Bill Text: TX HB48 | 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) 2013-06-17 - Referred to Redistricting, Select [HB48 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB48-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | H.B. No. 48 |
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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 PLANC241 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is repealed.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. |