1-1           By:  Brown                                      S.J.R. No. 20

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 28, 1997; February 3, 1997,

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

 1-4     February 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas

 1-5     13, Nays 0; February 18, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-7     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the creation of a

 1-8     judicial compensation commission.

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

1-10           SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by

1-11     adding Section 32 to read as follows:

1-12           Sec. 32.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this

1-13     constitution, the Legislature may by law create a judicial

1-14     compensation commission to make recommendations for judicial

1-15     salaries that become law if neither the Senate nor the House of

1-16     Representatives, by majority vote, rejects the recommendations.

1-17           (b)  Subsection (a) of this section applies only to salaries

1-18     for justices and judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal

1-19     Appeals, the Courts of Appeal, and the District Courts.

1-20           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

1-21     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

1-22     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

1-23     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the

1-24     legislature to create a judicial compensation commission."

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