ENGROSSED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Joint Resolution No. 10

(By Senators Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Jenkins, D. Hall, Tucker, Stollings, Cookman, Yost, Fitzsimmons, M. Hall, Beach, Prezioso, Miller, Laird, Cann and Williams)

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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;

reported February 24, 2014.]

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, amending article III thereof, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-three, relating to the right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment.

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:

    That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in the year 2014, which proposed amendment is that article III thereof be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-three, to read as follows:

ARTICLE III. BILL OF RIGHTS.

§23. Right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife.

    The people have a right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife. This right may be protected by enactment and promulgation of laws, rules and policies, including, but not limited to, those that promote wildlife conservation and management and preserve the future of hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife.

    Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, such proposed amendment is hereby numbered “Amendment No. 1” and designated as the “Right of the People to Hunt, Fish, Harvest Wildlife in West Virginia Amendment” and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: “The purpose of this amendment is to protect the right of West Virginians to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife.”