Sec. 26-74. Use of motor vehicles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in hunting.
Sec. 26-74. Use of motor vehicles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in
hunting. (a) No person while in a motor vehicle, snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle or
by aid or use of any light or lights carried thereon or attached thereto shall hunt or take
any wild bird, wild quadruped or reptile or amphibian regulated by the commissioner
under this chapter. The provisions of this section shall not affect the statutes relating to
jacklighting for deer.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who operates or is
in an all-terrain vehicle and who is a paraplegic, or who is suffering from the loss of or
the loss of the use of both lower extremities, provided such person has a valid hunting
license issued pursuant to this chapter and has received a permit to be issued by the
Commissioner of Environmental Protection upon documentary proof that such person
is a paraplegic. Such person shall not shoot or have in his possession or under his control
a loaded rifle, shotgun or muzzleloader while such vehicle is in motion or such vehicle
is on a public highway.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more
than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 4889; 1955, S. 2488d; P.A. 73-223; P.A. 76-120; P.A. 85-53, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 73-223 prohibited hunting or taking of birds or quadrupeds from snowmobiles or all-terrain vehicles;
P.A. 76-120 made previous provisions Subsecs. (a) and (c) and inserted new Subsec. (b) providing exception to provisions
for paraplegics; P.A. 85-53 amended Subsec. (a) to apply provisions to reptiles and amphibians.