1-1 By: Ellis S.B. No. 1034
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 1999; March 10, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
1-4 March 25, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; March 25, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Ellis
1-7 Amend S.B. No. 1034 by striking Line 27 on Page 1 and substituting
1-8 the following:
1-9 "(C) a court of appeals as described by Section
1-10 22.201"
1-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12 AN ACT
1-13 relating to the authority of a court of appeals to purchase or
1-14 acquire liability insurance.
1-15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-16 SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (f), Section 612.004,
1-17 Government Code, as added by Chapter 1035, Acts of the 75th
1-18 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1-19 (2) "State agency" means:
1-20 (A) a department, board, commission, committee,
1-21 council, agency, office, or other entity in the executive,
1-22 legislative, or judicial branch of state government, the
1-23 jurisdiction of which is not limited to a geographical portion of
1-24 the state;
1-25 (B) [. The term includes] an institution of
1-26 higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; and
1-27 (C) a court of appeals.
1-28 SECTION 2. Section 612.004, Government Code, as added by
1-29 Chapter 1035, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,
1-30 is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
1-31 (g) For purposes of Section 659.012, the cost of insurance
1-32 purchased or acquired by a court of appeals under this section is
1-33 not included in determining the salary of a justice serving on the
1-34 court.
1-35 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-36 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-37 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-38 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-39 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-40 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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