Florida Senate - 2023                                   SJR 1234
       
       
        
       By Senator Brodeur
       
       
       
       
       
       10-01520A-23                                          20231234__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section
    3         28 of Article I of the State Constitution to preserve
    4         in perpetuity hunting and fishing as a public right.
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    6  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    8         That the following creation of Section 28 of Article I of
    9  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   10  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   11  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   12  authorized by law for that purpose:
   13                              ARTICLE I                            
   14                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
   15         SECTION 28. Hunting and fishing.—Hunting and fishing shall
   16  be preserved in perpetuity as a public right. This section does
   17  not limit the authority granted to the fish and wildlife
   18  conservation commission under Section 9 of Article IV and does
   19  not limit or restrict any law relating to trespass, property
   20  rights, or eminent domain.
   21         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   22  placed on the ballot:
   23                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   24                        ARTICLE I, SECTION 28                      
   25         RIGHT TO HUNT, FISH, AND HARVEST WILDLIFE.—Proposing an
   26  amendment to the State Constitution to preserve in perpetuity
   27  hunting and fishing as a public right. Specifies that the
   28  amendment does not limit the authority granted to the Fish and
   29  Wildlife Conservation Commission under Section 9 of Article IV
   30  of the State Constitution and does not limit or restrict any law
   31  relating to trespass, property rights, or eminent domain.