Florida Senate - 2023                            CS for SJR 1234
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources; and
       Senator Brodeur
       
       
       
       
       592-03115-23                                          20231234c1
    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         forever fishing, hunting, and the taking of fish and
    5         wildlife, including by the use of traditional methods,
    6         as a public right and preferred means of managing and
    7         controlling fish and wildlife and providing
    8         construction regarding such right.
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   10  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         That the following creation of Section 28 of Article I of
   13  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   14  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   15  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   16  authorized by law for that purpose:
   17                              ARTICLE I                            
   18                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
   19         SECTION 28. Fishing, hunting, and the taking of fish and
   20  wildlife.—Fishing, hunting, and the taking of fish and wildlife,
   21  including by the use of traditional methods, shall be preserved
   22  forever as a public right and preferred means of responsibly
   23  managing and controlling fish and wildlife. This section does
   24  not limit the authority granted to the Fish and Wildlife
   25  Conservation Commission under Section 9 of Article IV.
   26         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   27  placed on the ballot:
   28                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   29                        ARTICLE I, SECTION 28                      
   30         RIGHT TO FISH AND HUNT.—Proposing an amendment to the State
   31  Constitution to preserve forever fishing and hunting, including
   32  by the use of traditional methods, as a public right and
   33  preferred means of responsibly managing and controlling fish and
   34  wildlife. Specifies that the amendment does not limit the
   35  authority granted to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
   36  Commission under Section 9 of Article IV of the State
   37  Constitution.