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| 1 | 1 | 84R3211 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: White of Tyler H.J.R. No. 56 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to remove legislative | |
| 7 | 7 | authority to regulate the wearing of arms. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 23, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 23. Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear | |
| 12 | 12 | arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State[; but the | |
| 13 | 13 | Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of | |
| 14 | 14 | arms, with a view to prevent crime]. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 16 | 16 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | |
| 17 | 17 | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | |
| 18 | 18 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment removing the state | |
| 19 | 19 | constitutional authority of the legislature to regulate the wearing | |
| 20 | 20 | of arms." |