By: Wentworth S.R. No. 985 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 75th 1-2 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, That Senate Rule 12.03 be 1-3 suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the 1-4 conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate 1-5 Bill No. 1563 to consider and take action on the following specific 1-6 matter: 1-7 Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit the 1-8 committee to amend Subsection (b), Section 75.551, 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. 1-22 ______________________________________ 1-23 President of the Senate 1-24 I hereby certify that the above 1-25 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-1 on May 31, 1997, by the following 2-2 vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. 2-3 ______________________________________ 2-4 Secretary of the Senate