Ch. 720                         MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              1515

(4)     THE APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN A STATEMENT
OUTLINING THE GENERAL PLAN OF FEEDING TO BE CARRIED OUT.

(5)        APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE
[[ADMINISTRATION]] DEPARTMENT WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER

THE [[ADMINISTRATION]] DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLICLY
RELEASED THE WATERFOWL HUNTING REGULATIONS FOR THE
FORTHCOMING SEASON.

174D.

IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE [[ADMINISTRATION]]
DEPARTMENT, SHOOTING BLINDS OR STANDS, EITHER ON THE
APPLICANT'S PROPERTY OR THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT
PROPERTY, ARE SO PLACED IN RELATION TO THE FEEDING ZONE
OR ZONES THAT MIGRATORY WATERFOWL WOULD HAVE TO PASS
WITHIN SHOOTING RANGE OF THE HUNTERS IN ORDER TO REACH
THE FEEDING ZONE, THE [[ADMINISTRATION]] DEPARTMENT
MAY REFUSE TO ISSUE THE APPLICANT A LICENSE, OR IF ISSUED,
TO CANCEL A LICENSE WHERE THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION IS
NOT BEING OBSERVED.

174E.

(1)    NO LICENSEE SHALL ESTABLISH A FEEDING ZONE WITHIN
[[200]] 400 YARDS OF ANY BUILDING NOR WITHIN [[200]] 400
YARDS OF AN EXTERIOR BOUNDARY LINE OF THE PROPERTY
UNLESS HE HAS OBTAINED NOTARIZED WRITTEN PERMISSION TO
DO SO FROM THE ADJOINING LAND OWNER AND HAS SUBMITTED
SUCH WRITTEN PERMISSION WITH THE APPLICATION; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, WHERE THE PROPERTY IS BOUNDED BY A BODY OF
WATER, THEN THE LICENSEE MAY ESTABLISH A FEEDING ZONE
UP TO THE SHORE LINE OR IN THE ADJOINING WATERS WITHIN
300 YARDS OF HIS SHORE LINE PROVIDED THAT THE FEEDING
ZONE DOES NOT COME WITHIN [[200]] 400 YARDS OF ANOTHER
PROPERTY OWNER, UNLESS HE HAS OBTAINED NOTARIZED
WRITTEN PERMISSION TO DO SO FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY
OWNER. NOTHING IN THESE PROVISIONS SHALL BE CONSTRUED
AS PERMITTING HUNTING OR SHOOTING ON OR FROM ANY
LOCATION WHICH WOULD BE UNLAWFUL UNDER OTHER LAWS OR
REGULATIONS OF THE STATE.

(2)    WITHIN 10 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF THE APPROVAL
BY THE [[ADMINISTRATION]] DEPARTMENT OF ANY LICENSED
FEEDING ZONES EACH ZONE SHALL BE MARKED WITH A SIGN OF
A SIZE NOT LESS THAN 12 BY 18 INCHES WITH PRINTING NO
SMALLER THAN 12 LINE (TWO INCHES HIGH) GOTHIC TYPE,
STATING "WATERFOWL FEEDING ZONE-SHOOTING WITHIN [[200]]
400 YARDS PROHIBITED." THE SIGN SHALL BE POSTED IN SUCH
MANNER AS TO BE VISIBLE ABOVE ANY VEGETATION OR OTHER
OBSTRUCTION.

(3)  PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL
HUNTING SEASON EACH LICENSED SHOOTING BLIND OR STAND
SHALL BE LIKEWISE POSTED WITH A SIMILAR SIGN, STATING
"LICENSED SHOOTING AREA FOR THIS PROPERTY."