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Approved Minutes of the Twelfth Session of the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1997
The 12th session was called to order at 9:00 AM on July 11, 1998. The Secretary conducted a role call of delegates and declared a quorum present. Those present were:
Jay Baggett
Wes Burnett
Don Henson
Kay Procter
Bobbie Sudbury
Cloyce Williams
Guadalupe Martinez (as proxy for Alonso Martinez)
Delegates absent for this meeting were:
Steve Baggett
Monty Barnett
Charles Doreck
Robert Sudbury
Karen Williams
There were no delegate resignations nor new delegates to consider.
Fine tuning motions were entertained with Don Henson chairing.
Motion 45: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to make the following grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling changes at the indicated location in the draft constitution:
Article 1, Section 4: Change "acquistion" to "acquisition".
Article 4, Part 1, Section 5i(2): Change "siezed" to "seized".
Article 4, Part 1, Section 6g: Change "admissability" to "admissibility".
Article 4, Part 1, Section 6l: Change "frivilous" to "frivolous".
Article 4, Part 2, Section 2: Delete the first comma and change other commas to semicolons.
Article 4, Part 2, Section 2f: Remove the two commas in the following: "make records of every county court proceeding publicly available after filing, in a easily searchable form, which shall be open for public inspection".
Article 5, Part 1, Section 10: Insert a space just prior to the word "All" in the last sentence.
Article 5, Part 1, Section 11: Change "national assembly" to "National Assembly".
Article 5, Part 2, Section 9: Change "President", "Vice-President", and "Treasurer", wherever they occur in this section, to "president", vice-president", and "treasurer".
Article 5, Part 3, Section 3b: Change "President" to "president".
Article 6, Section 1: Change "18" to "eighteen".
Article 8, Section 8: Change "three fourths" to "three-fourths".
Article 9, Section 2: Change "12" to "twelve".
Article 9, Section 3a(2): Change "21" to "twenty-one".
Motion carried. Changes are noted.
Motion 1: Motion by Cloyce Williams and seconded by Wes Burnett.
Move to revise Article 4, Part 2, Section 3b and move that Article 5, Part 2, Section 2c be revised.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 2, Section 3b reads as follows:
"Organize and maintain voluntary county defense forces. The County Administrative Council shall call the county defense forces into action only for the defense of the county or nation against armed aggression. The County Administrative Council may coordinate the actions of county defense forces with national defense forces, the defense forces of other counties, and private militia but shall remain in full command of their own county defense forces. At no time shall private militia be considered to be under the command or control of the County Administrative Council or the county defense forces."
New Article 5, Part 2, Section 2c reads as follows:
"The president shall organize and maintain voluntary national defense forces with advice and concurrence of the National Assembly. The president shall call the national defense forces into action only in defense of the nation against armed aggression by a foreign power. The president shall coordinate the actions of the national defense forces with county defense forces and private militia. At no time shall county defense forces or private militia be considered to be under the command or control of the president or the national defense forces."
Motion 2: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to change Article 2, Section 22a.
Motion carried. New Article 2, Section 22a reads as follows:
"Government shall never own subsurface water nor unprocessed minerals or any sort."
Motion 3: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to reword Article 4, Part 1, Sections 7c and 7d.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Sections 7c and 7d read as follows:
c. The first appeal shall be a jury review of the procedures to determine that all constitutional guarantees were observed. The first appeal jury can only confirm the original verdict, reduce the severity of the sentence, or, if they determine that some violation of rights or due process occurred, return the case to a different court for retrial under the same rules as the original trial.
d. If an appeals court finds against the accused, a second or third appeal may be made by the accused to county courts in the same or adjacent Texas counties. The entire case shall be presented to juries using the same procedures as the original trial except that all decisions of the appeals juries shall be by majority vote, the foreman voting only in the case of tie votes. The decision of the third appeal is final.
Delegate Monty Barnett arrived at this time (9:20 AM).
