By Dunnam H.J.R. No. 60
77R6192 YDB-D
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the rulemaking
1-2 power of the supreme court.
1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 31(c), Article V, Texas Constitution, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (c) The legislature may delegate to the Supreme Court or
1-7 Court of Criminal Appeals the power to promulgate such [other]
1-8 rules as may be prescribed by law or this Constitution, subject to
1-9 such limitations and procedures as may be provided by law.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 31(b), Article V, Texas Constitution, is
1-11 repealed.
1-12 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-13 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.
1-14 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
1-15 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
1-16 legislative branch to exercise more direct supervision of the
1-17 rulemaking power of the Supreme Court of Texas."