Illinois Statutes Chapter 515. Fish § 5/20-125. Records; reports; receipts.

(a) Any person engaged in the buying, selling, or shipping of aquatic life in the State, under Sections 20-70, 20-75, 20-80, 20-91, and 20-92 of this Act, shall maintain the following minimum records:

Reports must be submitted to the Department on forms furnished for that purpose by the Department and at intervals prescribed by the Department by administrative rule. Failure to submit reports as required is grounds for license suspension or revocation.

(b) All aquatic life dealers, including but not limited to minnow dealers, fish dealers, commercial roe dealers, mussel dealers, and breeders, shall, upon purchasing or receiving any aquatic life protected by this Code, issue a numbered receipt to the commercial fisherman, musselor, dealer, breeder, or other person from whom the aquatic life was purchased, setting forth the number of pounds and kinds of aquatic life, the date of purchase, the price paid per pound for each species, the name and address of the commercial fisherman, musselor, dealer, breeder, or other person from whom the aquatic life was purchased, and the appropriate license number of the commercial fisherman, musselor, dealer, breeder, or other person from whom the aquatic life was purchased if applicable, and the origin of the aquatic life.

The original receipt shall be retained by the aquatic life dealer for a minimum of 2 years from the date of purchase listed on the receipt. A duplicate receipt shall be given to the commercial fisherman, musselor, dealer, breeder, or other person from whom the aquatic life was purchased at the time of purchase.

(c) All receipts, reports, and records required by the Department in subsections (a) and (b) shall be available for inspection by any authorized employee of the Department or any other peace officer upon request. Failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection (c) shall bar the licensee from obtaining a permit or license for aquatic life purchasing for the following year. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subsection (c) shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) It is unlawful to falsify any information or record or to provide fraudulent information or records to the Department. Violation of this subsection (d) is a Class A misdemeanor.