By:  West                                                       S.J.R. No. 20 


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to 
grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a term of 
deferred adjudication community supervision.
	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 successful 
completion of a term of deferred adjudication community 
supervision, 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 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 
governor to grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a 
term of deferred adjudication community supervision."