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TI! HOU iER L ORK SESSION TODAY WITH POOR rhOSPECTS OF REACHING A CONCLUSIVE VOTE ON THE NINE (B) BILLION 7UO (M)\ MILLION DOLLAR STATE SPENDING BILL. SENATORS, MEANWHILE, ARE E PECTED TO APPROVE A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT MERGING THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT AND TE AS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES IN THE STATE'S JUDICIARY SYSTEM. THE COURT REALIGNMENT BILL WON TENTATIVE APPROVAL YESTERDAY BY A VOTE OF 24-TO-5. HOUSE MEMBERS BROKE OFF DISCUSSION OF THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL LAST NIGHT AFTER CONSIDERING 25 FLOOR AMENDMENTS OUT OF 4 STACK OF ... r nICL lANIzI ALTHOUGH ONLY ONE AMENDMENT WAS ADDKED, IT DID NO V TO, THE PLAN OF GOVERNOR DOLPH BRISCOE AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO AVOID A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE NEW OR INCREASED TAXES TO BALANCE WITH ANTICIPATED STATE REVENUE. THE AMENDMENT BY REPRESENTATIVE BILL HOLLOWELL, OF GRAND SALINE REMOVED Fi-THOUSAND. DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR TRAVEL BY DISTRICT JUDGES TO THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR STATE TRIAL JUDGES.