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Amend SJR 3 on third reading as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the joint resolution, strike added Section 11d(a), Article I, Texas Constitution, and substitute the following:
Sec. 11d. (a) A person taken into custody for an offense may be denied release on bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate, following a hearing, determines:
(1) by a preponderance of the evidence that the person engaged in any of the following conduct constituting a criminal offense:
(A) murder, if the accused intentionally or knowingly caused the death of a person;
(B) aggravated assault, if the accused used or exhibited a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault and the assault was committed against a person the accused knows is a public servant while the public servant is lawfully discharging an official duty or wearing an identifiable uniform, or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or performance of an official duty as a public servant;
(C) aggravated sexual assault, if the accused used or exhibited a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault; or
(D) aggravated robbery, if the accused used or exhibited a deadly weapon during the commission of the robbery; and
(2) by clear and convincing evidence that requiring bail and conditions of release is insufficient to reasonably ensure:
(A) the person's appearance in court as required; or
(B) the safety of the community, law enforcement, or victim of the alleged offense.
(2) In SECTION 2 of the joint resolution, in added Section 11d(b), Article I, Texas Constitution, as amended on second reading by the Dominguez amendment, strike the following:
The written order may not be disclosed to any person except the defendant, a district attorney, a criminal district attorney, a county attorney with criminal jurisdiction, or a subsequent court of record.
(3) In SECTION 2 of the joint resolution, in added Section 11d(d), Article I, Texas Constitution, strike "clear and convincing".
(4) In SECTION 2 of the joint resolution, strike added Section 11d(e), Article I, Texas Constitution.
(5) In SECTION 3 of the joint resolution, strike "a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons" and substitute "persons accused of certain violent or sexual offenses".