and “shark fin”.

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A BILL FOR

HB4119                            LRB097 17191 CEL 62391 b

AN ACT concerning fish.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
adding Section 5-30 as follows:

(515 ILCS 5/5-30 new)
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 detached fin or a raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail of a shark.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Section, a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin on or after January 1, 2013.

(d) Until July 1, 2013, any person may possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin possessed by that person on January 1, 2013.

Source: Illinois General Assembly