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An Act To Allow Hunters Whose Religion Prohibits Wearing Hunter Orange Clothing To Instead Wear Red
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §11203, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  Religious opposition exemption.     A person may substitute articles of bright red clothing for the articles of hunter orange clothing required under subsection 1 if the person has a religious opposition to the wearing of hunter orange clothing.
Sec. 2. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to amend rules. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall amend Rule Chapter 4: Hunting and Trapping to clarify that a person who has a religious opposition to the wearing of hunter orange clothing may substitute articles of red clothing for the articles of hunter orange clothing required by current law. Rules amended pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.