§ 55-15 — Intergrade, hybrid, or morphological variation

The Department shall have the authority to enforce any and all provisions under this Act with respect to an intergrade, hybrid, or morphological variation of a species protected under this Act or administrative rule. Any intergrade or hybrid specimen of a species protected under this Act shall have the same protections that any herptile parent of the intergrade or hybrid specimen has under this Act or administrative rule. The Department may adopt administrative rules for the regulation and administration of intergrade, hybrid, or morphological variations of herptiles. Any offspring resulting from the breeding of herptiles in which one herptile parent has been taken from the wild in this State and the other parent is from non-Illinois stock or captive bred stock may not be legally sold or otherwise commercialized and shall be treated as indigenous or native Illinois herptile taxa subject to Article 5 of this Act. Morphological variety relating to color or pattern variations that are different from the normal, wild-type coloration or pattern of any herptile indigenous to this State or listed as a threatened or endangered species in the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act shall be treated as indigenous or native Illinois herptile taxa subject to this Act.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22 .)