Motion 4: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Guadalupe Martinez.
Move to title the constitution "Texas Constitution 2000".
Motion carried. Title is noted.
Motion 5: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to add several sentences to and add the word "inherent" to Article 2, Section 1.
Motion carried. New Article 2, Section 1 reads as follows:
"Government has no inherent rights or powers, neither implicit nor explicit. This constitution assigns certain functions to the artificial entities called governments created by this constitution and authorizes those artificial entities to take certain actions necessary to accomplish the assigned functions. No national or county government entity or official shall assume any function or authorization not specifically assigned or authorized by this constitution."
Motion 6: Motion by Wes Burnett and not seconded.
Move to delete Article 2, Section 3.
Motion failed for lack of a second.
Motion 7: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to delete Article 2, Section 10 and to renumber the following sections appropriately.
A friendly amendment was introduced to change the section rather than delete it. Motion
carried as amended. New Article 2, Section 10 reads as follows:
"Government shall never invade the privacy of any individual without due process of law."
Motion 8: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to delete the word "organization" from Article 2, Section 15.
After discussion the motion was withdrawn. Article 2, Section 15 remains as previously approved.
Motion 9: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to delete Article 2, Section 17 and to renumber following sections appropriately.
After discussion the motion was withdrawn. Article 2, Section 17 remains as previously approved.
Motion 10: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Burnett.
Move that Article 2, Section 22a be redesignated as Section 22, that Article 2, Section 22b be changed to Section 23, and that the following section be renumbered appropriately.
Motion carried. Article redesignations and renumberings are noted.
Motion 11: Motion by Cloyce Williams and seconded by Guadalupe Martinez.
Move to delete the words "by the sheriff" from Article 4, Part 1, Section 5f.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Section 5f reads as follows:
"A grand jury indictment shall be issued only when as investigation shows sufficient cause, as determined by the grand jury, at which time any individual may file charges against the accused."
Motion 12: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Jay Baggett.
Move to replace the word "guilty" with the word "accused" in Article 4, Part 1, Section 5i(2).
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Section 5i(2) reads as follows:
"The grand jury has in its possession at the time an affidavit supported by oath or affirmation that evidence of a crime is located at the place to be searched or that the person to be seized is accused of a crime. Any property seized must be evidence of the crime described in the warrant."
Motion 13: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to change the word "juries" to the word "jurors" in the last sentence of Article 4, Part 1, Section 6b.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Section 6b reads as follows:
"A jury of no fewer than twenty-four Texas citizens living in the county where the court is located shall be chosen at random. Compensation and terms of service for jurors and jury pool members shall be determined by the county administrative council provided that jurors serve for a minimum of one case."
Motion 14: Motion by Cloyce Williams and seconded by Jay Baggett.
Move to add the words "except in the case of a tie vote" to the last sentence of Article 4, Part 1, Section 6j.
During discussion a friendly amendment to remove the word "all" from in front of "convictions shall be by..." was proposed. Friendly amendment was accepted. Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Section 6j reads as follows:
"The jury shall first determine if the alleged actions violated the law and then the facts of the case. After all evidence has been heard, the jury may deliberate its final decision privately until a verdict is reached. They shall render their decision, verdict, or order concerning all aspects of the case as they deem just and proper. Convictions shall be by unanimous jury vote only; otherwise, the accused shall be acquitted. All tort verdicts must be by majority vote, the foreman not voting except in the case of a tie vote."
Motion 15: Motion by Monty Barnett and seconded by Wes Burnett.
Move to add the words "except in the case of a tie vote" to the last sentence of Article 4, Part 1, Section 6k.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Section 6k reads as follows:
"Penalty for the accused, if found guilty of a crime, shall be determined by the jury by majority vote, the foreman not voting except in the case of a tie vote, except that the death penalty may be imposed only by a unanimous vote of the jury and for a crime which resulted in the death of another individual or individuals."
Motion 16: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Jay Baggett.
