100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4759

 

Introduced 2/13/2018, by Rep. Terri Bryant

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/2.23-5 new

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person shall not establish or use a blind or pit for the taking of wild ducks within 100 yards of the boundary of property on which the blind or pit is located without consent from the landowner of the adjacent property. Provides that the provision only applies to property located in Alexander County, Union County, Williamson County, or Jackson County. Effective immediately.


LRB100 16157 SLF 31276 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4759LRB100 16157 SLF 31276 b

1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section
52.23-5 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/2.23-5 new)
7    Sec. 2.23-5. Duck blind or pit. A person shall not
8establish or use a blind or pit for the taking of wild ducks
9within 100 yards of the boundary of property on which the blind
10or pit is located without consent from the landowner of the
11adjacent property. This Section shall only apply to property
12located in Alexander County, Union County, Williamson County,
13or Jackson County.
14    
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.