1-1  By:  Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)             H.J.R. No. 90
    1-2        (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 1995;
    1-3  May 1, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on
    1-4  Jurisprudence; May 25, 1995, reported favorably by the following
    1-5  vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 25, 1995, sent to printer.)
    1-6                        HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-7  proposing a constitutional amendment granting the supreme court
    1-8  jurisdiction to answer questions certified from the court of
    1-9  criminal appeals and granting the court of criminal appeals
   1-10  jurisdiction to answer questions certified from the supreme court.
   1-11        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
   1-12        SECTION 1.  Section 3-c, Article V, Texas Constitution, is
   1-13  amended to read as follows:
   1-14        Sec. 3-c.   (a)  The supreme court and the court of criminal
   1-15  appeals have jurisdiction to answer questions of state law
   1-16  certified from a federal appellate court.
   1-17        (b)  The supreme court has jurisdiction to answer questions
   1-18  of law, other than criminal law, certified from the court of
   1-19  criminal appeals.
   1-20        (c)  The court of criminal appeals has jurisdiction to answer
   1-21  questions of criminal law certified from the supreme court.
   1-22        (d)  The supreme court and the court of criminal appeals
   1-23  shall promulgate rules of procedure relating to the review of those
   1-24  questions.
   1-25        SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to the
   1-26  Texas Constitution:
   1-27        TEMPORARY PROVISION.  (a)  This temporary provision applies
   1-28  to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 74th Legislature,
   1-29  Regular Session, 1995, granting the supreme court jurisdiction to
   1-30  answer questions of law certified from the court of criminal
   1-31  appeals and granting the court of criminal appeals jurisdiction to
   1-32  answer questions of law certified from the supreme court.
   1-33        (b)  The amendment takes effect January 1, 1996.
   1-34        (c)  This temporary provision expires January  2, 1996.
   1-35        SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-36  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
   1-37  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
   1-38  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment granting the supreme
   1-39  court jurisdiction to answer questions certified from the court of
   1-40  criminal appeals and granting the court of criminal appeals
   1-41  jurisdiction to answer questions certified from the supreme court."
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