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| 1 | 1 | 81R1576 HLT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Naishtat H.J.R. No. 24 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a moratorium on | |
| 7 | 7 | the execution of persons convicted of capital offenses. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 11, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (c) The Governor may issue an order prohibiting the Texas | |
| 12 | 12 | Department of Criminal Justice from performing executions on and | |
| 13 | 13 | after the effective date of the order and until the order is | |
| 14 | 14 | revoked, either by the Governor issuing the order or by a successor | |
| 15 | 15 | to the Governor issuing the order. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 17 | 17 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. | |
| 18 | 18 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 19 | 19 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing a | |
| 20 | 20 | moratorium on the execution of persons convicted of capital | |
| 21 | 21 | offenses." |