Move to add the words "by majority vote" to Article 4, Part 1, Section 6l.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Section 6l reads as follows:
"In any case, the jury may by majority vote award monetary compensation against the accuser, paid to the accused, if the charges are found to be frivolous or malicious."
Motion 17: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to delete the word "county" in the last sentence of Article 4, Part 1, Section 7b.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 1, Section 7b reads as follows:
"Appeals must be filed in a county court in the same or adjacent Texas counties within thirty days of the previous jury decision. No individual may be a juror on more than one trial of the accused for the same offense. If any of the courts of appeal find for the accused, no other action may be taken by any court for the same offense."
Motion 18: Motion by Monty Barnett and seconded by Wes Burnett.
Move to change the title of Article 4, Part 2 from "County Government" to "County Administrative Council".
Motion carried. New title is noted.
Motion 19: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to reword Article 4, Part 2, Section 1.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 2, Section 1 reads as follows:
"Texas shall consist of the existing 254 Texas counties, maintaining existing geographic borders and names. Each county shall consist of no less than four geographic precincts. New counties may be formed in any new territory added to Texas."
Motion 20: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to delete the last sentence for Article 4, Part 2, Section 3e.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 2, Section 3e reads as follows:
"Appoint one citizen to represent the county in the National Assembly, who shall have lived in that county for at least two years prior to the appointment, be at least thirty years of age at the time of the appointment, serve a term of four years, and be subject to recall on the vote of at least one-third of the County Administrative Council."
Motion 21: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to reword Article 4, Part 2, Section 3j.
Motion carried. New Article 4, Part 2, Section 3j reads as follows:
"With the approval of two-thirds of all qualified voters casting ballots in an election, fund the operation and maintenance of penal facilities."
Motion 22: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Guadalupe Martinez.
Move to replace the word "courts" with "officers" in Article 4, Part 2, Section 3l.
During the discussion a friendly amendment to change the word "the" to "all" was proposed. Proposal was accepted. Motion carried as amended. New Article 4, Part 2, Section 3l reads as follows:
"Approve or deny annual budgets submitted by all county officers."
Motion 23: Proposed Motion 23 was withdrawn without being made.
Motion 24: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to add the words "Except for the recall of the county's National Assembly Council appointee" to the beginning of the last sentence in Article 4, Part 2, Section 4d.
Motion carried with one delegate voting no. New Article 4, Part 2, Section 4d reads as follows:
"Two-thirds of the officers of the County Administrative Council shall constitute a quorum to do business. Except for the recall of the county's National Assembly Council appointee, all decisions of the council shall be by three-fourths vote of those present for approval."
Motion 25: Motion by Monty Barnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to change the words "two-thirds" to "three-fourths" and to change the words "three-fourths" to "two-thirds" in Article 4, Part 2, Section 4d.
Motion carried with two delegates voting no. New Article 4, Part 2, Section 4d reads as follows:
"d. Three-fourths of the officers of the County Administrative Council shall constitute a quorum to do business. All decisions of the council shall be by two-thirds vote of those present for approval."
Motion 26: Motion by Jay Baggett and seconded by Guadalupe Martinez.
Move to change the words "those present" to "the entire council", the words "two-thirds"
to "three-fourths", and the words "three-fourths" to "two-thirds" in Article 4, Part 2, Section 4d.
Motion failed by a vote of 2 to 5. Article 4, Part 2, Section 4d remains as previously approved.
Motion 27: Motion by Monty Barnett and seconded by Guadalupe Martinez.
Move to change the word "electors" to "qualified voters" in Article 5, Part 1, Section 3.
Motion carried. New Article 5, Part 1, Section 3 reads as follows:
"Texas shall be divided into convenient judicial districts, not less than thirteen nor more than thirty, concurrent with existing county lines, to be reapportioned based on the votes cast in the last general election, but not more often than every ten years. A justice shall be elected by ballot of the qualified voters for each district. Each district justice shall reside in the district and hold court at the designated district seat which shall be determined by the National Assembly."
