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By:  Shapleigh                                                  S.J.R. No. 12 


A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a moratorium on the execution of persons convicted of capital offenses. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 11, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) The Governor may issue an order prohibiting the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from performing executions on and after the effective date of the order and until the order is revoked, either by the Governor issuing the order or by a successor to the Governor issuing the order. SECTION 2. This proposed 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 a moratorium on the execution of persons convicted of capital offenses."