Bill Text: TX HJR3 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 3 (Prior Session Legislation)

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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

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



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	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."