By Krusee, Hilderbran H.B. No. 1378
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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, 0201.03, 0201.04, 0204.01, 0204.02, 0204.03,
1-10 0204.04, 0204.05, 0205.01, 0205.02, 0205.03, 0205.04, 0206.01,
1-11 0206.02, 0207.01, 0207.02, 0207.03, 0208.98, 0209, 0210, 0211,
1-12 0212.01, 0212.02, 0212.03, 0213, 0214.01, 0214.02, 0214.03,
1-13 0215.01, 0215.02, 0215.03, 0216, 0217.79, 0217.80, 0217.81,
1-14 0217.82, 0217.83, 0217.84, 0217.85, 0217.86, 0217.87, 0217.88,
1-15 0217.89, 0217.90, 0217.91, 0217.92, 0217.93, 0217.94, 0217.95,
1-16 0217.96, 0217.97, and 0217.98; and that part of Williamson County
1-17 tract 0202 included in block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 301, 302,
1-18 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 311, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 346, 348,
1-19 350, 395, and 396; and that part of Williamson County tract 0203.08
1-20 included in blocks 101A, 101B, 101C, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,
1-21 109, 110, 111A, 111B, 111C, 112A, 112B, 112C, 113, 114, 115, 116,
1-22 117, 118, and 199; and that part of Williamson County tract 0203.09
1-23 included in block group 3 and blocks 203, 204, 205A, 206, 207, 208,
1-24 209A, 209B, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225,
2-1 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238,
2-2 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 272, 273, 299A, and 299B; and that part of
2-3 Williamson County tract 0203.10 included in block groups 2 and 3.
2-4 Sec. 53. District 53 is composed of Blanco, Burnet,
2-5 Gillespie, Kendall, and Kerr counties; Williamson County tracts
2-6 0203.01, 0203.02, 0203.03, 0203.04, 0203.05, 0203.06, and 0203.07;
2-7 and that part of Williamson County tract 0202 included in block
2-8 group 4 and blocks 304, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317,
2-9 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330,
2-10 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 343, 344, 345, 347, 349, 351,
2-11 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364,
2-12 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377,
2-13 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390,
2-14 391, 392, 393, 394, and 397; and that part of Williamson County
2-15 tract 0203.08 included in block groups 2 and 3 and blocks 102A,
2-16 102B, and 102C; and that part of Williamson County tract 0203.09
2-17 included in block group 1 and blocks 201, 202, 205B, 214, 217, 218,
2-18 219A, 219B, 220A, 220B, 244A, 244B, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250,
2-19 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263,
2-20 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, and 271; and that part of
2-21 Williamson County tract 0203.10 included in block group 1.
2-22 SECTION 2. Section 1, Article III, Chapter 2, Acts of the
2-23 72nd Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 1992, is amended by adding
2-24 Subsection (d) to read as follows:
2-25 (d) In this Act, "block group" means all the blocks in a
2-26 tract or BNA that have the same first digit, according to the
2-27 Redistricting Map Data Base for the State of Texas described by
3-1 Subsection (a) of this section. A block group is designated by the
3-2 common first digit of all the blocks in the block group. For
3-3 example, blocks numbered 301, 342A, 342B, and 399Z located in a
3-4 single tract would all belong to the block group 3 for that tract,
3-5 and all the blocks in that tract beginning with a 3 would
3-6 constitute block group 3.
3-7 SECTION 3. (a) The changes made by this Act apply to the
3-8 election of the members of the Texas House of Representatives
3-9 beginning with the general election in 1996 for members of the 75th
3-10 Legislature.
3-11 (b) The changes made by this Act do not affect the
3-12 membership or districts of the Texas House of Representatives of
3-13 the 74th Legislature. If a vacancy occurs in the office of a
3-14 member of the Texas House of Representatives of the 74th
3-15 Legislature and a special election is held to fill the vacancy, the
3-16 election shall be held in the district as it existed when the
3-17 vacating member was elected.
3-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-24 passage, and it is so enacted.