HB3669 EngrossedLRB099 11158 MGM 31643 b


  
1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended  by changing Section 
52.5 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 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. 
17    As used in this Section, "handicapped person" means a 
18person who has a physical impairment due to injury or disease, 
19congenital or acquired, which renders the person them so 
20severely disabled as to be unable to use a longbow, recurve 
21bow, or compound bow.  Permits must be issued only after the 
22receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is 
23handicapped as defined above.

 
 
HB3669 Engrossed- 2 -LRB099 11158 MGM 31643 b

1    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 
2all crossbows used to hunt in this State must have a minimum 
3peak draw weight of 125 pounds and a maximum draw weight of at 
4least 300 pounds.
5(Source: P.A. 97-907, eff. 8-7-12; revised 12-10-14.)