Introduced by Senators HILDENBRAND, ROBERTSON, KOWALL, BOOHER, MEEKHOF, ROCCA, JANSEN, EMMONS, PAVLOV, GLEASON, BRANDENBURG, MARLEAU, HANSEN, NOFS, MOOLENAAR, GREEN, SCHUITMAKER, CASWELL, PROOS, JONES and HUNE.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by adding section 28 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. 28. 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.