Bill Amendment: IL HB3674 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: CROSSBOW HUNT-AGE 14 & UNDER
Status: 2015-08-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0308 [HB3674 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3674-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: CROSSBOW HUNT-AGE 14 & UNDER
Status: 2015-08-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0308 [HB3674 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3674-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3674
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3674 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 2.5 and by adding Section 2.5a as follows:
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6 | (520 ILCS 5/2.5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2.5. Crossbow conditions. A person may use a crossbow | ||||||
8 | if 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 . |
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1 | (4) the user is a person with a youth hunting license | ||||||
2 | who is unable to pull the draw weight of a bow and arrow | ||||||
3 | other than a crossbow. | ||||||
4 | As used in this Section, "handicapped person" means a | ||||||
5 | person who has a physical impairment due to injury or disease, | ||||||
6 | congenital or acquired, which renders the person them so | ||||||
7 | severely disabled as to be unable to use a longbow, recurve | ||||||
8 | bow, or compound bow. Permits must be issued only after the | ||||||
9 | receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is | ||||||
10 | handicapped as defined above.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 97-907, eff. 8-7-12; revised 12-10-14.)
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12 | (520 ILCS 5/2.5a new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 2.5a. Youth crossbow use. An individual with a youth | ||||||
14 | hunting license who is unable to pull the draw weight of a bow | ||||||
15 | and arrow other than a crossbow may use a crossbow during the | ||||||
16 | regular deer archery season annually determined by the | ||||||
17 | Director, provided that the individual remains under the direct | ||||||
18 | supervision of an adult of 21 years of age or older who | ||||||
19 | possesses a valid archery deer permit. | ||||||
20 | Youths authorized to take deer with a crossbow as provided | ||||||
21 | in this Section shall first obtain a "Deer Hunting Permit" | ||||||
22 | issued by the Department in accordance with its administrative | ||||||
23 | rules and with the express permission of an adult of 21 years | ||||||
24 | of age or older.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.".
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