Bill Text: IA SJR4 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the state have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-26 - Subcommittee: Breitbach, Brown, and Kinney. S.J. 144. [SJR4 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SJR4-Introduced.html

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Senate Joint Resolution 4 - Introduced




                                 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                 BY  D. JOHNSON

                                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution
  2    of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the state
  3    have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.
  4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
  1  2 the State of Iowa is proposed:
  1  3    Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended
  1  4 by adding the following new section:
  1  5 Right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.SEC. 24A.
  1  6    1.  The citizens of this state have the right to hunt, fish,
  1  7 and harvest wildlife, including by the use of traditional
  1  8 methods, subject to reasonable laws enacted by the general
  1  9 assembly and reasonable rules adopted by the state executive
  1 10 branch to promote wildlife conservation and management, to
  1 11 maintain natural resources held in trust by the state for
  1 12 public use, and to preserve the future of hunting, fishing, and
  1 13 harvesting wildlife.
  1 14    2.  Public hunting, fishing, and harvesting of wildlife
  1 15 shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling
  1 16 wildlife.
  1 17    3.  This section shall not be construed to modify any
  1 18 provision of law relating to eminent domain, trespass, or
  1 19 property rights.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing proposed
  1 21 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred
  1 22 to the general assembly to be chosen at the next general
  1 23 election for members of the general assembly and the secretary
  1 24 of state is directed to cause it to be published for three
  1 25 consecutive months before the date of the election as provided
  1 26 by law.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 30    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 31 Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the citizens
  1 32 of this state have the right to hunt, fish, and harvest
  1 33 wildlife, using traditional methods, subject to reasonable laws
  1 34 enacted by the general assembly and reasonable rules adopted
  1 35 by the state executive branch to promote wildlife conservation
  2  1 and management, to maintain natural resources held in trust
  2  2 by the state for public use, and to preserve the future of
  2  3 hunting, fishing, and harvesting wildlife.  The proposed
  2  4 amendment further states that hunting, fishing, and harvesting
  2  5 wildlife shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling
  2  6 wildlife and that the proposed amendment shall not be construed
  2  7 to modify any provision of law relating to eminent domain,
  2  8 trespass, or property rights.
  2  9    The proposed amendment, if adopted, would be referred to the
  2 10 next general assembly for adoption a second time, before being
  2 11 submitted to the electorate for ratification.
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