By Palmer H.J.R. No. 52
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A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the forfeiture of
1-2 rights and interests of certain heirs, devisees, legatees, and
1-3 donees.
1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 21, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 21. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
1-8 section, no [No] conviction shall work corruption of blood, or
1-9 forfeiture of estate, and the estates of those who destroy their
1-10 own lives shall descend or vest as in case of natural death.
1-11 (b) The legislature may provide by law for forfeiture of a
1-12 right to or interest in a decedent's estate on conviction of a
1-13 devisee, legatee, heir, or donee for the murder or capital murder
1-14 of the decedent.
1-15 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-16 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
1-17 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
1-18 proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
1-19 legislature to prohibit a person who murders another person from
1-20 inheriting that person's estate."