Bill Text: TX HJR97 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a moratorium on the execution of persons convicted of capital offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-29 - Left pending in committee [HJR97 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HJR97-Introduced.html
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By: Naishtat | H.J.R. No. 97 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment relating to 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 8, 2011. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing a | ||
moratorium on the execution of persons convicted of capital | ||
offenses." |