HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION K

 

February 12, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Rendon, Daley, Kurtz, Potvin, Bumstead, Foster, MacGregor, LaFontaine, Goike, Outman, Yonker, Johnson, Franz, Kelly, Pettalia, Glardon, Muxlow, Zorn, Crawford, Hooker and Lyons and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     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. (1) 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.

 

     (2) The state shall keep land or water under its control open

 

to hunting, trapping, and fishing regardless of whether there is

 

adequate staff or funding to manage that land or water.

 

     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.