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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to |
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grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a term of |
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deferred adjudication community supervision. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 11, Article IV, Texas |
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Constitution, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In all criminal cases, except treason and impeachment, |
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the Governor shall have power, after conviction or successful |
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completion of a term of deferred adjudication community |
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supervision, on the written signed recommendation and advice of the |
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Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a majority thereof, to grant |
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reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons; and under |
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such rules as the Legislature may prescribe, and upon the written |
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recommendation and advice of a majority of the Board of Pardons and |
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Paroles, he shall have the power to remit fines and forfeitures. |
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The Governor shall have the power to grant one reprieve in any |
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capital case for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days; and he |
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shall have power to revoke conditional pardons. With the advice and |
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consent of the Legislature, he may grant reprieves, commutations of |
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punishment and pardons in cases of treason. |
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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 8, 2011. |
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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 the |
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governor to grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a |
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term of deferred adjudication community supervision." |