Sen. John O. Jones
Filed: 4/10/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2562 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2562 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
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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.
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    (a) No permit or license shall be valid for the taking with 
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a firearm of wildlife protected under this Code by any of the 
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following persons:
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        (1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under 
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    the laws of this or any other jurisdiction.
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        (2) Any person subject to an existing order of 
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    protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a 
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    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 
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    order of protection, or a substantially similar offense in 
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    another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or 
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    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 
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    Act 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 
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    another jurisdiction committed before the effective date 
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    of this 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 
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    the commission of an offense that if committed by an adult 
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    would be a felony.
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    The Department shall require all applicants for firearm 
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deer permits or firearm turkey permits to swear, under penalty 
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of perjury, that they do not fit any of the categories of 
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person listed in items (1) through (6).
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    (b) Penalty:  An applicant who falsely signs an application 
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for a firearm deer permit or firearm turkey permit swearing 
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that he or she does not fit within any of the categories in 
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items (1) through (6) of subsection (a) is guilty of perjury 
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and, upon a finding of guilty, shall, in addition to any other 
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penalties set by law, have all privileges under the Wildlife 
 


 






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Code suspended for 5 years.
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    A person who did not fit within one of the categories 
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listed in items (1) through (6) of subsection (a) at the time 
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of application for a permit, but does fit within one of the 
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those categories at the time found hunting with a firearm, is 
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guilty of hunting without a valid permit and, in addition to 
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any other penalties set by law, shall have all privileges under 
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the Wildlife Code suspended for 5 years.".