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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing transporting out |
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of this state a noncitizen who commits an offense in this state. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 20, Article I, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 20. No citizen shall be outlawed. No citizen or legal |
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resident [person] shall be transported out of the State for any |
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offense committed within the State [same]. This section does not |
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prohibit an agreement with another state providing for the |
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confinement of inmates of this State in the penal or correctional |
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facilities of that state. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing |
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transporting out of this state a noncitizen who commits an offense |
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in this state." |