Bill Text: IN SJR0009 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional right to hunt and fish.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-17 - Public Law 230 [SJR0009 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SJR0009-Introduced.html
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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SENATE ENROLLED JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 9
RESOLUTION No. 9
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 1 of the Constitution of the
State of Indiana concerning natural and cultural resources.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
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SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred
Seventeenth General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is referred
to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and agreement.
SOURCE: CON 1; (11)SJ0009.4.2. -->
SECTION 2. ARTICLE 1 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW
SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 38. The people have a
right to hunt, fish, harvest game, or engage in the agricultural or
commercial production of meat, fish, poultry, or dairy products,
which is a valued part of our heritage and shall be forever
preserved for the public good, subject only to laws prescribed by
the General Assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the
authority of the General Assembly. Hunting and fishing shall be
the preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. This
section shall not be construed to limit the application of any
provision of law relating to trespass or property rights.
SJ 9 _ Concur
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