88R3142 EAS-D     By: Collier H.J.R. No. 53       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature   to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce or modify a   sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person who has served   not less than 10 years of the term.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 8a to read as follows:          Sec. 8a.  The legislature by general law may provide for a   district court to reduce or modify a sentence imposing a term of   imprisonment for a person who has served not less than 10 years of   the term.          SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.   The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the   legislature to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce   or modify a sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person   who has served not less than 10 years of the term."