HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2106 FILED ON: 1/14/2009
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Anne M. Gobi
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
Proposal to amend the Consti
tution excluding all matters relating to fisheries and wildlife.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Anne M. Gobi
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5th Worcester
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
PROPOSAL for a legislative amendment to the Constitution
A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following A
rticle of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
Section 2 Excluded Matters, of II. Initiative Petitions, Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting after the first paragraph, the following new paragraph:-
The initiative petition shall not be used to permit, regulate, or prohibit the taking of, transportation of, or to prescribe seasons or methods for the taking of fish or wildlife.
