88R17804 MAW-DPLANH2316
By: Darby H.B. No. 1000
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of districts for the election of
members of the Texas House of Representatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to ensure the
legislature has fulfilled its duty to apportion the state into
representative districts at its first regular session after the
publication of the Twenty-fourth Decennial Census of the United
States, as provided by Section 28, Article III, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 2. The districts used to elect members of the Texas
House of Representatives in 2022, established by Chapter 1 (H.B.
1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021
(PLANH2316 in the Texas Legislature's redistricting system), are
hereby ratified and adopted as the districts used to elect members
of the Texas House of Representatives.
SECTION 3. The districts described by Section 2 of this Act
apply to the election of the members of the Texas House of
Representatives beginning with the primary and general elections in
2024 for members of the 89th Legislature. This Act does not affect
the membership or districts of the Texas House of Representatives
of the 88th Texas Legislature.
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 September 1, 2023.