Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
TITLE 37. PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS |
PART 5. TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES |
CHAPTER 143. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY |
SUBCHAPTER A. FULL PARDON AND RESTORATION OF RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP |
SECTION 143.1. Authority to Grant Pardons
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Except in cases of treason or impeachment, after conviction or successful completion of a term of deferred adjudication community supervision, the Governor may grant a full pardon upon the recommendation and advice of a majority of the Board as authorized by the Texas Constitution, Article IV, Section 11 and Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles 48.01 and 48.03.
Source Note: The provisions of this §143.1 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective March 17, 1987, 12 TexReg 731; amended to be effective August 15, 1989, 14 TexReg 3812; amended to be effective March 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 1362; amended to be effective November 9, 2014, 39 TexReg 8597; amended to be effective May 9, 2018, 43 TexReg 2795