Amend SJR 1 on third reading as follows:
(1) In added Section 11e(a), Article I, Texas Constitution, strike "In this section, "illegal alien" means an alien" and substitute "This section applies only to a person who is accused of an offense described by Subsection (c) of this section and".
(2) In added Section 11e(a)(1)(B), Article I, Texas Constitution, strike "alien" and substitute "person".
(3) In added Section 11e(a)(1)(B), Article I, Texas Constitution, strike "alien's" and substitute "person".
(4) Strike added Section 11e(b), Article I, Texas Constitution, and substitute the following:
(b) For purposes of this section, a person is lawfully present in the United States only if the person:
(1) is a United States citizen; or
(2) has been granted, under the applicable federal statute:
(A) status as a lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee;
(B) status as a parolee under a military parole in place program;
(C) T nonimmigrant status or U nonimmigrant status; or
(D) deferred action.
(5) In added Section 11e(c), Article I, Texas Constitution, strike "an illegal alien who is accused of committing one or more of".
(6) Strike "illegal alien" and substitute "person" in each of the following places it appears:
(A) in added Section 11e(c)(17)(B), Article I, Texas Constitution; and
(B) in added Section 11e(c)(20), Article I, Texas Constitution.
(7) In added Section 11e(d), Article I, Texas Constitution, strike "An illegal alien" and substitute "A person".
(8) In added Section 11e(e), Article I, Texas Constitution, strike "an illegal alien" and substitute "a person".
(9) In the SECTION of the resolution providing the proposed ballot language, strike the language following the colon and substitute the following:
"The constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail following judicial determinations that probable cause exists to believe that persons who are not lawfully present in this country have engaged in conduct constituting certain offenses punishable as a felony."