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:
(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.
Filed with Publisher: December 11, 2006, 9:30 a.m.
Posted: 12/20/2006 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20061220-IR-312060575ERA
Composed: May 07,2024 7:13:50AM EDT
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