1-1           By:  Wentworth                                  S.J.R. No. 19

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 27, 1997; January 30, 1997,

 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;

 1-4     March 4, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,

 1-5     Nays 0; March 4, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-7     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the place at which

 1-8     the Supreme Court of Texas sits to transact business.

 1-9           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-10           SECTION 1.  Section 3a, Article V, Texas Constitution, is

1-11     amended to read as follows:

1-12           Sec. 3a.  The Supreme Court may sit at any time during the

1-13     year at the seat of government or, at the court's discretion, at

1-14     any other location in this state for the transaction of business

1-15     and each term thereof shall begin and end with each calendar year.

1-16           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

1-17     submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 4,

1-18     1997.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against

1-19     the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the

1-20     supreme court to sit to transact business at any location in this

1-21     state."

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