Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 520 - SCIENTIFIC PERMITS › Section 520.30 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Formal
			 agreements between the Department and State or federal agencies, county or
			 municipal conservation agencies, universities or other scientific institutions
			 that include annual reports, meet the eligibility criteria of Section
			 520.20 and meet the requirements
			 of this Section will serve as scientific permits for employees designated by
			 the agency, university or scientific institution. This includes agreements for
			 Department sponsored scientific studies. Scientific permits under this Section
			 will be valid for the term stated in the agreement. The agreement must state
			 the term of the agreement and that the agreement is intended to serve as a
			 scientific permit.
b) Scientific
			 permits not covered under subsection (a) will be issued on an annual basis and
			 will expire on December 31.
c) The
			 scientific permit is valid for only the approved activities stated on the
			 permit. Under no circumstances shall a scientific permit be used in lieu of
			 sport or commercial licenses.
d)
			 Permittee's method of taking fauna must be approved by the Department. Approved
			 methods include, but are not limited to, electro-fishing, nets, hand and traps.
			 All devices used for taking which are left unattended must have the permittee's
			 name, address and scientific permit number visible on them.
e) Taking and/or salvage of fauna is only
			 allowed in areas designated on the permit.
f) Taking and/or salvage of fauna on private
			 properties requires oral or written landowner's permission. This permit does
			 not allow the privilege of trespass.
g) Fauna taken and/or salvaged and
			 rehabilitated must be released to the wild or permanently donated to a public
			 or State scientific educational or zoological institution within 120
			 days.
h) At no point will a
			 scientific permit be issued or allowed for the keeping of fauna as a pet or
			 companion animal.
i) Except as
			 otherwise stated on the face of a permit, any person who is under the direct
			 control of the permittee, or who is an agent of the permittee for the purposes
			 authorized by the permit, may carry out the activity authorized by the
			 permit.
j) Permittee is responsible
			 for ensuring compliance with the provisions of the permit and reporting on
			 behalf of the permittee's agents engaged in the taking and/or salvage of fauna
			 under the issued permit. Permittee must maintain a record of all specimens
			 taken and shall present such record upon request to Department.
k) No person shall transfer a permit issued
			 pursuant to this Part to another person.
l) Permits issued under this Part or valid
			 copies thereof must be in the possession of the permittee or the permittee's
			 agents when engaged in the taking and/or salvage of fauna and presented upon
			 demand to any authorized officer or agent of the Department or any police
			 officer of the State of Illinois or of any unit of local government within the
			 State of Illinois.
m) Permittees
			 issued a permit under subsection (c) shall submit an annual report to the
			 Department of the past year's activities on forms provided by the Department by
			 January 30 of the next year. At a minimum, permittees will be required to
			 report the number of individuals and species taken, live or salvaged, and
			 disposition.
n) Permittees shall
			 also provide the Department a copy of all articles and scientific publications
			 resulting from the permitted activities. Permits issued under subsection (c)
			 will be renewed only after copies of the annual report and all related
			 documents have been received by the Department.
o) A scientific permit does not release the
			 permittee from compliance with other provisions of the Illinois Administrative
			 Code nor from federal or State law and does not supersede federal
			 permits.