ENROLLED
ACT No. 7
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 179
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHITE AND SENATORS ALARIO, BARROW, BISHOP,
CARTER, CHABERT, GATTI, LONG, LUNEAU, MIZELL, MORRELL, RISER,
GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, THOMPSON, AND WARD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:143(A) and to enact R.S. 56:8(14.1), relative to requirements
3 of hunters during open gun season; to add "blaze pink" as an alternative to the
4 "hunter orange" requirements; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:143(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 56:8(14.1) is
7 hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §8. Definitions
9 For purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases have the
10 meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly shows a different
11 meaning:
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13 (14.1) "Blaze pink" means a daylight fluorescent pink color.
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15 §143. "Hunter orange" or "blaze pink" display by hunters with guns
16 A. Any person hunting any wildlife during the open gun deer hunting season
17 and possessing buckshot, slugs, a muzzleloader, or a centerfire rifle shall display on
18 his head, chest, or back a total of not less than four hundred square inches of material
19 of a daylight fluorescent orange color known as "hunter orange" or a daylight
20 fluorescent pink color known as "blaze pink". Persons hunting on privately owned,
21 legally posted land may wear a cap or a hat that is completely covered with hunter
22 orange or blaze pink material in lieu of the foregoing requirement to display four
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1 hundred square inches of hunter orange or blaze pink. These provisions shall not
2 apply to persons hunting deer from elevated stands on property which is privately
3 owned and legally posted, or to archery deer hunters hunting on legally posted land
4 where firearm hunting is not permitted by agreement of the owner or lessee.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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