Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SJR 1234
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/27/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Brodeur)
       recommended the following:
       
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    4         Delete everything after the resolving clause
    5  and insert:
    6         That the following creation of Section 28 of Article I of
    7  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
    8  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
    9  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   10  authorized by law for that purpose:
   11                              ARTICLE I                            
   12                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
   13         SECTION 28. Fishing, hunting, and the taking of fish and
   14  wildlife.—Fishing, hunting, and the taking of fish and wildlife,
   15  including by the use of traditional methods, shall be preserved
   16  forever as a public right and preferred means of responsibly
   17  managing and controlling fish and wildlife. This section does
   18  not limit the authority granted to the Fish and Wildlife
   19  Conservation Commission under Section 9 of Article IV.
   20         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   21  placed on the ballot:
   22                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   23                        ARTICLE I, SECTION 28                      
   24         RIGHT TO FISH AND HUNT.—Proposing an amendment to the State
   25  Constitution to preserve forever fishing and hunting, including
   26  by the use of traditional methods, as a public right and
   27  preferred means of responsibly managing and controlling fish and
   28  wildlife. Specifies that the amendment does not limit the
   29  authority granted to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
   30  Commission under Section 9 of Article IV of the State
   31  Constitution.
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   33  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete everything before the resolving clause
   36  and insert:
   37                        A bill to be entitled                      
   38         A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section
   39         28 of Article I of the State Constitution to preserve
   40         forever fishing, hunting, and the taking of fish and
   41         wildlife, including by the use of traditional methods,
   42         as a public right and preferred means of managing and
   43         controlling fish and wildlife and providing
   44         construction regarding such right.