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.