Motion 28: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to add the words "of the supreme court" to the end of the first sentence of Article 5, Part 1, Section 6.
Motion carried. New Article 5, Part 1, Section 6 reads as follows:
"The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and twelve associate justices with district justices serving in rotation as associate justices of the supreme court. Three-fourths of the associate justices and the chief justice shall constitute a quorum to proceed. The district justices shall rotate their positions on the supreme court every session. All members voting on each case shall place their handwritten signature on the decision with their vote as yes to uphold or no to overturn the case."
Motion 29: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to delete the word "the" in the last sentence of Article 5, Part 1, Section 8.
Motion carried. New Article 5, Part 1, Section 8 reads as follows:
"The supreme court shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction for district court cases only. Decisions of the supreme court shall be conclusive within the limits of Texas. The supreme court shall hold its session quarterly, at such times and places as may be fixed by the National Assembly by a simple majority vote. All cases shall be decided by no less than a two-thirds majority of the voting members of the supreme court. No associate justice shall sit on a case heard by them in any district court."
Motion 30: Motion by Monty Barnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to delete Article 5, Part 1, Section 11.
Motion carried. Section is deleted. Subsequent sections will be renumbered as appropriate.
Motion 31: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to delete the words "and shall recognize that only Texas county courts may act on extradition requests" from the last sentence of Article 5, Part 2, Section 2a.
Motion carried. New Article 5, Part 2, Section 2a reads as follows:
"Conduct treaty negotiations and ambassadorial functions with foreign governments. Treaties shall never affect any individual within the geographical boundaries of Texas."
Motion 32: Motion by Bobbie Sudbury and seconded by Guadalupe Martinez.
Move to add subsection 5 to Article 5, Part 2, Section 5.
Motion carried after friendly amendments. New Article 5, Part 2, Section 5, Subsection 5 reads as follows:
"The Nation Executive Council shall prepare and submit an annual budget to the National Assembly for approval or rejection."
Motion 33: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to replace the words "of Texas Rangers" with the words "by National Executive Council officers" in Article 5, Part 3, Section 3e.
Motion carried. New Article 5, Part 3, Section 3e reads as follows:
"Confirm or deny appointments of National Executive Council officers."
A ten minute break was called for at 10:40 A. M. Convention returned to session at 10:50 A. M.
Motion 34: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to reword Article 6, Section 2.
Motion carried after friendly amendments. New Article 6, Section 2 reads as follows:
"Elections for officers of the national and county governments shall be held every two years. The first election of county and national government officers shall be held within one-hundred-twenty days after ratification of this constitution."
Motion 35: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to delete Article 7, Section 1; renumber following sections appropriately; and to reword Article 7, Section 2.
Motion carried. Sections shall be renumbered. New Article 7, Section 1 reads as follows:
"County Administrative Councils may raise funds by any method that is advertised as, and is in fact, strictly voluntary for all parties."
Motion 36: Motion by Jay Baggett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to add a new Section 1, and renumber following sections appropriately, to Article 8.
Motion failed by a vote of 2 to 6. Article 8 remains as previously approved.
Motion 37: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Guadalupe Martinez.
Move to delete Article 8, Section 6, and renumber following sections.
Motion carried with one delegate voting no. Section is deleted and following sections renumbered.
Motion 38: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to change all occurrences of "belongs to" to "is/are (as appropriate) a part of" in Article 8, Section 7.
