Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 885 - HERPTILE CODE › Section 885.60 - Herptile Scientific Collection Permit Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Full-time employees of state or federal
			 conservation agencies shall be issued an HSCP at no charge for the term of
			 their employment, as long as that person continues to submit, by January 31 of
			 each year, an annual report of the past year's activities as defined in Section
			 885.70.
b) The HSCP is valid for
			 only the approved type of research and/or collection of a voucher herptile
			 stated on the permit. Under no circumstances shall an HSCP be used in lieu of
			 sport or commercial licenses. HSCPs exempt holders from herptile possession
			 limits for strictly research only, whereas sport fishing licenses do have
			 personal herptile possession limits and Herpetoculture Permits (see Sections
			 885.80, 885.90 and
			 885.100
			 ) exempt holders from herptile possession limits for personal or commercial
			 purposes only.
c) The permittee's
			 method of taking herptiles must be approved by the Department. All devices used
			 for taking, which are left unattended, must have the permittee's name, address
			 and Scientific Permit number visible on them.
d) Taking and/or salvage of herptiles shall
			 be performed by or under the direct supervision of the permittee. The permittee
			 shall disclose in the permit application the name of any other person who will
			 assist the permittee. The permittee must be present when any person named in
			 the application is involved in the actual taking of herptiles.
e) Taking and/or collection of a voucher
			 herptile is only allowed in areas designated on the permit.
f) Taking and/or collection of a voucher
			 herptile on private properties requires oral or written landowner's or
			 landowner designee's permission. This permit does not allow the privilege of
			 trespass.
g) Taking and/or
			 collection of a voucher herptile on Department-owned or -managed lands,
			 including, but not limited to, collection in State Parks, Conservation Areas,
			 Nature Preserves or Land and Water Reserves, is not permitted without
			 additional permits, pursuant to the State Parks Act, Illinois Natural Areas
			 Preservation Act and 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 110.70,
			 4000.570,
			 4000.580
			 and
			 4010.260.
h) The HSCP must be carried on the person at
			 all times when taking specimens and be presented, upon request, to Department
			 or law enforcement personnel.
i)
			 Herptiles taken and rehabilitated shall be released to the wild here originally
			 captured or shall be permanently donated to a public or state scientific
			 educational or zoological institution. Any proposed return of a herptile taken
			 under an HSCP to the wild of Illinois must first be pre-approved in writing by
			 the Department. Return of a herptile to the wild of Illinois without written
			 approval by the Department will constitute a violation of this Part.
j) The permittee is responsible for the
			 taking activities under the permit and for submitting the annual report
			 required by Section 885.70. The permittee must maintain a record of all
			 specimens taken for no less than 2 years and shall present that record, upon
			 request, to Department or law enforcement personnel.
k) An HSCP does not release the permittee
			 from other provisions under the Act, nor from federal or other State statutes
			 and does not supersede federal permits.
l) No person shall transfer a permit issued
			 under this Section to another person.