87S30031 TJB-D
By: Collier H.B. No. 68
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that a redistricting plan for the
election of members of the United States House of Representatives
be based on the total population of the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 3, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 319A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 319A. CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING
Sec. 319A.001. CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PLAN BASED ON
TOTAL POPULATION. The legislature must enact a redistricting plan
for the election of the members of the United States House of
Representatives elected from this state based on the total
population of the state as ascertained by the most recent United
States decennial census.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.