hjr0051i-Introduced Bill Text
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 51
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES WHORTON, KREIDER, HAMPTON, BERKOWITZ, BARNITZ,
SHOEMYER (9) AND KOLLER (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time February 18, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
4767L.02I
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article I of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one
new section relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in
November, 2002, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the
qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article I of the Constitution of the state
of Missouri:
Section A. Article I, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding one new section, to be known as section 23(a), to read
as follows:
Section 23(a). That the right of every citizen to hunt, fish, and harvest game shall be preserved, in accordance with
the powers of the conservation commission as specified in this constitution and subject to such reasonable
regulations and restrictions regarding the manner, number, and taking as the general assembly may prescribe by
law.
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