Amend SJR 27 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 1 of the resolution (page 1, line 27), strike "and (2-b)" and substitute ", (2-b), and (2-c)".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the resolution, in amended Section 1-a(2)(i), Article V, Texas Constitution (page 1, lines 30 and 31), strike "two individuals who serve as a Justice or Judge [one (1) Justice] of the Court of Criminal Appeals," and substitute "four individuals who serve as a Justice or Judge [one (1) Justice] of".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the resolution, strike amended Sections 1-a(2)(ii), (iii), and (iv), Article V, Texas Constitution (page 1, lines 35 through 49), and substitute the following:
(ii) seven [one (1) District Judge; (iii)
two (2) members of the State Bar, who have respectively practiced as such for over ten (10) consecutive years next preceding their selection; (iv) five (5)] citizens appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate, who are each at least 30 [thirty (30)] years of age and do not hold a[, not licensed to practice law nor holding any] salaried public office or employment; and
(iii) two judicial officers, one who serves as a [(v)
one (1)] Justice of the Peace and one who serves as a [; (vi)
one (1)] Judge of a Municipal Court, appointed by the Supreme Court with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(4) In SECTION 1 of the resolution, in added Section 1-a(2-a), Article V, Texas Constitution (page 1, lines 52 through 55) strike "may not be appointed [shall be] or remain a member of the Commission[,] who does not maintain physical residence within this State[,] or who has [shall have] ceased to retain the qualifications above specified" and substitute "shall not be appointed or remain a member of the Commission if the person [, who] does not maintain physical residence within this State[,] or has [who shall have] ceased to retain the qualifications [above] specified in Subsection (2) of this Section".
(5) In SECTION 1 of the resolution, immediately following added Section 1-a(2-b), Article V, Texas Constitution (page 2, between lines 8 and 9), insert the following:
(2-c) Not more than two persons appointed under Subsection (2)(ii) of this Section may be licensed to practice law. A person licensed to practice law who is appointed under Subsection (2)(ii) of this Section must have practiced law for at least 10 consecutive years preceding the person's appointment.
(6) In SECTION 1 of the resolution, in amended Section 1-a(8), Article V, Texas Constitution (page 2, lines 38 through 41), strike "[, or it shall recommend to a review tribunal the removal or retirement, as the case may be, of the person and shall thereupon file with the tribunal the entire record before the Commission]" and substitute ", or it shall recommend to a review tribunal the removal or retirement [, as the case may be,] of the person and shall [thereupon] file with the tribunal the entire record before the Commission".
(7) In SECTION 2 of the resolution, in amended Section 1-a(6)(A), Article V, Texas Constitution (page 2, line 56), strike "shall [may]" and substitute "may".
(8) In SECTION 3 of the resolution, in Subsection (b) of the temporary provision added to the Texas Constitution (page 3, line 23), strike "chosen" and substitute "appointed".