GINSENG HARVESTING-FORFEITURE, the official text

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1   AN ACT concerning conservation.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The Ginseng Harvesting Act is amended by

5 changing Sections 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4, and 6 as follows:

6   (525 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 61, par. 501)

7   Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the

8 context otherwise requires:

9   "Cultivated ginseng" means ginseng growing in tilled beds

10 under shade of artificial structures.

11  "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.

12  "Ginseng" means the root of the American ginseng plant

13 (Panax quinquefolium). "Ginseng" includes, but is not limited

14 to, the roots, rhizomes, leaves, and seeds of the American

15 ginseng plant, which may be cultivated or wild. "Ginseng" does

16 not include those parts of the American ginseng plant that

17 have been processed.

18  "Green ginseng" means a root of ginseng from which the

19 moisture has not been removed by drying. In this Act, the

20 amount of dried ginseng rhizome that can be derived from green

21 ginseng rhizome may be calculated using a ratio of 3.3 to one

22 by weight.

23  "Grower" means a person who grows cultivated ginseng for
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1 the purpose of selling the ginseng.

2   "Harvester" means any person who harvests, possesses,

3 transports, cuts, gathers, destroys, digs, or uproots wild

4 ginseng for the purpose of selling the ginseng or for personal

5 use.

6   "Root" means the ginseng rhizome and its roots.

7   "Wild ginseng" means ginseng in, or collected from, its

8 natural habitat, notwithstanding whether the ginseng is native

9 to that habitat or was introduced or increased in abundance by

10 sowing ginseng seed or by transplanting ginseng plants from

11 other areas.

12 (Source: P.A. 83-680.)

13  (525 ILCS 20/2a) (from Ch. 61, par. 508)

14  Sec. 2a. Harvest License. No person may cut, root up,

15 gather or harvest wild ginseng, or attempt to do so, unless the

16 person has a harvest license issued by the Department. All

17 persons licensed by the Department pursuant to this Section

18 shall immediately produce the license when requested to do so

19 by an officer or authorized employee of the Department or any

20 sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer. The fee for a

21 harvest license is $7 and is valid from April 1 to March 31. A

22 harvest license is valid during the established harvest season

23 for wild ginseng for the year during which it is issued. The

24 Department shall establish by administrative rule the

25 procedure for issuing licenses and regulations on the methods
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1 used to harvest. Harvested wild ginseng may be sold only to
2 dealers licensed by the State of Illinois. All wild ginseng
3 must be sold by harvesters no later than March 1 of the year
4 following harvest.
5 (Source: P.A. 85-152.)

6  (525 ILCS 20/2b) (from Ch. 61, par. 509)

7  Sec. 2b. Grower's License. Any person engaged in the

8 propagation and harvesting of cultivated ginseng shall secure

9 a registered grower's license from the Department annually for

10 a fee of $25.00. A grower's license shall authorize the

11 harvest of cultivated ginseng at any time. A grower's license

12 is valid from April 1 through March 31. A grower shall maintain

13 records as to the location of all cultivated ginseng fields,

14 areas or facilities, quantity of ginseng produced and any

15 other information required by the Department by administrative

16 rule and shall keep records and make reports to the Department

17 as required by administrative rule. The Department shall

18 establish by administrative rule procedures of issuing

19 licenses, keeping records and reports, reporting transactions

20 and certifying the amounts, quantities and origin of the

21 cultivated ginseng. The Department shall supply, free of

22 additional charges proper forms to growers for all required

23 data and information. All persons licensed by the Department

24 pursuant to this Section shall immediately produce the license

25 when requested to do so by an officer or authorized employee of
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1 the Department or any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace
2 officer.
3 (Source: P.A. 83-680.)

4  (525 ILCS 20/2c) (from Ch. 61, par. 510)

5  Sec. 2c. Dealer License. No person shall be engaged in the

6 business of buying wild or cultivated ginseng from harvesters,

7 growers or other dealers for resale to exporters or to other

8 dealers unless the person has a license issued by the

9 Department to be a dealer of ginseng. The fee for a dealer's

10 license is $50.00 for Illinois residents and $100.00 for

11 nonresidents and is valid from April 1 through March 31. A

12 dealer shall maintain records, open to duly authorized agents

13 of the Department, of the quantity of material purchased and

14 sold, the county where purchased ginseng was harvested, and

15 other information required by the Department by administrative

16 rule, and shall make reports to the Department as required.

17 The Department shall establish by administrative rule

18 procedures for issuing licenses, keeping records, reporting

19 transactions, and certifying the origin of ginseng. The

20 Department shall supply free of additional charge, proper

21 forms to dealers for all required data and information. A

22 dealer may purchase roots of wild ginseng harvested in

23 Illinois only during the period from two weeks after the

24 opening of the harvest season for wild ginseng to the

25 following March 1, or may purchase at any time wild or
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1 cultivated ginseng harvested in another state and certified
2 for export by that state. All persons licensed by the
3 Department pursuant to this Section shall immediately produce
4 the license when requested to do so by an officer or authorized
5 employee of the Department or any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or
6 other peace officer.
7 (Source: P.A. 84-1065.)

8   (525 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 61, par. 516)

9   Sec. 4. Trespass to Harvest Ginseng. No person shall,

10 without permission of the owner, enter the forest, field,

11 yard, building, garden or other enclosure of another and

12 willfully break down, dig, destroy, take or carry away any

13 ginseng or attempt to do so.

14 (Source: P.A. 83-680.)

15  (525 ILCS 20/6)

16  Sec. 6. Additional license revocation and denial

17 provisions.

18  (a) If a license has been issued to any person under this

19 Act and that person is found guilty of any misrepresentation

20 in obtaining that license or a violation of any of the

21 provisions of this Act or its rules or a violation of the

22 United States Code that involves the possession, use, sale,

23 transportation, or harvesting of ginseng when any part of the

24 United States Code violation occurred in Illinois, the license
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1 may be revoked by the Department. The Department may also

2 refuse to issue any license to that person and may suspend that

3 person from engaging in any activity requiring the license for

4 a period of time in accordance with rules adopted by the

5 Department not to exceed 5 years following the revocation.

6   (b) If a person who has not been issued a license under

7 this Act is found guilty of a violation of any of the

8 provisions of this Act or its rules or a violation of the

9 United States Code that involves the possession, use, sale,

10 transportation, or harvesting of ginseng when any part of the

11 United States Code violation occurred in Illinois, the

12 Department may refuse to issue any license to that person and

13 may suspend that person from engaging in any activity

14 requiring the license for a period of time in accordance with

15 rules adopted by the Department not to exceed 5 years.

16  (c) The Department's license revocation procedures must be

17 established by administrative rule.

18  (d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this

19 Act or its rules during any period when his or her license is

20 revoked or denied by virtue of this Section, or during the time

21 he or she is suspended under subsection (b), is guilty of a

22 Class A misdemeanor.

23  (e) A person whose license to engage in any activity

24 regulated under this Act has been suspended or revoked may

25 not, during the period of the suspension or revocation or

26 until obtaining the proper license, (i) be in the company of
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1 any person engaging in the activity covered by the license or
2 (ii) serve as a guide or facilitator for a person who is
3 engaged or prepared to engage in the activity covered by the
4 license.
5 (Source: P.A. 102-837, eff. 5-13-22.)

6   (525 ILCS 20/1a rep.)

7   (525 ILCS 20/1b rep.)

8   (525 ILCS 20/1c rep.)

9   (525 ILCS 20/1d rep.)

10  (525 ILCS 20/1e rep.)

11  Section 10. The Ginseng Harvesting Act is amended by

12 repealing Sections 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, and 1e.