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78R6093 SLO-D

By:  Rodriguez                                                    H.B. No. 1498



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to disclosure of the individual vote of each member of the 
supreme court on a petition for review or application for writ of 
error.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 22.015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.015.  DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL VOTES OF MEMBERS.  In 
an order granting or denying a petition for review or application 
for writ of error, the supreme court shall state how each member 
voted on the petition or application.
	SECTION 2.  Section 22.015, Government Code, as added by 
this Act, applies only to an order of the supreme court on a 
petition for review or application for writ of error issued on or 
after September 1, 2003.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.