HB 1348 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 1348
AN ACT requiring hunters to wear hunter orange.
This bill makes the wearing of hunter orange on an article of clothing a requirement for hunters using a firearm or bow and arrow.
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06-2407
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT requiring hunters to wear hunter orange.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Hunter Orange. Amend RSA 207:38-b to read as follows:
207:38-b Hunter Orange [Recommendation] Required.
I. Any person hunting with a firearm or bow and arrow in this state during the hunting season, except for a person legally hunting waterfowl, [should] shall wear a hat, vest or other suitable article of clothing of material in the color of hunter orange visible from all sides at a minimum distance of 200 feet. “Hunter orange” means a daylight fluorescent orange color with a dominant wave length between 595 and 605 nanometers, an excitation purity of not less than 85 percent, and a luminance factor of not less than 40 percent.
II. The executive director is directed to issue a written [recommendation] statement to each person purchasing a hunting license or to have printed on each hunting license the [recommendation] requirement that the licensee [should] shall wear hunter orange when engaged in hunting in this state.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.