SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the creation of a
 1-2     judicial compensation commission.
 1-3           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by
 1-5     adding Section 32 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 32.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
 1-7     constitution, the Legislature may by law create a judicial
 1-8     compensation commission to make recommendations for judicial
 1-9     salaries that become law if neither the Senate nor the House of
1-10     Representatives, by majority vote, rejects the recommendations.
1-11           (b)  Subsection (a) of this section applies only to salaries
1-12     for justices and judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal
1-13     Appeals, the Courts of Appeals, and the District Courts.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-15     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
1-16     The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
1-17     the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
1-18     legislature to create a judicial compensation commission."
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 10 was adopted by the Senate
         on April 15, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 10 was adopted by the House
         on May 26, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 102, Nays 35, four
         present not voting.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House