By Wentworth S.R. No. 985 75R17486 MWV-D R E S O L U T I O N 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 S.B. 1-5 1563 to consider and take action on the following specific matter: 1-6 Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (3) are suspended to permit the 1-7 committee to amend Section 75.551(b), Government Code, in SECTION 1 1-8 of the bill, to read as follows: 1-9 (b) A judge or justice assigned to an appellate court may 1-10 not hear a civil case if a party to the case files a timely 1-11 objection to the assignment of the judge or justice. Except as 1-12 provided by Subsection (d): 1-13 (1) each party to the case is entitled to only one 1-14 objection under this section for that case in the appellate court; 1-15 and 1-16 (2) a party to an appeal may not in the same case 1-17 object in an appellate court to the assignment of a judge or 1-18 justice under Section 74.053(b) and under this subsection. 1-19 Explanation: This change is necessary to limit the number of 1-20 objections that a party may make in a case.