Bill Text: TX HB11 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-12 - Left pending in committee [HB11 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB11-Introduced.html
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| By: Oliveira | H.B. No. 11 | |
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| relating to the composition of districts for the election of | ||
| members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The redistricting plan identified as PLANC188 on | ||
| the redistricting computer system operated by the Texas Legislative | ||
| Council is adopted as the permanent plan for districts used to elect | ||
| members of the United States House of Representatives from the | ||
| State of Texas. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) This Act supersedes all previous enactments | ||
| or orders adopting congressional districts for the State of Texas. | ||
| (b) Chapter 1 (S.B. 4), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st | ||
| Called Session, 2011 (Article 197j, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), | ||
| is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. The districts included in the redistricting plan | ||
| adopted under Section 1 of this Act apply to the election of the | ||
| members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas | ||
| beginning with the primary and general elections in 2014 for | ||
| members of the 114th Congress. This Act does not affect the | ||
| membership or congressional districts of the 113th Congress. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
