Bill Text: TX HJR3 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the preservation of communities of interest in the apportionment of members of the Texas House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-27 - Referred to Redistricting [HJR3 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR3-Introduced.html
| 87S30030 TJB-D | ||
| By: Collier | H.J.R. No. 3 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to require the preservation of | ||
| communities of interest in the apportionment of members of the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 26, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 26. (a) The members of the House of Representatives | ||
| shall be apportioned among the several counties, according to the | ||
| number of population in each, as nearly as may be, on a ratio | ||
| obtained by dividing the population of the State, as ascertained by | ||
| the most recent United States census, by the number of members of | ||
| which the House is composed; provided, that whenever a single | ||
| county has sufficient population to be entitled to a | ||
| Representative, such county shall be formed into a separate | ||
| Representative District, and when two or more counties are required | ||
| to make up the ratio of representation, such counties shall be | ||
| contiguous to each other; and when any one county has more than | ||
| sufficient population to be entitled to one or more | ||
| Representatives, such Representative or Representatives shall be | ||
| apportioned to such county, and for any surplus of population it may | ||
| be joined in a Representative District with any other contiguous | ||
| county or counties. | ||
| (b) The apportionment of members of the House of | ||
| Representatives shall to the extent practicable keep intact | ||
| communities of interest defined by social, economic, racial, | ||
| ethnic, cultural, industrial, commercial, and geographic | ||
| commonalities. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require the | ||
| preservation of communities of interest in the apportionment of | ||
| members of the Texas House of Representatives." | ||
