By Culberson                                          H.J.R. No. 52
       74R2117 NSC-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the rights of the
    1-2  state and the defendant in a criminal case.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article I of the Texas Constitution is amended by
    1-5  adding Section 31 to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 31.  The state, through its prosecuting attorneys as the
    1-7  statutory representatives of crime victims and other citizens of
    1-8  this state, is entitled to the right of due course of law in
    1-9  criminal proceedings.  The constitutional rights granted to
   1-10  criminal defendants by Sections 9, 10, 13, and 19 of this article
   1-11  may not be construed as granting those defendants rights greater
   1-12  than those provided criminal defendants by a federal act or the
   1-13  United States Constitution, as the act or the United States
   1-14  Constitution is construed by the United States Supreme Court.
   1-15        SECTION 2.  This proposed amendment shall be submitted to the
   1-16  voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.  The ballot
   1-17  shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
   1-18  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment providing the state
   1-19  with the right of due course of law in criminal cases and
   1-20  establishing that rights of defendants under the Texas Constitution
   1-21  are not greater than the rights provided by a federal act or the
   1-22  United States Constitution."