Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to a hunting season beginning after June 30, 2016.
(b) Notwithstanding any rule prescribing the minimum length of a handgun cartridge case, a hunter may use a handgun that fires a commercially available bullet of ten (10) millimeters in diameter to hunt deer.
(c) The use of a handgun described in subsection (b) to hunt deer is subject to the rules:
(1) requiring that the handgun conform to the requirements of IC 35-47-1-6;
(2) prescribing the minimum barrel length of the handgun; and
(3) prohibiting the use of full metal jacketed bullets.
(d) The director shall amend any rule necessary to comply with this section.
As added by P.L.110-2016, SEC.2.