20061220-IR-312060575ERA Temporarily amends 312 IAC 9-3-2.5 and 312 IAC 9-3-3, governing the possession of firearms while engaging in hunting activities, and 312 IAC 8-2-3, governing DNR properties, to allow a person with a ...

TITLE 312 NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

Emergency Rule

LSA Document #06-575(E)

DIGEST

Temporarily amends 312 IAC 9-3-2.5 and 312 IAC 9-3-3, governing the possession of firearms while engaging in hunting activities, and 312 IAC 8-2-3, governing DNR properties, to allow a person with a valid Indiana handgun carry permit issued under IC 35-47-2-6 or a carry permit recognized by Indiana under IC 35-47-2-21(b) to possess a handgun on a DNR property or while engaged in hunting. Effective December 11, 2006.

SECTION 1. 312 IAC 9-3-2.5 is amended to strike subsection (d) and to add a new subsection (d) [sic., to] read as follows: (d) A youth who hunts deer under this section must be:

(1) fifteen (15) years of age or younger; and

(2) accompanied by an adult of at least eighteen (18) years of age.

An adult accompanying the youth hunter must not possess a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow while in the field, unless the firearm is a handgun possessed under a license issued pursuant to IC 35-47-2-3 or a license recognized pursuant to IC 35-47-2-21(b), and shall not be required to possess a deer hunting license.

SECTION 2. 312 IAC 9-3-3 is temporarily amended to strike subsection (f)(2) and to add a new subsection (f)(2) to read as follows:

(2) A handgun must:

(A) conform to the requirements of IC 35-47-2;

(B) have a barrel at least four (4) inches long; and

(C) fire a bullet of two hundred forty-three thousandths (.243) inch diameter or larger.

All 38 special ammunition is prohibited. The handgun cartridge case, without bullet, must be at least one and sixteen-hundredths (1.16) inches long. Full metal jacketed bullets are unlawful. A handgun must not be concealed, unless the firearm is a handgun possessed under a license issued pursuant to IC 35-47-2-3 or a license recognized pursuant to IC 35-47-2-21(b). A handgun may be possessed in the field outside lawful shooting hours only if there are no shells in the chamber or magazine, unless the firearm is a handgun possessed under a license issued pursuant to IC 35-47-2-3 or a license recognized pursuant to IC 35-47-2-21(b). All 25/20, 32/20, 30 carbine, and 38 special ammunition is prohibited.

SECTION 3. 312 IAC 8-2-3 is temporarily amended to strike subsection (b) and to add a new subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), a firearm or bow and arrows may not be possessed on DNR properties within any of the following:

(1) A nature preserve unless hunting is authorized under subsection (c).

(2) A property administered by the division of museums and historic sites.

(3) A campground.

(4) A picnic area.

(5) A beach.

(6) A service area.

(7) A headquarters building.

(8) A hunter check station.

(9) A developed recreation site.

SECTION 4. SECTION 1 through SECTION 3 of this document [SECTIONS 1 through 3 of this document] expire one (1) year from the effective date of this document.

LSA Document #06-575(E)

Filed with Publisher: December 11, 2006, 9:30 a.m.

Posted: 12/20/2006 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20061220-IR-312060575ERA

Composed: Oct 31,2016 11:36:20PM EDT

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