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IN SJR0012
Joint Resolution
AI Summary
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Proposes adding Section 40 to Article 1 of the Indiana Constitution to guarantee the right to engage in diverse farming and ranching practices.
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Prohibits the General Assembly from passing laws that unreasonably restrict farmers and ranchers from employing or refusing to employ effective agricultural technology and livestock production practices.
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Preserves existing common law, trespass and eminent domain statutes, property rights, and previously enacted statutes or administrative rules.
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Establishes Indiana's commitment to protect property ownership rights and adequate food, fuel, fiber, and shelter production while maintaining agriculture as a vital economic foundation.
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Requires approval by two consecutive General Assemblies and ratification by a majority of Indiana voters to become effective.
Legislative Description
Provides that the Constitution of the State of Indiana guarantees the right of the people of Indiana to engage in diverse farming and ranching practices. Provides that the general assembly may not pass a law that unreasonably abridges the right of farmers and ranchers to employ or refuse to employ effective agricultural technology and livestock production and ranching practices. Provides that the new constitutional provision does not modify any: (1) provision of the common law; (2) statute relating to trespass or eminent domain; or (3) other property right, existing or previously enacted statute, or existing or previously adopted administrative rule.