Bill Text: IL HB0427 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0427 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0427-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning wildlife.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2.5 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 person with a disability 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, "person with a disability" means a | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | person who has a physical impairment due to injury or disease, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | congenital or acquired, which renders the person so severely | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | disabled as to be unable to use a longbow, recurve bow, or | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | compound bow. Permits must be issued only after the receipt of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | a physician's statement confirming the applicant is a person | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | with a disability as defined above.
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1 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
2 | all crossbows used to hunt in this State must have a minimum | ||||||
3 | peak draw weight of 125 pounds and a maximum draw weight of at | ||||||
4 | least 300 pounds. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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