By Wentworth                                          S.J.R. No. 40
       74R6669 RJA-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the place at which
    1-2  the supreme court sits to transact business.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 3a, Article V, Texas Constitution, is
    1-5  amended to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 3a.  The Supreme Court may sit at any time during the
    1-7  year at the seat of government or at any other location in this
    1-8  state for the transaction of business and each term thereof shall
    1-9  begin and end with each calendar year.
   1-10        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-11  submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 7,
   1-12  1995.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against
   1-13  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
   1-14  supreme court to sit to transact business at any location in this
   1-15  state."