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  83S10191 DRH-D
 
  By: Anchia H.B. No. 26
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of districts for the election of
  members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The interim redistricting plan used to elect
  members of the United States House of Representatives from the
  State of Texas in 2012 ordered by the United States District Court
  for the Western District of Texas on February 28, 2012, in the case
  of Perez, et al. v. Perry, et al. (No. SA-11-CV-360), and identified
  as PLANC238 on the redistricting computer system operated by the
  Texas Legislative Council, is hereby ratified and adopted as the
  permanent plan for districts used to elect members of the United
  States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.
         SECTION 2.  In making this enactment the legislature finds
  that:
               (1)  the United States District Court for the Western
  District of Texas properly applied the decision of the United
  States Supreme Court on January 20, 2012, in Perry, et al. v. Perez,
  et al., 565 U.S. ____ (2012) (per curiam), in the creation of the
  district court's interim plan for Texas' congressional districts
  for use in the 2012 elections;
               (2)  the district court's interim plan for Texas' 
  congressional districts complies with all federal and state
  constitutional provisions or laws applicable to redistricting
  plans, including the federal Voting Rights Act; and
               (3)  the adoption of the district court's interim plan
  for Texas' congressional districts as a permanent plan by the Texas
  Legislature will:
                     (A)  diminish the expense of further time and
  money by all parties in Texas' ongoing redistricting litigation;
                     (B)  avoid disruption of the upcoming election
  cycle; and
                     (C)  provide certainty and continuity to the
  citizens of Texas regarding the districts used to elect members of
  the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 1 (S.B. 4), Acts of the 82nd Legislature,
  1st Called Session, 2011 (Article 197j, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), is repealed.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.