House Concurrent Resolution 35

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 12A, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS, ACTING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO HUNT, FISH AND HARVEST WILDLIFE.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state:

Amend Section 12, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:

"Section 12A. (1) The people have the right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife, including by the use of traditional methods, subject only to laws and regulations that promote wildlife conservation and management and that preserve the future of hunting and fishing, as the Legislature may prescribe by general law. Public hunting and fishing shall be a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife.

(2) The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, acting through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the people's right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife.

(3) This section may not be construed to modify any provision of law relating to trespass, property rights, the regulation of commercial activities or the maintenance of levees pursuant to Article 11."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That these proposed amendments shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2022, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law, with the proposed amendment of this resolution being voted on as one amendment since it pertains to one subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed constitutional amendment provides that the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, acting through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the people's right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife."