Bill Text: TX HJR39 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to certain persons charged with a violent or sexual offense after having been previously convicted of a violent or sexual offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HJR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR39-Comm_Sub.html
83R19653 MAW-F | |||
By: Burkett, Carter, et al. | H.J.R. No. 39 | ||
Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 39: | |||
By: Herrero | C.S.H.J.R. No. 39 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail | ||
to certain persons charged with a violent or sexual offense after | ||
having been previously convicted of a violent or sexual offense. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11a, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, a | ||
person taken into custody for committing a violent offense or | ||
sexual offense may be denied release on bail pending trial if a | ||
judge or magistrate, following a hearing, determines that the | ||
person has been previously convicted of a violent offense or sexual | ||
offense. | ||
(c) In this section: | ||
(1) "Violent offense" means: | ||
(A) murder; | ||
(B) aggravated assault, if the accused used or | ||
exhibited a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault; | ||
(C) aggravated kidnapping; or | ||
(D) aggravated robbery. | ||
(2) "Sexual offense" means: | ||
(A) aggravated sexual assault; | ||
(B) sexual assault; or | ||
(C) indecency with a child. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the denial | ||
of bail to certain persons charged with a violent or sexual offense | ||
after having been previously convicted of a violent or sexual | ||
offense." |