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." 1-22 * * * * *