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| 1 | 1 | By: Gallego H.J.R. No. 136 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 5 | proposing a constitutional amendment disqualifying certain persons | |
| 6 | 6 | from service in the Legislature. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 9 | 9 | adding Section 7-a to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 7-a. DISQUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS FROM SERVICE | |
| 11 | 11 | IN THE LEGISLATURE. No person shall be a member of either House if | |
| 12 | 12 | the person has been finally convicted of a felony, regardless of | |
| 13 | 13 | whether the person has fully discharged the person's sentence, | |
| 14 | 14 | including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or | |
| 15 | 15 | completed a period of probation ordered by any court or has been | |
| 16 | 16 | pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to | |
| 17 | 17 | vote. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 19 | 19 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. | |
| 20 | 20 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 21 | 21 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment disqualifying persons | |
| 22 | 22 | who have been finally convicted of a felony from service in the | |
| 23 | 23 | Legislature." |