Rep. Al Riley
Filed: 3/26/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4060 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4060 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 2.5 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/2.5)
7    Sec. 2.5. Crossbow conditions. A person may use a crossbow 
8if one or more of the following conditions are met:
9        (1) the user is a person age 55 62 and older;
10        (2) the user is a handicapped person to whom the 
11    Director has issued a permit to use a crossbow, as provided 
12    by administrative rule; or
13        (3) the  date of using the crossbow is during the period 
14    of  the second Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday 
15    through the last day of the archery deer hunting season 
16    (both inclusive) set annually by the Director. 
 
 
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1    As used in this Section, "handicapped person" means a 
2person who has a physical impairment due to injury or disease, 
3congenital or acquired, which renders them so severely disabled 
4as to be unable to use a longbow, recurve bow, or compound bow.  
5Permits must be issued only after the receipt of a physician's 
6statement confirming the applicant is handicapped as defined 
7above.

8(Source: P.A. 97-907, eff. 8-7-12.)
 
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.".