Bill Text: MI HJRT | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; hunting; hunting, trapping, and fishing as a constitutional right; establish. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 27 to art. I.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-28 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 04/24/2009 [HJRT Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HJRT-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION T

 

April 23, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Hildenbrand, Elsenheimer, Schuitmaker, Mayes, Hansen, Booher, Crawford, Moore, Stamas, Daley, Calley, Kurtz, Agema and Sheltrown and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by adding section 27 to article I, to

 

recognize a right to hunt, trap, or fish for, and to harvest, game

 

or fish.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to recognize a right to hunt, trap, or fish

 

for, and to harvest, game or fish, is proposed, agreed to, and

 

submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE I

 

     Sec. 27. Subject to conditions established by law and based on

 

principles of scientific management of natural resources, the

 

people have the right to hunt, trap, or fish for, and to harvest,

 

game or fish that are the property of the state and are held in the

 

public trust.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.