73R9712 JSA-D By Jones of Lubbock H.B. No. 1240 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1240: By Jones of Lubbock C.S.H.B. No. 1240 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the composition of certain state representative 1-3 districts. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 146 and 147, Article II, Chapter 2, Acts 1-6 of the 72nd Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1992, are revised to 1-7 read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 146. District 146 is composed of Harris County tracts 1-9 0315, 0317.01, 0317.02, 0317.03, 0317.04, 0318.03, 0318.04, 1-10 0328.01, 0329.01, 0329.02, 0329.03, 0330.01, 0330.02, 0339.01, 1-11 0339.02, 0339.03, 0344, 0345.01, and 0373.04; and that part of 1-12 Harris County tract 0308.10 included in block 409; and that part of 1-13 Harris County tract 0318.01 included in block group 7 and blocks 1-14 806, 807, 813, 814, 817, and 818; and that part of Harris County 1-15 tract 0318.02 included in blocks 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 1-16 128, 129, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 1-17 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 1-18 301, 311, 314, 315, and 319; and that part of Harris County tract 1-19 0324.03 included in blocks 901, 902, 903, 904, 909, 910, 911, 912, 1-20 913, 914, 915, and 916; and that part of Harris County tract 1-21 0326.20 included in block groups 3 and 4 and blocks 108, 109, 110, 1-22 111, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, and 1-23 214; and that part of Harris County tract 0327.01 included in block 1-24 groups 4 and 5 and blocks 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 2-1 311, 313, 314, and 315; and that part of Harris County tract 2-2 0327.02 included in block group 2; and that part of Harris County 2-3 tract 0328.02 included in block groups 2 and 3; and that part of 2-4 Harris County tract 0328.03 included in blocks 315, 401, 402, 403, 2-5 404, 405, and 406; and that part of Harris County tract 0331.20 2-6 included in block group 1 and block 301; and that part of Harris 2-7 County tract 0338 included in block group 1; and that part of 2-8 Harris County tract 0342 included in blocks 101, 102, 114, 115, 2-9 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, and 128; and 2-10 that part of Harris County tract 0343.01 included in blocks 101, 2-11 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 118, 119, and 605; and 2-12 that part of Harris County tract 0343.02 included in block group 2 2-13 and block 301; and that part of Harris County tract 0345.02 2-14 included in block group 2 and blocks 120, and 121; and that part of 2-15 Harris County tract 0371.02 included in blocks 201A, 201B, 202, 2-16 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 216, 235, 236, 237, 238, 901A, 2-17 901B, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911A, 911B, 2-18 911C, 911D, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, and 919; and that part of 2-19 Harris County tract 0371.11 included in block groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 2-20 and blocks 204, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 2-21 318, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 2-22 822, 823, 824A, 824B, 825, 826A, and 826B; and that part of Harris 2-23 County tract 0371.21 included in blocks 101A, 101B, 102, 103, 104, 2-24 105, 106, 107, 108A, 108B, 109, 127, 128, 201A, 201B, 202, 203, 2-25 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 233, 234, 235, 2-26 325, 401, 402, 403A, 403B, 403C, 403D, 403E, 403F, 403G, 403H, 2-27 403J, 403K, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 3-1 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, and 499; and that part of Harris County 3-2 tract 0372 included in blocks 101, 102A, 102B, 103, 104, 105A, 3-3 105B, 106, 107, 108, 113, 114A, 114B, 114C, 114D, 115, 116A, 116B, 3-4 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, and 3-5 129; and that part of Harris County tract 0373.02 included in 3-6 blocks 606, 607, and 704; and that part of Harris County tract 3-7 0373.03 included in block groups 1 and 2; and that part of Harris 3-8 County tract 0373.11 included in block 103; and that part of Harris 3-9 County tract 0373.21 included in blocks 317, 319, and 320; and that 3-10 part of Harris County tract 0374 included in blocks 601, 602, 603, 3-11 604, 605, 606, 607, and 608; and that part of Harris County tract 3-12 0375 included in block group 1. 3-13 Sec. 147. District 147 is composed of Harris County tracts 3-14 0300.24, 0303, 0304.01, 0304.02, 0305.01, 0305.02, 0306, 0307.01, 3-15 0307.02, 0314.01, 0316.01, 0324.04, 0326.10, 0346, 0347.03, 3-16 0400.25, and 0400.26; and that part of Harris County tract 0121 3-17 included in block groups 3 and 4 and blocks 102, 103, 104, 106, 3-18 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 3-19 121, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 3-20 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 3-21 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 3-22 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 3-23 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 3-24 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 3-25 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 3-26 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 3-27 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 4-1 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 4-2 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 4-3 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, and 4-4 292; and that part of Harris County tract 0300.23 included in 4-5 blocks 213, 217, 218, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 4-6 