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  By: Collier H.J.R. No. 53
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature
  to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce or modify a
  sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person who has served
  not less than 10 years of the term.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 8a to read as follows:
         Sec. 8a.  The legislature by general law may provide for a
  district court to reduce or modify a sentence imposing a term of
  imprisonment for a person who has served not less than 10 years of
  the term.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  legislature to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce
  or modify a sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person
  who has served not less than 10 years of the term."