Full Text of HB2410 100th General Assembly
HB2410 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB2410 Introduced , by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 520 ILCS 5/2.25 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.25 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person may take deer with a .45 caliber or larger air-powered gun. Defines "air-powered gun" as any implement, designed as a gun that will expel a BB or pellet by spring, gas, or air charged from an external high compression power source.
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| 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 changing Section | 5 | | 2.25 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.25) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.25)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.25. It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer | 8 | | except (i) with
a shotgun, handgun, or muzzleloading rifle , or | 9 | | a .45 caliber or larger air-powered gun or (ii) as provided by
| 10 | | administrative rule,
with a bow and arrow, during the open | 11 | | season of not more than 14 days which will
be set annually by | 12 | | the Director between the dates of
November 1st and December | 13 | | 31st, both inclusive, or a special 3-day, youth-only season | 14 | | between the dates of September 1 and October 31.
For the | 15 | | purposes of this Section, legal handguns include any centerfire
| 16 | | handguns of .30
caliber or larger with a minimum barrel length | 17 | | of 4 inches. The only legal
ammunition
for a centerfire handgun | 18 | | is a cartridge of .30 caliber or larger with a
capability of at | 19 | | least
500 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. Full metal | 20 | | jacket bullets may not be
used to
harvest deer. For the | 21 | | purposes of this Section, "air-powered gun" means any | 22 | | implement, designed as a gun that will expel a BB or pellet by | 23 | | spring, gas, or air charged from an external high compression |
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| 1 | | power source.
| 2 | | The Department shall make administrative rules concerning | 3 | | management
restrictions applicable to the firearm and bow and | 4 | | arrow season.
| 5 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except | 6 | | with a bow and
arrow during the open season for bow and arrow | 7 | | set annually by the Director
between the dates of September 1st | 8 | | and January 31st, both inclusive.
| 9 | | It shall be unlawful for any person to take deer except | 10 | | with (i) a
muzzleloading rifle or (ii) bow and arrow during the | 11 | | open season for
muzzleloading rifles set annually by the | 12 | | Director.
| 13 | | The Director shall cause an administrative rule setting | 14 | | forth the
prescribed rules and regulations, including bag and | 15 | | possession limits and
those counties of the State where open | 16 | | seasons are established, to be
published in accordance with | 17 | | Sections 1.3 and 1.13 of this Act.
| 18 | | The Department may establish separate harvest periods for | 19 | | the purpose of
managing or eradicating disease that has been | 20 | | found in the deer herd. This
season shall be restricted to gun | 21 | | or bow and arrow hunting only. The Department
shall publicly | 22 | | announce, via statewide news release, the season dates and
| 23 | | shooting hours, the counties and sites open to hunting, permit | 24 | | requirements,
application dates, hunting rules, legal weapons, | 25 | | and reporting requirements.
| 26 | | The Department is authorized to establish a separate |
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| 1 | | harvest period at
specific sites within the State for the | 2 | | purpose of harvesting
surplus deer that cannot be taken during | 3 | | the regular season provided for
the taking of deer. This season | 4 | | shall be restricted to gun or bow and
arrow hunting only and | 5 | | shall be established during the period of September 1st
to | 6 | | February 15th, both inclusive. The Department shall publish | 7 | | suitable
prescribed rules and regulations established by | 8 | | administrative rule pertaining
to management restrictions | 9 | | applicable to this special harvest program. The Department | 10 | | shall allow unused gun deer permits that are left over from a | 11 | | regular season for the taking of deer to be rolled over and | 12 | | used during any separate harvest period held within 6 months of | 13 | | the season for which those tags were issued at no additional | 14 | | cost to the permit holder subject to the management | 15 | | restrictions applicable to the special harvest program.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-907, eff. 8-7-12; 98-368, eff. 8-16-13.)
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