81R3907 KFF-D
By: Watson, et al. S.B. No. 780
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosure of the individual vote of each member of the
Texas Supreme Court on a petition for review.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 22.0071 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.0071. DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL VOTES OF MEMBERS.
In an order granting, refusing, dismissing, or denying a petition
for review, the supreme court shall state how each member voted on
the petition or application.
SECTION 2. Section 22.0071, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an order of the Texas Supreme Court on a
petition for review issued on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.