| 1 | 1 | | 87S30029 TJB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Collier H.J.R. No. 4 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to require that the |
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| 7 | 7 | | apportionment of members of the United States House of |
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| 8 | 8 | | Representatives elected from this state be based on the most recent |
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| 9 | 9 | | United States decennial census and preserve communities of interest |
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| 10 | 10 | | to the extent practicable. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Section 26a to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 26a. (a) The members of the United States House of |
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| 15 | 15 | | Representatives elected from this state shall be apportioned as |
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| 16 | 16 | | nearly as may be on a ratio obtained by dividing the population of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the state, as ascertained by the most recent United States |
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| 18 | 18 | | decennial census, by the number of members of the United States |
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| 19 | 19 | | House of Representatives elected from this state. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The apportionment of members of the United States House |
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| 21 | 21 | | of Representatives elected from this state shall to the extent |
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| 22 | 22 | | practicable keep intact communities of interest defined by social, |
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| 23 | 23 | | economic, racial, ethnic, cultural, industrial, commercial, and |
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| 24 | 24 | | geographic commonalities. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2022. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 28 | 28 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require that the |
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| 29 | 29 | | apportionment of members of the United States House of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Representatives elected from this state be based on the most recent |
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| 31 | 31 | | United States decennial census and preserve communities of interest |
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| 32 | 32 | | to the extent practicable." |
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