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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of districts for the election of |
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members of the State Board of Education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to fulfill the |
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legislature's duty to redraw the districts for the election of the |
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members of the State Board of Education in compliance with the |
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United States and Texas Constitutions and applicable federal law |
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following the publication of the 2020 federal decennial census. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The districts from which the members of the |
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State Board of Education are elected are the districts as provided |
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by law and used for the election of the members of the State Board of |
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Education at the 2018 and 2020 general elections except as those |
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districts are changed by Section 3 of this Act. |
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(b) One member is elected from each district established by |
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this Act. |
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(c) For purposes of Section 7.104, Education Code, this Act |
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constitutes a decennial reapportionment. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Glasscock County is transferred from State |
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Board of Education District 1 to State Board of Education District |
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15. |
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(b) Bexar County Precinct 4153 is transferred from State |
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Board of Education District 5 to State Board of Education District |
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3. |
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(c) Caldwell County is transferred from State Board of |
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Education District 5 to State Board of Education District 10. |
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(d) San Augustine County is transferred from State Board of |
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Education District 7 to State Board of Education District 9. |
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SECTION 4. In this Act, "tract," "block group," and "block" |
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mean the geographic areas identified by those terms on the 2010 |
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Census TIGER/Line Shapefiles, prepared by the federal Bureau of the |
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Census for the Twenty-third Decennial Census of the United States, |
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enumerated as of April 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 5. It is the intent of the legislature that if any |
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county, tract, block group, block, or other geographic area has |
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erroneously been left out of this Act, a court reviewing this Act |
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should include that area in the appropriate district in accordance |
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with the intent of the legislature, using any available evidence of |
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that intent, including evidence such as that used by the Supreme |
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Court of Texas in Smith v. Patterson, 111 Tex. 535, 242 S.W. 749 |
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(1922). |
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SECTION 6. (a) This Act supersedes all previous enactments |
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or orders adopting districts for the State Board of Education. All |
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previous acts of the legislature adopting districts for the State |
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Board of Education are repealed. |
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(b) Chapter 72 (H.B. 600), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2011, is repealed. |
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SECTION 7. The districts established in this Act apply to |
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the election of the members of the State Board of Education |
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beginning with the primary and general elections in 2022 for |
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members of the board in 2023. This Act does not affect the |
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membership or districts of the board before January 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |