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  By: Collier H.J.R. No. 9
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment to require that the
  apportionment of members of the United States House of
  Representatives elected from this state be based on the most recent
  United States decennial census and preserve communities of interest
  to the extent practicable.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 26a to read as follows:
         Sec. 26a.  (a)  The members of the United States House of
  Representatives elected from this state shall be apportioned as
  nearly as may be on a ratio obtained by dividing the population of
  the state, as ascertained by the most recent United States
  decennial census, by the number of members of the United States
  House of Representatives elected from this state.
         (b)  The apportionment of members of the United States House
  of Representatives elected from this state shall to the extent
  practicable keep intact communities of interest defined by social,
  economic, racial, ethnic, cultural, industrial, commercial, and
  geographic commonalities.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment to require that the
  apportionment of members of the United States House of
  Representatives elected from this state be based on the most recent
  United States decennial census and preserve communities of interest
  to the extent practicable."