Motion carried with one delegate voting no and one delegate abstaining. New Article 8, Section 7 reads as follows:
"Texas boundaries shall be as herein defined. Begin at the geographic center of the eastmost part of the Sabine River. Follow the geographic center northerly through Sabine Lake and Sabine Pass to 32° Latitude. All islands existing prior to April 8, 1812 are a part of Louisiana. All islands formed after April 8, 1812 on the west side are a part of Texas and on the east side are a part of Louisiana. Continue due north to the Red River. Follow the geographic center of the Red River westerly to the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. Continue westerly along the Prairie Dog Town Fork to 100° Longitude, proceed due north to 30° 36' Latitude, and then due west to 2 miles west of 103° Longitude, due south to 32° Latitude, due west to the Rio Grande otherwise known as the Rio Bravo del Norte. Follow the Rio Grande River along its deepest channel to the Gulf of Mexico. Follow the Gulf of Mexico easterly to the geographic center of the Sabine River. All islands along the coastline of Texas are a part of Texas."
Motion 39: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to add the words "with approval of the National Assembly" and the words "the total of all" to Article 8, Section 9.
Motion carried after friendly amendments. New Article 8, Section 9 reads as follows:
"The National Executive Council, with the approval of the National Assembly, is authorized to purchase or retain title to real property for use as military installations provided that the total of all such real property does not exceed one-half of one percent of the total land area of Texas."
Motion 40: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to add the sentence "Any officer or agent of government who does not sign and file the oath for public record with the county recorder within ten calender days following the administering of the oath shall be denied the appointment or election." to Article 8, Section 10.
Motion carried. New Article 8, Section 10 reads as follows:
"All officers elected or appointed or any agent of government shall take the following oath of office:
"I, (name), being fully aware of the consequences of exceeding the authority of my office, do solemnly affirm that I will adhere to the Texas constitution in its entirety, and will perform the functions of the office of (office) to the best of my abilities."
Any officer or agent of government who does not sign and file the oath for public record with the county recorder within ten calender days following the administering of the oath shall be denied the appointment or election."
Motion 41: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to reword the first two paragraphs of Article 8, Section 10.
Motion carried. The new first two paragraphs of Article 8, Section 10 reads as follows:
"Each officer elected or appointed or any agent of government shall be a Texas citizen, shall hold no citizenship in or allegiance to any other nation or political organization, and shall affirm the following oath of office:
"I, (full name), being fully aware of the consequences of exceeding the authority of my office and being a Texas citizen holding allegiance to no other nation, do solemnly affirm that I will adhere to the Texas constitution in its entirety, and will perform the functions of the office of (name of office) to the best of my abilities."
Motion 41a: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move to remove the words "or political organization" from the first paragraph of Article 8, Section 10.
Motion carried. New first paragraph of Article 8, Section 10 reads as follows:
"Each elected or appointed or any agent of government shall be a Texas citizen, shall hold no other citizenship in or allegiance to any other nation, and shall affirm the following oath of office:"
Motion 42: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Guadlupe Martinez.
Move to delete Article 9, Section 4c.
During discussion a friendly amendment to remove the entire Article 9, Section 4 was proposed. Friendly amendment was accept and the motion carried. Article 9, Section 4 is deleted.
Motion 43: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Kay Procter.
Move to add a new section to the end of Article 9.
After friendly amendments the motion carried. New last section of Article 9 reads as follows:
"This constitution shall supersede any and all other constitutions, treaties, statutes, and any other form of rules, and shall be the supreme law of Texas."
Motion 44: Motion by Jay Baggett and seconded by Wes Burnett.
Move to add a sentence to the end of Article 9.
Motion carried. Sentence reads as follows:
"Upon ratification of this constitution, Addendum 1, Transition, shall be implemented immediately and shall continue through its fulfillment."
Motion 46: Motion by Cloyce Williams and seconded by Wes Burnett.
Move to tentatively adopt the draft constitution as amended during this session, to terminate the seating of new delegates from this point forward, and to specifically restrict future sessions of the convention from considering proposed changes to the tentatively adopted constitution with the following three exceptions:
- The Chair shall call the convention into session for the purpose of formally adopting the constitution at a time and place to be determined provided that the time is within one year and that the place is a public location within Texas. The Chair shall attempt to notify each seated and formerly seated delegate to the Texas Constitution Convention of 1997, using whatever means is available and reasonable, at least one month in advance of the date of the session. Each currently-seated delegate, each formerly-seated delegate, and anyone who has acted as a proxy for a delegate shall be given the opportunity to sign the adopted constitution.