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 4-7 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 4-8 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 4-9 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 4-10 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, and 297; and that part of Harris County 4-11 tract 0302 included in blocks 506, 508, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 4-12 517, 518, 519, 520, and 523; and that part of Harris County tract 4-13 0308.10 included in block group 3 and blocks 401, 402, 403, 404, 4-14 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 411, 412, and 413; and that part of Harris 4-15 County tract 0308.20 included in block group 3; and that part of 4-16 Harris County tract 0318.01 included in blocks 801, 802, 803, 804, 4-17 805, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 815, 816, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 4-18 and 824; and that part of Harris County tract 0318.02 included in 4-19 blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 4-20 116, 117, 120, 201, 202, 203, 204, 229, 230, 231, 232, 320, 323, 4-21 324, 327, and 328; and that part of Harris County tract 0319.01 4-22 included in blocks 401, 414, and 415; and that part of Harris 4-23 County tract 0319.02 included in blocks 314, 405, 406, 407, 408, 4-24 413, 414, 417, and 418; and that part of Harris County tract 4-25 0324.01 included in block group 5 and blocks 102, 103, 104, 105, 4-26 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, and 115; and that part of 4-27 Harris County tract 0324.02 included in block groups 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5-1 7, and blocks 203, 204, and 205; and that part of Harris County 5-2 tract 0324.03 included in blocks 905, 906, 907, and 908; and that 5-3 part of Harris County tract 0325.01 included in block group 5 and 5-4 blocks 601, 602, 603, 604, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 5-5 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 5-6 638, 639, and 640; and that part of Harris County tract 0325.02 5-7 included in block groups 3, 4, 7, and blocks 202, 203, 208, 210, 5-8 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 225, 226, 227, and 229; and that 5-9 part of Harris County tract 0326.20 included in blocks 101, 102, 5-10 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 201, and 202; and that part of Harris 5-11 County tract 0327.02 included in block group 1; and that part of 5-12 Harris County tract 0345.02 included in blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 5-13 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 5-14 118, and 119; and that part of Harris County tract 0347.01 included 5-15 in block groups 5, 7, 8, and blocks 601, 602, 604, 606, 607, 609, 5-16 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 622, 623, 624, and 625; and 5-17 that part of Harris County tract 0347.04 included in blocks 302, 5-18 401, 402, 403, and 516; and that part of Harris County tract 5-19 0370.10 included in blocks 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 5-20 111, and 112; and that part of Harris County tract 0371.02 included 5-21 in block groups 1 and 5 and blocks 225, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 5-22 234, 912A, and 912B; and that part of Harris County tract 0371.11 5-23 included in block group 1 and blocks 201, 202, 203, 301, 302, 303, 5-24 304, 305, 306, 308, 801, 802, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, and 5-25 814; and that part of Harris County tract 0504 included in blocks 5-26 103, 104, 117, 118, 201, 203, 212, 214, 301, 302, 310, 313, 314, 5-27 321, 322, 329, 330, 331, 332, 401, 402, 424, 427, 428, 429, 430, 6-1 and 431. 6-2 SECTION 2. Section 1, Article III, Chapter 2, Acts of the 6-3 72nd Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1992, is amended by adding 6-4 Subsection (d) to read as follows: 6-5 (d) In this Act, "block group" means all the blocks in a 6-6 tract or BNA that have the same first digit, according to the 6-7 Redistricting Map Data Base for the State of Texas described by 6-8 Subsection (a) of this section. A block group is designated by the 6-9 common first digit of all the blocks in the block group. For 6-10 example, blocks numbered 301, 342A, 342B, and 399Z located in a 6-11 single tract would all belong to the block group 3 for that tract, 6-12 and all the blocks in that tract beginning with a 3 would 6-13 constitute block group 3. 6-14 SECTION 3. (a) The districts of the Texas House of 6-15 Representatives established by Chapter 2, Acts of the 72nd 6-16 Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1992, are modified as follows: 6-17 (1) block 103 of Harris County tract 022302 is 6-18 transferred from District 142 to District 140; 6-19 (2) block 304 of Dallas County tract 009606 is 6-20 transferred from District 114 to District 103; and 6-21 (3) blocks 613 and 614 of Bexar County tract 120285 6-22 are transferred from District 120 to District 115. 6-23 (b) In this section, "block" and "tract" have the meanings 6-24 assigned by Section 1, Article III, Chapter 2, Acts of the 72nd 6-25 Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1992. 6-26 SECTION 4. The change in house districts made by this Act 6-27 does not affect the members or districts of the Texas House of 7-1 Representatives of the 73rd Legislature. 7-2 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 7-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 7-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 7-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 7-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 7-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 7-8 passage, and it is so enacted. 7-9 PLANH760 030393 18:07:04