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By: Collier H.J.R. No. 156
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce or modify a
sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person who has served
not less than 10 years of the term.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 8a to read as follows:
Sec. 8a. The legislature by general law may provide for a
district court to reduce or modify a sentence imposing a term of
imprisonment for a person who has served not less than 10 years of
the term.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
legislature to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce
or modify a sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person
who has served not less than 10 years of the term."