SJR 4 (LSB 1968XS (2) 87)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 4

BY  D. JOHNSON

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the people of the state have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed:
   Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section:
   Right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife.  SEC. 24A.
   1.  The citizens of this state have the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife, including by the use of traditional methods, subject to reasonable laws enacted by the general assembly and reasonable rules adopted by the state executive branch to promote wildlife conservation and management, to maintain natural resources held in trust by the state for public use, and to preserve the future of hunting, fishing, and harvesting wildlife.
   2.  Public hunting, fishing, and harvesting of wildlife shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife.
   3.  This section shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to eminent domain, trespass, or property rights.
    Sec. 2.
  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.
  The foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the general assembly to be chosen at the next general election for members of the general assembly and the secretary of state is directed to cause it to be published for three consecutive months before the date of the election as provided by law.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa providing that the citizens of this state have the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife, using traditional methods, subject to reasonable laws enacted by the general assembly and reasonable rules adopted by the state executive branch to promote wildlife conservation and management, to maintain natural resources held in trust by the state for public use, and to preserve the future of hunting, fishing, and harvesting wildlife. The proposed amendment further states that hunting, fishing, and harvesting wildlife shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife and that the proposed amendment shall not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to eminent domain, trespass, or property rights.
   The proposed amendment, if adopted, would be referred to the next general assembly for adoption a second time, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.