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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 163
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 163 as follows:
3 On page 3, below line 6, by inserting the following:
4 "Section 10. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3.8 as follows:
6 (520 ILCS 5/3.8) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.8)
7 Sec. 3.8. Migratory waterfowl areas; geese.
8 (a) On any property operated under a Migratory Waterfowl
9 Hunting Area Permit (Commercial) where the principal use is
10 to take wild geese, it is the permit holder's duty to ensure
11 all of the following but only during Canada goose season:
12 (1) That no person takes wild geese except from a
13 blind or pit.
14 (2) That no person establishes or uses any blind or
15 pit for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
16 other blind or pit or within 100 yards of the boundary of
17 the property on which the blind or pit is located.
18 (3) That no person establishes or uses any blind or
19 pit for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
20 wildlife refuge boundary or public road right-of-way
21 adjacent to any State or Federal waterfowl refuge. If a
22 blind or pit has been established for more than 10 years
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1 and it was believed by both the landowner and the
2 Department during that time to meet the minimum yardage
3 requirements of this paragraph (3), then the blind or pit
4 may remain in place even though a survey or other
5 evidence may indicate that the minimum yardage
6 requirements are not met.
7 (b) On any property where the principal use is to take
8 wild geese in Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Union
9 and Williamson Counties, other than property operated under a
10 Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Area Permit (Commercial), all of
11 the following restrictions shall be observed but only during
12 Canada goose season:
13 (1) No person may take wild geese except from a
14 blind or pit and it shall be illegal to take or attempt
15 to take geese from the base of standing timber except
16 when immediately adjacent to an open field.
17 (2) No person may establish or use a blind or pit
18 within 100 yards of the boundary of the property on which
19 the blind or pit is located unless the minimum yardage
20 requirement cannot be met, in which case one pit or blind
21 may be permitted only if there is a minimum of 200 yards
22 between that pit or blind and the nearest pit or blind.
23 (3) No person may establish or use a blind or pit
24 for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
25 wildlife refuge boundary or public road right-of-way
26 adjacent to any State or Federal waterfowl refuge. If a
27 blind or pit has been established for more than 10 years
28 and it was believed by both the landowner and the
29 Department during that time to meet the minimum yardage
30 requirements of this paragraph (3), then the blind or pit
31 may remain in place even though a survey or other
32 evidence may indicate that the minimum yardage
33 requirements are not met.
34 (4) No more than the number of persons allowed by
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1 administrative rule may occupy or attempt to take wild
2 geese from any blind or pit at the same time.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-435, eff. 1-1-98.)".