Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment

Utah Ballot Measure - Amendment E

Election: Nov. 3, 2020 (General)

Outcome: Passed

Categories:

Animals and Wildlife

Summary


This Resolution Proposes to Amend the Utah Constitution to:

> Enact a Provision Relating to the Individual Right of the People to Hunt and to Fish; and

> Specify What That Right Includes and Provide Limits on the Effect of the Language Articulating the Right.

Measure Text


Section 1. It is proposed to enact Utah Constitution Article I, Section 30, to read: Article I, Section 30. [Right to hunt and fish.]

(1) The individual right of the people to hunt and to fish is a valued part of the State's heritage and shall be forever preserved for the public good.

(2) The right under Subsection (1) includes the right to use traditional methods to hunt and to fish, subject only to statute, and rules and regulations adopted as provided by statute, to: (a) promote wildlife conservation and management;

(b) provide reasonable regulation of hunting and fishing activities; and (c) preserve the future of hunting and fishing.

(3) Public hunting and fishing shall be the preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife.

(4) This section does not affect:

(a) the law relating to trespass or property rights;

(b) the State's sovereign authority over the State's natural resources; or (c) the State's obligation to manage lands granted to the State under the Enabling Act.

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