Bill Text: TX HJR126 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-7)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-08 - Filed with the Secretary of State [HJR126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR126-Enrolled.html
| H.J.R. No. 126 | ||
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| proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to engage | ||
| in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and | ||
| wildlife management. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 36 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 36. (a) The people have the right to engage in | ||
| generally accepted farm, ranch, timber production, horticulture, | ||
| or wildlife management practices on real property they own or | ||
| lease. | ||
| (b) This section does not affect the authority of the | ||
| legislature to authorize by general law the regulation of generally | ||
| accepted farm, ranch, timber production, horticulture, or wildlife | ||
| management practices by: | ||
| (1) a state agency or political subdivision when there | ||
| is clear and convincing evidence that the law or regulation is | ||
| necessary to protect the public health and safety from imminent | ||
| danger; | ||
| (2) a state agency to prevent a danger to animal health | ||
| or crop production; or | ||
| (3) a state agency or political subdivision to | ||
| preserve or conserve the natural resources of this state under | ||
| Section 59, Article XVI, of this constitution. | ||
| (c) This section does not affect the authority of the | ||
| legislature to authorize by general law the use or acquisition of | ||
| property for a public use, including the development of the natural | ||
| resources of this state under Section 59, Article XVI, of this | ||
| constitution. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment protecting the right to | ||
| engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and | ||
| wildlife management." | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.J.R. No. 126 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.J.R. No. 126 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 4, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| RECEIVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
