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.