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| 1 | 1 | By: Legler H.J.R. No. 94 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 5 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing transporting out | |
| 6 | 6 | of this state a noncitizen who commits an offense in this state. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 20, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 9 | 9 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 20. No citizen shall be outlawed. No citizen or legal | |
| 11 | 11 | resident [person] shall be transported out of the State for any | |
| 12 | 12 | offense committed within the State [same]. This section does not | |
| 13 | 13 | prohibit an agreement with another state providing for the | |
| 14 | 14 | confinement of inmates of this State in the penal or correctional | |
| 15 | 15 | facilities of that state. | |
| 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 | |
| 20 | 20 | transporting out of this state a noncitizen who commits an offense | |
| 21 | 21 | in this state." |