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91_HB0216eng
HB0216 Engrossed LRB9100196MWpc
1 AN ACT to amend the Wildlife Code by changing Section
2 3.8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing
6 Section 3.8 as follows:
7 (520 ILCS 5/3.8) (from Ch. 61, par. 3.8)
8 Sec. 3.8. Migratory waterfowl areas; geese.
9 (a) On any property operated under a Migratory Waterfowl
10 Hunting Area Permit (Commercial) where the principal use is
11 to take wild geese, it is the permit holder's duty to ensure
12 all of the following but only during Canada goose season:
13 (1) That no person takes wild geese except from a
14 blind or pit.
15 (2) That no person establishes or uses any blind or
16 pit for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
17 other blind or pit or within 100 yards of the boundary of
18 the property on which the blind or pit is located.
19 (3) That no person establishes or uses any blind or
20 pit for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
21 wildlife refuge boundary or public road right-of-way
22 adjacent to any State or Federal waterfowl refuge. If a
23 blind or pit has been established for more than 10 years
24 and it was believed by both the landowner and the
25 Department during that time to meet the minimum yardage
26 requirements of this paragraph (3), then the blind or pit
27 may remain in place even though a survey or other
28 evidence may indicate that the minimum yardage
29 requirements are not met.
30 (b) On any property where the principal use is to take
31 wild geese in Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Union
HB0216 Engrossed -2- LRB9100196MWpc
1 and Williamson Counties, other than property operated under a
2 Migratory Waterfowl Hunting Area Permit (Commercial), all of
3 the following restrictions shall be observed but only during
4 Canada goose season:
5 (1) No person may take wild geese except from a
6 blind or pit and it shall be illegal to take or attempt
7 to take geese from the base of standing timber except
8 when immediately adjacent to an open field.
9 (2) No person may establish or use a blind or pit
10 within 100 yards of the boundary of the property on which
11 the blind or pit is located unless the minimum yardage
12 requirement cannot be met, in which case one pit or blind
13 may be permitted only if there is a minimum of 200 yards
14 between that pit or blind and the nearest pit or blind.
15 (3) No person may establish or use a blind or pit
16 for the taking of wild geese within 200 yards of any
17 wildlife refuge boundary or public road right-of-way
18 adjacent to any State or Federal waterfowl refuge. If a
19 blind or pit has been established for more than 10 years
20 and it was believed by both the landowner and the
21 Department during that time to meet the minimum yardage
22 requirements of this paragraph (3), then the blind or pit
23 may remain in place even though a survey or other
24 evidence may indicate that the minimum yardage
25 requirements are not met.
26 (4) No more than the number of persons allowed by
27 administrative rule may occupy or attempt to take wild
28 geese from any blind or pit at the same time.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-435, eff. 1-1-98.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.
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