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HOUSE BILL NO. 306

INTRODUCED BY BALYEAT, ANDERSEN, BLACK, BOOKOUT-REINICKE, D. BROWN, BRUEGGEMAN, P. CLARK, COHENOUR, EVERETT, FORRESTER, FUCHS, GALLUS, GIBSON, GOLIE, HAINES, JACKSON, LAMBERT, LANGE, LASLOVICH, LASZLOFFY, LEWIS, MAEDJE, MCGEE, MENDENHALL, MOOD, ROBERTS, ROME, SCHRUMPF, SHEA, SHOCKLEY, SPRAGUE, TROPILA, WAGMAN, WHEAT, WITT, LAKE, WEISS, PERRY, SINRUD, SALES, BITNEY

 

AN ACT SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IX OF THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION RECOGNIZING AND PRESERVING THE HERITAGE OF MONTANA CITIZENS' OPPORTUNITY TO HARVEST WILD FISH AND WILD GAME ANIMALS; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

     Section 1.  Article IX of The Constitution of the State of Montana is amended by adding a new section 6 that reads:

     Section 6.  Preservation of harvest heritage. The opportunity to harvest wild fish and wild game animals is a heritage that shall forever be preserved to the individual citizens of the state and does not create a right to trespass on private property or diminution of other private rights.

 

     Section 2.  Effective date. This amendment is effective upon approval by the electorate.

 

     Section 3.  Submission to electorate. This amendment shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the general election to be held in November 2004 by printing on the ballot the full title of this act and the following:

     []       FOR recognizing and preserving the heritage of Montanans' opportunity to harvest wild fish and game.

     []       AGAINST recognizing and preserving the heritage of Montanans' opportunity to harvest wild fish and game.

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