R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State

 1-2     of Texas, 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, That House Rule

 1-3     13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule

 1-4     13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to

 1-5     resolve the differences on S.B. 1563 to consider and take action on

 1-6     the following specific matter:

 1-7           House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (3), are suspended to

 1-8     permit the committee to amend Section 75.551(b), Government Code,

 1-9     in SECTION 1 of the bill, to read as follows:

1-10           (b)  A judge or justice assigned to an appellate court may

1-11     not hear a civil case if a party to the case files a timely

1-12     objection to the assignment of the judge or justice.  Except as

1-13     provided by Subsection (d):

1-14                 (1)  each party to the case is entitled to only one

1-15     objection under this section for that case in the appellate court;

1-16     and

1-17                 (2)  a party to an appeal may not in the same case

1-18     object in an appellate court to the assignment of a judge or

1-19     justice under Section 74.053(b) and under this subsection.

1-20           Explanation:  This change is necessary to limit the number of

1-21     objections that a party may make in a case.

                                                                    Hartnett

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                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 1302 was adopted by the House on May

         31, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House