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  83R31409 YDB-D
 
  By: West S.R. No. 1066
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
  suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
  conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House
  Bill 3153 (the operation and administration of, and practice in
  courts in, the judicial branch of state government and the
  composition of certain juvenile boards; imposing a fee) to consider
  and take action on the following matter:
         Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the committee to
  omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2.02 of the bill,
  in amended Section 25.0331, Government Code, to read as follows:
         SECTION 2.02.  (a) Effective January 1, 2017, Section
  25.0331, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Cameron County has one statutory probate court, the
  Probate Court No. 1 of Cameron County.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 25.0009, Government Code, the
  initial vacancy in the office of judge of the Probate Court No. 1 of
  Cameron County shall be filled by election. The office exists for
  purposes of the primary and general elections in 2016. A vacancy
  after the initial vacancy is filled as provided by Section 25.0009,
  Government Code.
         (c)  The Probate Court No. 1 of Cameron County is created on
  January 1, 2017.
         Explanation: The change is necessary to omit the section
  amending Section 25.0331, Government Code.