By: Whitmire S.J.R. No. 43 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the enforcement of 1-2 court-ordered obligations to pay restitution to victims of crime by 1-3 garnishment of current wages for personal service. 1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 28, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 28. No current wages for personal service shall ever be 1-8 subject to garnishment, except for the enforcement of court-ordered 1-9 child support payments and court-ordered restitution payments to 1-10 victims of crime and court-ordered reimbursement of the 1-11 compensation to victims of crime fund created pursuant to the Crime 1-12 Victims' Compensation Act (Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Code of 1-13 Criminal Procedure). 1-14 SECTION 2. The constitutional amendment proposed by Section 1-15 1 of this joint resolution shall be submitted to the voters at an 1-16 election to be held May 1, 1995. The ballot shall be printed to 1-17 permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional 1-18 amendment allowing garnishment of current wages for personal 1-19 service for the enforcement of court-ordered restitution payments 1-20 to victims of crime and court-ordered reimbursement of the 1-21 compensation to victims of crime fund created under the Crime 1-22 Victims' Compensation Act."