HB5611 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 16693 RAS 42344 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5611

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

520 ILCS 5/3.1-2

from Ch. 61, par. 3.1-2

Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning disabled veterans.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to 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 3.1-2 as follows:

(520 ILCS 5/3.1-2) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.1-2)

Sec. 3.1-2. Disabled veterans. Veterans who, according to the determination of the Veterans' Administration as certified by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, are at least 10% disabled with service-related disabilities or in receipt of total disability pensions may hunt any of the species protected by Section 2.2, during any such times, with any such devices and by any such methods that as are permitted by this Act, without procuring hunting licenses, on the condition that their respective disabilities do not prevent them from hunting in a manner that which is safe to themselves and others.

(Source: P.A. 83-58.)