HB5353enr 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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 changing Section 2.27 as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/2.27) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.27)

Sec. 2.27. It shall be unlawful for any person to take cottontail, jack, and swamp rabbits except with a gun or bow and arrow during the open season which will be set annually by the Director between the dates of October 1st to February 28th January 31st, both inclusive. Dogs may be used in hunting with either gun or bow and arrow.

It shall be unlawful to take or possess more than the daily take limit and possession limit of rabbits that will be set annually by the Director. Limits cannot exceed a daily take limit of 5 rabbits or a possession limit of 10 rabbits.

The provisions of this Section are subject to modification by administrative rule.

(Source: P.A. 85-152.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.