Bill Text: IL HB3256 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that unless otherwise permitted by law, no person may have in their possession a weapon except those specified by the Code or administrative rules for the purpose of taking any species protected by the Code. Provides that any use of a weapon to take wildlife contrary to the provisions of the Code is deemed a violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3256 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3256-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3256 Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/3.4b new
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that unless otherwise permitted by law, no person may have in their possession a weapon except those specified by the Code or administrative rules for the purpose of taking any species protected by the Code. Provides that any use of a weapon to take wildlife contrary to the provisions of the Code is deemed a violation.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning wildlife.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section
3.4b as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/3.4b new)
Sec. 3.4b. Authorized weapons. Unless otherwise permitted
by law, no person may have in their possession a weapon except
those specified by this Code or administrative rules for the
purpose of taking any species protected by this Code. Any use
of a weapon to take wildlife contrary to the provisions of this
Code is deemed a violation of this Code.