Amend HB 2297, on page 1, lines 17 through 24, and page 2,
lines 1 through 18 to read as follows:
Sec. 71.012. EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. <(a)> The ex officio
members are:
(1) the chief justice of the supreme court;
(2) the presiding judge of the court of criminal
appeals;
(3) the chair<man> of the Senate Jurisprudence
Committee;
(4) one member of the senate, appointed by the
lieutenant governor <the immediate past chairman of the Senate
Jurisprudence Committee>;
(5) the chair<man> of the House Judicial Affairs
<Judiciary> Committee;
(6) one member of the house of representatives,
appointed by the speaker of the house <the immediate past chairman
of the House Judiciary Committee>;
(7) two justices of the courts of appeals designated
by the chief justice of the supreme court <governor>; <and>
(8) two district <presiding> judges <of the
administrative judicial regions> designated by the chief justice of
the supreme court <governor>;
(9) two judges of county courts, statutory county, or
statutory probate courts designated by the chief justice of the
supreme court;
(10) two justices of the peace designated by the chief
justice of the supreme court; and
(11) two municipal court judges designated by the
chief justice of the supreme court.