May 11, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Hildenbrand, Farhat, Palsrok, Vander Veen, Taub, Booher, Hansen, Walker, Elsenheimer, Drolet, Ball, Caswell, Green, Pearce, Jones, Gosselin, Hune, Nitz, Rocca, Huizenga, Caul, Garfield, Hummel, Casperson, Baxter, Pastor, Moore, Moolenaar, Marleau, Proos, Kahn, Hoogendyk, Shaffer and LaJoy and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Recreation.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by adding section 25 to article I, to
recognize a right to hunt 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 or fish for, and
to harvest, game or fish, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to
the people of the state:
ARTICLE I
Sec. 25. Subject to conditions established by law and based on
principles of scientific management of natural resources, the
people have the right to hunt 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.