HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION A

 

January 22, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Hildenbrand 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 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. 27. 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.