Bill Text: TX HJR119 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to a clean and healthy environment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Natural Resources [HJR119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR119-Introduced.html
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| By: Goodwin | H.J.R. No. 119 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to a | ||
| clean and healthy environment. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 36 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 36. (a) The public, individually and collectively, | ||
| has the right to a clean and healthy environment, including clean | ||
| water, clean air, healthy soil, and diverse and abundant native | ||
| flora and fauna, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural, | ||
| scenic, recreational, and healthful qualities of the environment. | ||
| The right to a clean and healthy environment is inherent, | ||
| inalienable, indefeasible, and equal with other protected | ||
| inalienable rights of liberty reserved to the public. The state | ||
| shall equitably protect this right for the public and may not take | ||
| any action to infringe on this right. | ||
| (b) The public natural resources of this state are the | ||
| common property of all persons, including future generations. The | ||
| state, including the legislative, judicial, and executive branches | ||
| and each state agency and political subdivision, shall conserve, | ||
| protect, and maintain the state's public natural resources for the | ||
| benefit of the public, including future generations. | ||
| (c) This section is self-executing. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right | ||
| to a clean and healthy environment." | ||
