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| 1 | 1 | 81R5392 PEP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Madden H.J.R. No. 80 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing garnishment of | |
| 7 | 7 | wages for court-ordered restitution in a criminal judgment. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 28, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 28. No current wages for personal service shall ever | |
| 12 | 12 | be subject to garnishment, except for the enforcement of | |
| 13 | 13 | court-ordered: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) child support payments; [or] | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) spousal maintenance; or | |
| 16 | 16 | (3) restitution in a criminal judgment. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 18 | 18 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. | |
| 19 | 19 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 20 | 20 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing | |
| 21 | 21 | garnishment of wages for court-ordered restitution in a criminal | |
| 22 | 22 | judgment." |