Bill Text: TX SB2 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas Senate.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Effective immediately [SB2 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB2-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 2 | ||
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| relating to the composition of districts for the election of | ||
| members of the Texas Senate. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The interim redistricting plan used to elect | ||
| members of the Texas Senate in 2012 ordered by the United States | ||
| District Court for the Western District of Texas on February 28, | ||
| 2012, in the case of Davis, et al. v. Perry, et al. (No. | ||
| SA-11-CV-788), and identified as PLANS172 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 Texas Senate. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 1315 (Senate Bill No. 31), Acts of the | ||
| 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (Article 193e, Vernon's | ||
| Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2 passed the Senate on | ||
| June 14, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2 passed the House on | ||
| June 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 30, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
