Referred Constitutional Amendments:

 

Issue No. 1

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 3

 

  AMENDING THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR

 A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HUNT, FISH, TRAP, AND

 HARVEST WILDLIFE.

 

 Subtitle

 AMENDING THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO

 CREATE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HUNT,

 FISH, TRAP, AND HARVEST WILDLIFE.

 

 

 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE

 STATE OF ARKANSAS AND BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A MAJORITY OF ALL

 MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE AGREEING THERETO:

 

 That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of

 the State of Arkansas, and upon being submitted to the electors of the state

 for approval or rejection at the next general election for Senators and

 Representatives, if a majority of the electors voting thereon at the election

 adopt the amendment, the amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of

 the State of Arkansas, to wit:

 

 SECTION 1. (a)(1) Citizens of the state of Arkansas have a right to

 hunt, fish, trap, and harvest wildlife.

 (2) The right to hunt, fish, trap, and harvest wildlife shall be

 subject only t 1 o regulations that promote sound wildlife conservation and

 management and are consistent with Amendment 35 of the Arkansas Constitution.

 (b) Public hunting, fishing, and trapping shall be a preferred means

 of managing and controlling nonthreatened species and citizens may use

 traditional methods for harvesting wildlife.

 (c) Nothing in this amendment shall be construed to alter, repeal, or

 modify:

 (1) Any provision of Amendment 35 to the Arkansas Constitution;

 (2) Any common law or statute relating to trespass, private

 property rights, eminent domain, public ownership of property, or any law

 concerning firearms unrelated to hunting; or

 (3) The sovereign immunity of the State of Arkansas.