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  82R13558 JSC-D
 
  By: Legler H.J.R. No. 13
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing garnishment of
  wages for the recovery of fraudulently obtained unemployment
  benefits or of taxes or fees owed to the state.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.  No current wages for personal service shall ever be
  subject to garnishment, except for:
               (1)  the enforcement of court-ordered:
                     (A) [(1)]  child support payments; or
                     (B) [(2)]  spousal maintenance; or
               (2)  the recovery of:
                     (A)  fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits;
  or
                     (B)  taxes or fees owed to the state.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing
  garnishment of wages for the recovery of fraudulently obtained
  unemployment benefits or of taxes or fees owed to the state."