HOUSE BILL No. 5484

March 17, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Lyons and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 40116 (MCL 324.40116), as amended by 2009 PA

 

65.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 40116. (1) A person An individual shall not take game

 

during the established daylight shooting hours from August 15

 

through April 30 unless the person individual wears a cap, hat,

 

vest, jacket, or rain gear of hunter orange or hunter pink. Hunter

 

orange or hunter pink includes camouflage that is not less than 50%

 

hunter orange or hunter pink. The garments that are hunter orange

 

shall or hunter pink must be the hunter's outermost garment and

 

shall be visible from all sides of the hunter.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person an individual

 

engaged in the taking of deer with a bow or crossbow during archery


deer season, a person an individual taking bear with a bow or

 

crossbow, a person an individual engaged in the taking of turkey or

 

migratory birds other than woodcock, a person an individual engaged

 

in the sport of falconry, or a person an individual who is

 

stationary and in the act of hunting bobcat, coyote, or fox.

 

     (3) The failure of a person an individual to comply with this

 

section is not evidence of contributory negligence in a civil

 

action for injury to the person individual or for the person's

 

individual's wrongful death.

 

     (4) As used in this section: , "hunter

 

     (a) "Hunter orange" means the highly visible color commonly

 

referred to as hunter orange and includes blaze orange, flame

 

orange, and fluorescent blaze orange.

 

     (b) "Hunter pink" means the highly visible color commonly

 

referred to as hunter pink and includes bright pink, blaze pink,

 

and fluorescent pink.