Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

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1	1	By: West S.J.R. No. 9
2	2	(Thompson, Gallego)
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5	5	proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
6	6	grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a term of
7	7	deferred adjudication community supervision.
8	8	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 11, Article IV, Texas
10	10	Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	(b) In all criminal cases, except treason and impeachment,
12	12	the Governor shall have power, after conviction or successful
13	13	completion of a term of deferred adjudication community
14	14	supervision, on the written signed recommendation and advice of the
15	15	Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a majority thereof, to grant
16	16	reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons; and under
17	17	such rules as the Legislature may prescribe, and upon the written
18	18	recommendation and advice of a majority of the Board of Pardons and
19	19	Paroles, he shall have the power to remit fines and forfeitures.
20	20	The Governor shall have the power to grant one reprieve in any
21	21	capital case for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days; and he
22	22	shall have power to revoke conditional pardons. With the advice and
23	23	consent of the Legislature, he may grant reprieves, commutations of
24	24	punishment and pardons in cases of treason.
25	25	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
26	26	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
27	27	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
28	28	proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
29	29	governor to grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a
30	30	term of deferred adjudication community supervision."