Bill Text: IN HJR0005 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Right to ranch and farm.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary [HJR0005 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HJR0005-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 5

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

Citations Affected: Article 1, Section 40 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Synopsis: Right to ranch and farm. Guarantees the right of Indiana citizens to engage in traditional and modern farming and ranching practices. Provides that no law shall be enacted that abridges the right of Indiana citizens to employ traditional or modern agricultural technology, animal production, or ranching practices.

Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's voters voting on the question to be effective.

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Lehe, Morrison, Truitt

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    January 7,2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 5

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    A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana by adding a new Section concerning agriculture and animals.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: ; (13)HJ9205.1. -->     SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred Eighteenth General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is referred to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and agreement.

SOURCE: CON 1; (13)HJ9205.2. -->     SECTION 2. ARTICLE 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 40. The right of Indiana citizens to engage in traditional and modern farming and ranching practices shall be forever guaranteed in Indiana. No law shall be enacted that abridges the right of Indiana citizens to employ traditional or modern agricultural technology, animal production, or ranching practices.