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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment disqualifying certain persons |
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from service in the Legislature. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 7-a to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7-a. DISQUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS FROM SERVICE |
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IN THE LEGISLATURE. No person shall be a member of either House if |
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the person has been finally convicted of a felony, regardless of |
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whether the person has fully discharged the person's sentence, |
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including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or |
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completed a period of probation ordered by any court or has been |
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pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to |
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vote. |
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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 disqualifying persons |
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who have been finally convicted of a felony from service in the |
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Legislature." |