Full Text of HB5060 101st General Assembly
HB5060 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5060 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Brad Halbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 520 ILCS 5/2.24 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.24 | 520 ILCS 5/3.41 new | |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to take deer except antlerless deer and antlered deer with at least one antler having at least 4 antler points. Provides that the antler point restriction applies to all deer hunting zones, seasons, and permittees, except during the special 3-day, youth-only deer hunting season. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to adopt rules to implement and administer the antler point restriction. Defines "antler point". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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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 | | 2.24 and by adding Section 3.41 as follows:
| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.24) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.24)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.24.
It shall be unlawful to take or possess deer in | 8 | | this State,
except in compliance with the provisions of | 9 | | Sections 2.25,
2.26, and 3.23 , and 3.41 and subsections (a), | 10 | | (g), (n), (r), (t), (w), and (y) of Section 2.33, and the | 11 | | administrative rules issued under the provisions of
those | 12 | | Sections. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly take
any | 13 | | all-white whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in this
| 14 | | State at any time.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 99-528, eff. 7-8-16.)
| 16 | | (520 ILCS 5/3.41 new) | 17 | | Sec. 3.41. Antler point restriction. | 18 | | (a) In this Section, "antler point" means an antler point | 19 | | or tine that is at least one inch long from base to tip, | 20 | | including a broken point or tine that is at least one inch | 21 | | long. "Antler point" includes the end of the main beam of an | 22 | | antler. |
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| 1 | | (b) It is unlawful for a person to take deer except | 2 | | antlerless deer and antlered deer with at least one antler | 3 | | having at least 4 antler points. No other antlered deer may be | 4 | | taken. | 5 | | (c) This antler point restriction applies to all deer | 6 | | hunting zones, seasons, and permittees, except during the | 7 | | special 3-day, youth-only deer hunting season. | 8 | | (d) The Department shall adopt rules to implement and | 9 | | administer this Section.
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.
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