74R9282 JSA-D PLANH816 032795 10:30:28
By Krusee, Hilderbran H.B. No. 1378
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1378:
By Jones of Lubbock C.S.H.B. No. 1378
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 52 and 53, 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. 52. District 52 is composed of Williamson County tracts
1-9 0201.01, 0201.02, 0203.08, 0204.01, 0204.02, 0204.03, 0204.04,
1-10 0204.05, 0205.01, 0205.02, 0205.03, 0205.04, 0206.01, 0206.02,
1-11 0207.01, 0207.02, 0207.03, 0208.98, 0209, 0210, 0211, 0212.01,
1-12 0212.02, 0212.03, 0213, 0214.01, 0214.02, 0214.03, 0215.01,
1-13 0215.02, 0215.03, 0217.79, 0217.80, 0217.81, 0217.82, 0217.83,
1-14 0217.84, 0217.85, 0217.86, 0217.87, 0217.88, 0217.89, 0217.90,
1-15 0217.91, 0217.92, 0217.93, 0217.94, 0217.95, 0217.96, 0217.97, and
1-16 0217.98; and that part of Williamson County tract 0201.03 included
1-17 in block groups 1 and 4 and blocks 301, 302A, 302B, 302C, 303A,
1-18 303B, 303C, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319,
1-19 320, 321A, 321B, 321C, 322, 323A, 323B, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328,
1-20 and 329; and that part of Williamson County tract 0201.04 included
1-21 in block groups 2 and 3; and that part of Williamson County tract
1-22 0202 included in blocks 101, 102, and 103; and that part of
1-23 Williamson County tract 0203.09 included in block group 3 and
1-24 blocks 203, 204, 205A, 206, 207, 208, 209A, 209B, 210, 211, 212,
2-1 213, 215, 216, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230,
2-2 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243,
2-3 272, 273, 299A, and 299B; and that part of Williamson County tract
2-4 0203.10 included in block groups 2 and 3; and that part of
2-5 Williamson County tract 0216 included in block groups 1 and 3 and
2-6 blocks 201, 202, 204, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218,
2-7 219, 220, 221, 222, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241,
2-8 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254,
2-9 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, and 261.
2-10 Sec. 53. District 53 is composed of Blanco, Burnet,
2-11 Gillespie, Kendall, and Kerr counties; Williamson County tracts
2-12 0203.01, 0203.02, 0203.03, 0203.04, 0203.05, 0203.06, and 0203.07;
2-13 and that part of Williamson County tract 0201.03 included in block
2-14 group 2 and blocks 304, 305, 306, 307, and 308; and that part of
2-15 Williamson County tract 0201.04 included in block group 1; and that
2-16 part of Williamson County tract 0202 included in block groups 2, 3,
2-17 4, and blocks 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112A, 112B,
2-18 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125,
2-19 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138,
2-20 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151,
2-21 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159A, 159B, 160, 161, 162, 163,
2-22 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176,
2-23 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183A, 183B, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188,
2-24 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, and 197; and that part of
2-25 Williamson County tract 0203.09 included in block group 1 and
2-26 blocks 201, 202, 205B, 214, 217, 218, 219A, 219B, 220A, 220B, 244A,
2-27 244B, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256,
3-1 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269,
3-2 270, and 271; and that part of Williamson County tract 0203.10
3-3 included in block group 1; and that part of Williamson County tract
3-4 0216 included in blocks 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 223, 224,
3-5 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, and 232.
3-6 SECTION 2. Section 1, Article III, Chapter 2, Acts of the
3-7 72nd Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1992, is amended by adding
3-8 Subsection (d) to read as follows:
3-9 (d) In this Act, "block group" means all the blocks in a
3-10 tract or BNA that have the same first digit, according to the
3-11 Redistricting Map Data Base for the State of Texas described by
3-12 Subsection (a) of this section. A block group is designated by the
3-13 common first digit of all the blocks in the block group. For
3-14 example, blocks numbered 301, 342A, 342B, and 399Z located in a
3-15 single tract would all belong to the block group 3 for that tract,
3-16 and all the blocks in that tract beginning with a 3 would
3-17 constitute block group 3.
3-18 SECTION 3. (a) The changes made by this Act apply to the
3-19 election of the members of the Texas House of Representatives
3-20 beginning with the general election in 1996 for members of the 75th
3-21 Legislature.
3-22 (b) The changes made by this Act do not affect the
3-23 membership or districts of the Texas House of Representatives of
3-24 the 74th Legislature. If a vacancy occurs in the office of a
3-25 member of the Texas House of Representatives of the 74th
3-26 Legislature and a special election is held to fill the vacancy, the
3-27 election shall be held in the district as it existed when the
4-1 vacating member was elected.
4-2 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
4-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-8 passage, and it is so enacted.