Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§12, as repealed and replaced by PL 1991, c. 824, Pt. A, §21, is amended to read:

12. Hunting without hunter orange clothing. A person is guilty of hunting without hunter orange clothing if that person hunts with firearms during the open firearm season on deer and fails to wear 2 articles of solid-colored hunter orange.__An article of clothing that are is at least 50% hunter orange and is in good, serviceable condition and visible from all sides, except that persons hunting waterfowl from a boat or blind or in conjunction with waterfowl decoys need not wear hunter orange clothing. One article of clothing must be a hat. The other article of clothing must cover a major portion of the torso, such as a jacket, vest, coat or poncho. The presence of a decal on an article of clothing that is otherwise solid-colored at least 50% hunter orange does not disqualify that article of clothing from satisfying the requirements of this subsection.

SUMMARY

Current law requires a person hunting during open firearm season to wear at least 2 articles of solid-colored hunter orange clothing. This bill reduces the requirement to one article of clothing that is at least 50% hunter orange.