83S10010 DRH-D
By: Darby H.B. No. 4
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 interim redistricting plan used to elect
members of the United States House of Representatives from the
State of Texas in 2012 ordered by the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas on February 28, 2012, in the case
of Perez, et al. v. Perry, et al. (No. SA-11-CV-360), and identified
as PLANC235 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 United
States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.
SECTION 2. In making this enactment the legislature finds
that:
(1) the United States District Court for the Western
District of Texas properly applied the decision of the United
States Supreme Court on January 20, 2012, in Perry, et al. v. Perez,
et al., 565 U.S. ____ (2012) (per curiam), in the creation of the
district court's interim plan for Texas' congressional districts
for use in the 2012 elections;
(2) the district court's interim plan for Texas'
congressional districts complies with all federal and state
constitutional provisions or laws applicable to redistricting
plans, including the federal Voting Rights Act; and
(3) the adoption of the district court's interim plan
for Texas' congressional districts as a permanent plan by the Texas
Legislature will:
(A) diminish the expense of further time and
money by all parties in Texas' ongoing redistricting litigation;
(B) avoid disruption of the upcoming election
cycle; and
(C) provide certainty and continuity to the
citizens of Texas regarding the districts used to elect members of
the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
SECTION 3. Chapter 1 (S.B. 4), Acts of the 82nd Legislature,
1st Called Session, 2011 (Article 197j, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes), is repealed.
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.