83S10011 DRH-D
By: Seliger S.B. No. 2
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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. 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 Senate districts for use in
the 2012 elections;
(2) the district court's interim plan for Texas Senate
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 Senate 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 Texas Senate.
SECTION 3. Chapter 1315 (S.B. 31), Acts of the 82nd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (Article 193e, 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Civil Statutes), is repealed.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.