- Any three seated delegates can reopen consideration of the tentatively-adopted constitution by providing a written statement, signed by all three delegates, of why they want consideration reopened, providing that the written statement is mailed to the Chair via certified mail with return receipt requested no later than two months in advance of the date of the session to be called to formally adopt the constitution. Upon receipt of such a written statement, the Chair shall call a session within two weeks to consider the concerns of the three delegates.
- Any delegate may submit to the chair suggested changes to grammar, punctuation, capitalization, or spelling provided that the suggested changes do not change the intended meaning. On receipt of such suggested changes, if the Chair agrees that the changes are needed and that the changes do not change the intended meaning, the Chair shall publish the suggested changes on the rtx-constitution internet discussion list and shall email or send via USPS the suggested changes to each delegate for which the Chair has an email address. If any delegate objects to the suggested changes, indicated by sending such objections to the Chair (wepin@wepin.com) via email, the changes shall not be made unless approved using the procedures of paragraph 2 above. Otherwise, the Chair shall make the changes to the online version of the constitution and shall submit the changes to the Secretary who shall create an addendum to the official minutes indicating that the changes were made.
Motion carried.
Motion 47: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move that the Treasurer be allowed to expend the amount needed to cash money orders.
Motion carried. Treasurer is so allowed.
Motion 48: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Monty Barnett.
Move that the convention recess for lunch.
Motion carried. Lunch recess called at 12:10. Convention will reconvene at 1:30.
Convention was called back to order at 1:35 PM.
Treasurer passed the hat.
Motion 49: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move that Mr. Steve Baggett still be considered a delegate as of the end of the 11th session as he had sent a proxy statement and persons had been available to fill the position.
Motion carried. Steve Baggett is still considered an active delegate.
Motion 50: Motion by Wes Burnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to approve the minutes of the 11th session subject to notification of secretary of any spelling errors found at a later date.
Motion carried. The minutes of the 11th session are approved.
The Treasurer gave his report. The Chair was reimbursed $49.80 for copying expenses; $788.00 were received for the previous treasurer; $22.00 remained from passing the hat at the 11th session; $70.00 was collected today; making a total of $830.20. All monies were turned over to the Texas Constitution Ratification Fund (TCRF).
Texas Constitution Ratification Committee was selected. It will be chaired by Wes Burnett and members are Don Henson and Monty Barnett.
The TCRF reported that there has been no action. There are four trustees and that positions remain open for additional trustees if any delegate is interested. $830.20 was accepted from the Convention Treasurer.
At 2:10 P.M. the convention went into committee of the whole to discuss the transition plan. Convention returned to formal session at 5:45 P.M.
Motion 52: Motion by Monty Barnett and seconded by Cloyce Williams.
Move to accept Addendum 1 - Transition as discussed during committee of the whole.
Motion carried. Addendum 1 - Transition is accepted.
Motion 53: Motion by Don Henson and seconded by Jay Baggett.
Move to adjourn sine die with exceptions as noted in the tentatively adopted motions.
Motion carried. Convention adjourned at 5:55 PM.
ADDENDUM TO MINUTES OF THE 12TH SESSION
October 20, 1998 - The Secretary was informed that a typographical correction was made in Addendum 1, Article 6, Section 9, Paragraph a, Subparagraph 2 in accordance with a procedure authorized in the Tentative Adoption Motion. The new Addendum 1, Article 6, Section 9, Paragraph a, Subparagraph 2 now reads:
"If a prisoner's conviction and sentence is found to be a violation of this constitution, the prisoner shall be released immediately upon order by the commission. Otherwise, the prisoner shall remain incarcerated and shall serve the remainder of the original sentence."
Certified Correct,
Bobbie Sudbury
Secretary
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