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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; or .
17        (4) the user is a person age 14 and under with adult
18    supervision.
19    As used in this Section, "handicapped person" means a
20person who has a physical impairment due to injury or disease,
21congenital or acquired, which renders the person them so
22severely disabled as to be unable to use a longbow, recurve
23bow, or compound bow. Permits must be issued only after the

 

 

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1receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is
2handicapped as defined above.
3(Source: P.A. 97-907, eff. 8-7-12; revised 12-10-14.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.