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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2593 Introduced , by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 520 ILCS 5/2.19 | from Ch. 61, par. 2.19 |
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Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that it shall be unlawful to use a mobile blind for the taking of migratory waterfowl unless the mobile blind is in a stationary position when in use. Defines "mobile blind". Effective immediately.
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| | HB2593 | | LRB098 10060 CEL 40219 b |
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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 | | 2.19 as follows:
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| 6 | | (520 ILCS 5/2.19) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.19)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2.19.
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| 8 | | (a) It shall be unlawful to use a floating blind for the
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| 9 | | taking of migratory waterfowl, as permitted by this Act, unless |
| 10 | | such
blind is anchored in a stationary position when in use. |
| 11 | | This does not
prohibit the use of a scull boat in taking |
| 12 | | migratory waterfowl except where
use of a scull boat is |
| 13 | | prohibited by Administrative Rule. A scull boat
is defined as a |
| 14 | | boat
propelled by means of an oar fixed in a notch in the |
| 15 | | transom of a boat
and worked in a turning or sculling motion.
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| 16 | | A floating blind is defined as any watercraft or floating |
| 17 | | structure that
is camouflaged, disguised, or altered in |
| 18 | | appearance to offer a place of
concealment and is capable of |
| 19 | | carrying a person. Such floating blind may
be mechanically |
| 20 | | powered as long as such power is used only for movement
to and |
| 21 | | from the place of hunting and no attempt is made to hunt during |
| 22 | | such movement.
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| 23 | | (b) It shall be unlawful to use a mobile blind for the |