PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 580
No. 532 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, B. SMITH, DeWEESE, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG,
BALDWIN, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CLYMER, CREIGHTON, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE, FORCIER,
GABIG, GEIST, GERGELY, GILLESPIE, GOOD, GRUCELA, HANNA,
HARHAI, HARRIS, HASAY, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, JAMES,
KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, MANN, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, METCALFE,
S. MILLER, PALLONE, PHILLIPS, PYLE, SAINATO, SATHER,
SCHRODER, SHANER, STABACK, R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON, WALKO,
WANSACZ AND WILT, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 15, 2005
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, providing for the right to hunt, fish and
3 harvest game.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 29. Right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest game.
10 The right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest game shall
11 be forever preserved, subject to restrictions relating to
12 species, seasons, licensure, limits, methods and locations, as
13 prescribed by the laws of this Commonwealth.
14 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
1 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
2 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
3 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
4 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
5 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
6 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
7 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
8 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
9 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
10 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
11 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
12 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
13 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
14 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
15 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
16 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
17 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
18 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three
19 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by
20 the General Assembly which meets the requirements of and is in
21 conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of
22 Pennsylvania.
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