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1	1	83S10011 DRH-D
2	2	By: Darby H.B. No. 2
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the composition of districts for the election of
8	8	members of the Texas Senate.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. The interim redistricting plan used to elect
11	11	members of the Texas Senate in 2012 ordered by the United States
12	12	District Court for the Western District of Texas on February 28,
13	13	2012, in the case of Davis, et al. v. Perry, et al. (No.
14	14	SA-11-CV-788), and identified as PLANS172 on the redistricting
15	15	computer system operated by the Texas Legislative Council, is
16	16	hereby ratified and adopted as the permanent plan for districts
17	17	used to elect members of the Texas Senate.
18	18	SECTION 2. In making this enactment the legislature finds
19	19	that:
20	20	(1) the United States District Court for the Western
21	21	District of Texas properly applied the decision of the United
22	22	States Supreme Court on January 20, 2012, in Perry, et al. v. Perez,
23	23	et al., 565 U.S. ____ (2012) (per curiam), in the creation of the
24	24	district court's interim plan for Texas Senate districts for use in
25	25	the 2012 elections;
26	26	(2) the district court's interim plan for Texas Senate
27	27	districts complies with all federal and state constitutional
28	28	provisions or laws applicable to redistricting plans, including the
29	29	federal Voting Rights Act; and
30	30	(3) the adoption of the district court's interim plan
31	31	for Texas Senate districts as a permanent plan by the Texas
32	32	Legislature will:
33	33	(A) diminish the expense of further time and
34	34	money by all parties in Texas' ongoing redistricting litigation;
35	35	(B) avoid disruption of the upcoming election
36	36	cycle; and
37	37	(C) provide certainty and continuity to the
38	38	citizens of Texas regarding the districts used to elect members of
39	39	the Texas Senate.
40	40	SECTION 3. Chapter 1315 (S.B. 31), Acts of the 82nd
41	41	Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (Article 193e, Vernon's Texas
42	42	Civil Statutes), is repealed.
43	43	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
44	44	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
45	45	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
46	46	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
47	47	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
48	48	legislative session.