Bill Text: TX HB26 | 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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-12 - Left pending in committee [HB26 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB26-Introduced.html
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| By: Anchia | H.B. No. 26 | |
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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 interim redistricting plan used to elect | ||
| members of the United States House of Representatives from the | ||
| State of Texas in 2012 ordered by the United States District Court | ||
| for the Western District of Texas on February 28, 2012, in the case | ||
| of Perez, et al. v. Perry, et al. (No. SA-11-CV-360), and identified | ||
| as PLANC238 on the redistricting computer system operated by the | ||
| Texas Legislative Council, is hereby ratified and 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. In making this enactment the legislature finds | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) the United States District Court for the Western | ||
| District of Texas properly applied the decision of the United | ||
| States Supreme Court on January 20, 2012, in Perry, et al. v. Perez, | ||
| et al., 565 U.S. ____ (2012) (per curiam), in the creation of the | ||
| district court's interim plan for Texas' congressional districts | ||
| for use in the 2012 elections; | ||
| (2) the district court's interim plan for Texas' | ||
| congressional districts complies with all federal and state | ||
| constitutional provisions or laws applicable to redistricting | ||
| plans, including the federal Voting Rights Act; and | ||
| (3) the adoption of the district court's interim plan | ||
| for Texas' congressional districts as a permanent plan by the Texas | ||
| Legislature will: | ||
| (A) diminish the expense of further time and | ||
| money by all parties in Texas' ongoing redistricting litigation; | ||
| (B) avoid disruption of the upcoming election | ||
| cycle; and | ||
| (C) provide certainty and continuity to the | ||
| citizens of Texas regarding the districts used to elect members of | ||
| the United States House of Representatives from Texas. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 1 (S.B. 4), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, | ||
| 1st Called Session, 2011 (Article 197j, Vernon's Texas Civil | ||
| Statutes), is repealed. | ||
| 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. | ||
