Adopted

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2917

BY: Committee

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     SECTION 1.  (1)  When hunting deer during any gun season on deer, a hunter must wear in full view at least five hundred (500) square inches of solid unbroken fluorescent orange.  This requirement shall not apply to a hunter while the hunter is in a fully enclosed deer stand.

     (2)  A violation of this section is a Class III violation and is punishable as provided in Section 49-7-101.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     AN ACT TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR WEARING HUNTER ORANGE; TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR NOT WEARING HUNTER ORANGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.