87S30491 MAW-DPLANH2101
 
  By: Hunter H.B. No. 1
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of districts for the election of
  members of the Texas House of Representatives.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
  ARTICLE I
         SECTION 1.  (a)  The members of the Texas House of
  Representatives are elected from the districts described by Article
  II of this Act.
         (b)  One member is elected from each district established by
  this Act.
  ARTICLE II
         SECTION 1.  The districts for members of the Texas House of
  Representatives are as described by PLANH2101 on the redistricting
  computer system operated by the Texas Legislative Council.
  ARTICLE III
         SECTION 1.  In this Act, "tract," "block group," and "block"
  mean the geographic areas identified by those terms on the 2020
  Census TIGER/Line Shapefiles, prepared by the federal Bureau of the
  Census for the Twenty-fourth Decennial Census of the United States,
  enumerated as of April 1, 2020.
         SECTION 2.  It is the intent of the legislature that if any
  county, tract, block group, block, or other geographic area has
  erroneously been left out of this Act, a court reviewing this Act
  should include that area in the appropriate district in accordance
  with the intent of the legislature, using any available evidence of
  that intent, including evidence such as that used by the Supreme
  Court of Texas in Smith v. Patterson, 111 Tex. 535, 242 S.W. 749
  (1922).
         SECTION 3.  (a) This Act supersedes all previous enactments
  or orders adopting districts for the Texas House of
  Representatives. All previous acts of the legislature adopting
  districts for the Texas House of Representatives are repealed.
         (b)  Chapter 2 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, 1st
  Called Session, 2013 (Article 195a-13, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), is repealed.
         SECTION 4.  The districts described by Article II of this Act
  apply to the election of the members of the Texas House of
  Representatives beginning with the primary and general elections in
  2022 for members of the 88th Legislature. This Act does not affect
  the membership or districts of the House of Representatives of the
  87th Texas Legislature.
         SECTION 5.  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.