By: West S.J.R. No. 9
(In the Senate - Filed November 8, 2010; February 2, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
March 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; March 21, 2011, sent to printer.)
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a term of
deferred adjudication community supervision.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 11, Article IV, Texas
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
(b) In all criminal cases, except treason and impeachment,
the Governor shall have power, after conviction or successful
completion of a term of deferred adjudication community
supervision, on the written signed recommendation and advice of the
Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a majority thereof, to grant
reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons; and under
such rules as the Legislature may prescribe, and upon the written
recommendation and advice of a majority of the Board of Pardons and
Paroles, he shall have the power to remit fines and forfeitures.
The Governor shall have the power to grant one reprieve in any
capital case for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days; and he
shall have power to revoke conditional pardons. With the advice and
consent of the Legislature, he may grant reprieves, commutations of
punishment and pardons in cases of treason.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
governor to grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a
term of deferred adjudication community supervision."
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