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91_HB0216ham001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 216
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 216 as follows:
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Wildlife code by changing Section
5 3.8."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
9 Section 3.8 as follows:
10 (520 ILCS 5/3.8) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.8)
11 Sec. 3.8. Migratory waterfowl areas; geese.
12 (a) On any property operated under a Migratory Waterfowl
13 Hunting Area Permit (Commercial) where the principal use is
14 to take wild geese, it is the permit holder's duty to ensure
15 all of the following but only during Canada goose season:
16 (1) That no person takes wild geese except from a
17 blind or pit.
18 (2) That no person establishes or uses any blind or
19 pit for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
20 other blind or pit or within 100 yards of the boundary of
21 the property on which the blind or pit is located.
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1 (3) That no person establishes or uses any blind or
2 pit for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
3 wildlife refuge boundary or public road right-of-way
4 adjacent to any State or Federal waterfowl refuge. If a
5 blind or pit has been established for more than 10 years
6 and it was believed by both the landowner and the
7 Department during that time to meet the minimum yardage
8 requirements of this paragraph (3), then the blind or pit
9 may remain in place even though a survey or other
10 evidence may indicate that the minimum yardage
11 requirements are not met.
12 (b) On any property where the principal use is to take
13 wild geese in Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Union
14 and Williamson Counties, other than property operated under a
15 Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Area Permit (Commercial), all of
16 the following restrictions shall be observed but only during
17 Canada goose season:
18 (1) No person may take wild geese except from a
19 blind or pit and it shall be illegal to take or attempt
20 to take geese from the base of standing timber except
21 when immediately adjacent to an open field.
22 (2) No person may establish or use a blind or pit
23 within 100 yards of the boundary of the property on which
24 the blind or pit is located unless the minimum yardage
25 requirement cannot be met, in which case one pit or blind
26 may be permitted only if there is a minimum of 200 yards
27 between that pit or blind and the nearest pit or blind.
28 (3) No person may establish or use a blind or pit
29 for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
30 wildlife refuge boundary or public road right-of-way
31 adjacent to any State or Federal waterfowl refuge. If a
32 blind or pit has been established for more than 10 years
33 and it was believed by both the landowner and the
34 Department during that time to meet the minimum yardage
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1 requirements of this paragraph (3), then the blind or pit
2 may remain in place even though a survey or other
3 evidence may indicate that the minimum yardage
4 requirements are not met.
5 (4) No more than the number of persons allowed by
6 administrative rule may occupy or attempt to take wild
7 geese from any blind or pit at the same time.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-435, eff. 1-1-98.)
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.".