NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994
324.40116 Hunter orange; exceptions; noncompliance not as evidence of contributory negligence; "hunter orange" defined.
(1) A person shall not take game during the established daylight shooting hours from August 15 through April 30 unless the person wears a cap, hat, vest, jacket, or rain gear of hunter orange. Hunter orange includes camouflage that is not less than 50% hunter orange. The garments that are hunter orange shall 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 engaged in the taking of deer with a bow or crossbow during archery deer season, a person taking bear with a bow or crossbow, a person engaged in the taking of turkey or migratory birds other than woodcock, a person engaged in the sport of falconry, or a person who is stationary and in the act of hunting bobcat, coyote, or fox.
(3) The failure of a person to comply with this section is not evidence of contributory negligence in a civil action for injury to the person or for the person's wrongful death.
(4) As used in this section, "hunter orange" means the highly visible color commonly referred to as hunter orange and includes blaze orange, flame orange, and fluorescent blaze orange.
History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Am. 1996, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1996
Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004
Am. 2009, Act 65, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2009
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA
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