1-1     By:  Brown                                            S.J.R. No. 10
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed December 2, 1998; February 1, 1999,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
 1-4     March 11, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 11, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-7     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the creation of a
 1-8     judicial compensation commission.
 1-9           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by
1-11     adding Section 32 to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 32.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
1-13     constitution, the Legislature may by law create a judicial
1-14     compensation commission to make recommendations for judicial
1-15     salaries that become law if neither the Senate nor the House of
1-16     Representatives, by majority vote, rejects the recommendations.
1-17           (b)  Subsection (a) of this section applies only to salaries
1-18     for justices and judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal
1-19     Appeals, the Courts of Appeals, and the District Courts.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-21     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
1-22     The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
1-23     the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
1-24     legislature to create a judicial compensation commission."
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