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79S20161 QS-D



By:  Bonnen                                                     H.J.R. No. 18 







A JOINT RESOLUTION



proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the creation of a 

judicial compensation commission.

	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       

	SECTION 1.  Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by 

adding Section 32 to read as follows:

	Sec. 32.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this 

constitution, the Legislature may by law create a judicial 

compensation commission to make recommendations for judicial 

salaries that become law if neither the Senate nor the House of 

Representatives, by majority vote, rejects the recommendations.

	(b)  Subsection (a) of this section applies only to salaries 

for justices and judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal 

Appeals, the Courts of Appeals, and the District Courts.

	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005. 

The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the 

proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 

legislature to create a judicial compensation commission."