HB0427 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0427

Introduced , by Rep. Avery Bourne

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

520 ILCS 5/2.5

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that all crossbows used to hunt in this State must have a minimum peak draw weight of 125 pounds and a maximum draw weight of at least 300 pounds.

A BILL FOR

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 2.5 as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/2.5)

Sec. 2.5. Crossbow conditions. A person may use a crossbow if one or more of the following conditions are met:

(1) the user is a person age 62 and older;

(2) the user is a person with a disability to whom the Director has issued a permit to use a crossbow, as provided by administrative rule; or

(3) the date of using the crossbow is during the period of the second Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday through the last day of the archery deer hunting season (both inclusive) set annually by the Director.

As used in this Section, "person with a disability" means a person who has a physical impairment due to injury or disease, congenital or acquired, which renders the person so severely disabled as to be unable to use a longbow, recurve bow, or compound bow. Permits must be issued only after the receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is a person with a disability as defined above.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all crossbows used to hunt in this State must have a minimum peak draw weight of 125 pounds and a maximum draw weight of at least 300 pounds.

(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)