Bill Text: TX HJR80 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the authority of the governor to declare a moratorium on the execution of persons convicted of capital offenses.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Left pending in committee [HJR80 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HJR80-Introduced.html

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83R5444 MAW-D
By: Naishtat H.J.R. No. 80

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the authority of
the governor to declare a moratorium on the execution of persons
convicted of capital offenses.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The Governor may issue an order prohibiting the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice from performing executions on and
after the effective date of the order and until the order is
revoked, either by the Governor issuing the order or by a successor
to the Governor issuing the order.
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 permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
governor to declare a moratorium on the execution of persons
convicted of capital offenses."