1-1 By: Wentworth S.J.R. No. 40 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 1995; February 27, 1995, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 1-4 March 21, 1995, reported favorably, as amended, by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; March 21, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Wentworth 1-7 Amend S.J.R. No. 40 in Section 3a, Article V, Texas Constitution, 1-8 in Section 1 of the resolution (introduced version line 7; 1-9 committee printing line 18), by striking "or at any other" and 1-10 substituting "or, at the court's discretion, at any other". 1-11 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1-12 proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the place at which 1-13 the supreme court sits to transact business. 1-14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-15 SECTION 1. Section 3a, Article V, Texas Constitution, is 1-16 amended to read as follows: 1-17 Sec. 3a. The Supreme Court may sit at any time during the 1-18 year at the seat of government or at any other location in this 1-19 state for the transaction of business and each term thereof shall 1-20 begin and end with each calendar year. 1-21 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-22 submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 7, 1-23 1995. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against 1-24 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 1-25 supreme court to sit to transact business at any location in this 1-26 state." 1-27 * * * * *