Michigan House Resolution T: Right to Hunt and Fish

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION T

April 23, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Hildenbrand, Elsenheimer, Schuitmaker, Mayes, Hansen, Booher, Crawford, Moore, Stamas, Daley, Calley, Kurtz, Agema and Sheltrown 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, 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. 27. 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.