95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2562


 
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. John O. Jones
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that no permit or license may be issued, for the taking with a firearm of wildlife protected under the Code, to any convicted felon, any person subject to an order of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a firearm, any person convicted within the previous 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, or violation of an order of protection in which a firearm was used or possessed, any person convicted of domestic battery on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any person convicted within the previous 5 years of domestic battery committed before the effective date of the amendatory Act, or

any person not an adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.

















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    AN ACT concerning wildlife.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended  by adding Section 
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2.33c as follows:
 
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    (520 ILCS 5/2.33c  new)
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    Sec. 2.33c. Prohibited permits and licenses. No permit or 
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license may be issued, for the taking with a firearm of 
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wildlife protected under this Code, to any of the following 
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persons:
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    (1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the 
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laws of this or any other jurisdiction. 
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    (2) Any person subject to an existing order of protection 
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prohibiting him or her from possessing a firearm. 
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    (3) Any person convicted within the previous 5 years of 
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battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order of 
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protection, or a substantially similar offense in another 
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jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed. 
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    (4) Any person convicted of domestic battery or a 
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substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction 
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committed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
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of the 95th General Assembly. 
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    (5) Any person convicted within the previous 5 years of 
 


 






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domestic battery or a substantially similar offense in another 
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jurisdiction committed before the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. 
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    (6) Any person not an adult who had been adjudicated a 
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delinquent minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the 
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commission of an offense that if committed by an adult would be 
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a felony.