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By: West S.J.R. No. 3
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to
grant pardons to persons who have received deferred adjudication.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 11, Article IV, Texas
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
(b) In all criminal cases, except treason and impeachment,
the Governor shall have power, after conviction or order of
deferred adjudication, on the written signed recommendation and
advice of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a majority thereof,
to grant reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons; and
under such rules as the Legislature may prescribe, and upon the
written recommendation and advice of a majority of the Board of
Pardons and Paroles, he shall have the power to remit fines and
forfeitures. The Governor shall have the power to grant one
reprieve in any capital case for a period not to exceed thirty (30)
days; and he shall have power to revoke conditional pardons. With
the advice and consent of the Legislature, he may grant reprieves,
commutations of punishment and pardons in cases of treason.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
governor to grant pardons to persons who have received deferred
adjudication."