By Wentworth S.B. No. 500 77R4099 JSA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the composition of the districts for the election of 1-3 members of the United States House of Representatives from the 1-4 State of Texas. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. The districts from which the members of the United 1-7 States House of Representatives representing the State of Texas are 1-8 elected are the districts as provided by law and used for the 1-9 election of the members of the House of Representatives of the 1-10 107th Congress except as those districts are changed by Section 2 1-11 of this Act. 1-12 SECTION 2. (a) Shelby County is transferred from District 2 1-13 to District 1. 1-14 (b) The portion of District 11 located in McCulloch County 1-15 is transferred to District 17. 1-16 (c) Randall County is transferred from District 19 to 1-17 District 13. 1-18 (d) The portion of District 13 located in Lubbock County is 1-19 transferred to District 19. 1-20 SECTION 3. The districts established by this Act apply to the 1-21 election of the members of the United States House of 1-22 Representatives from the State of Texas beginning with the primary 1-23 and general elections in 2002 for members of the 108th Congress. 1-24 This Act does not affect the membership or districts of the United 2-1 States House of Representatives of the 107th Congress. 2-2 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-3 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-4 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-5 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-6 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.