95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2562

 

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. John O. Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/2.33c new

    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.


LRB095 19779 RCE 46157 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2562 LRB095 19779 RCE 46157 b

1     AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section
5 2.33c as follows:
 
6     (520 ILCS 5/2.33c new)
7     Sec. 2.33c. Prohibited permits and licenses. No permit or
8 license may be issued, for the taking with a firearm of
9 wildlife protected under this Code, to any of the following
10 persons:
11     (1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the
12 laws of this or any other jurisdiction.
13     (2) Any person subject to an existing order of protection
14 prohibiting him or her from possessing a firearm.
15     (3) Any person convicted within the previous 5 years of
16 battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order of
17 protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
18 jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed.
19     (4) Any person convicted of domestic battery or a
20 substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
21 committed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22 of the 95th General Assembly.
23     (5) Any person convicted within the previous 5 years of

 

 

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