The Department shall establish by administrative rule the legal season for cutting, digging up, rooting up or gathering wild ginseng. The harvest season for wild ginseng must be within the time period of August 1 to November 1 of each calendar year and may be closed in all or part of the State only by action of the Illinois General Assembly.
525 ILCS 20/3
Harvest Season
Known as the Ginseng Harvesting Act
The act spans §§ 525-20-0-01 to 525-20-6 (19 sections).
P.A. 83-680.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.