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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 Texas Senate. |
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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 ensure the |
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legislature has fulfilled its duty to apportion the state into |
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senatorial districts at its first regular session after the |
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publication of the Twenty-fourth Decennial Census of the United |
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States, as provided by Section 28, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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SECTION 2. The districts used to elect members of the Texas |
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Senate in 2022, established by Chapter 5 (S.B. 4), Acts of the 87th |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (PLANS2168 in the Texas |
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Legislature's redistricting system), are hereby ratified and |
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adopted as the permanent districts used to elect members of the |
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Texas Senate. |
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SECTION 3. The legislature finds that the districts |
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described by SECTION 2 of this Act are a continuation of the |
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districts used for the election of the members of the Senate of the |
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88th Legislature. Accordingly, the legislature finds that |
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enactment of this Act does not require a new senate be chosen for |
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the 89th Legislature for purposes of Section 3, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. The legislature's findings expressed in this section |
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are consistent with the opinion of the court of appeals in |
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Armbrister v. Morales, 943 S.W.2d 202 (Tex. App.-Austin 1997, no |
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pet.). |
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SECTION 4. The districts described by SECTION 2 of this Act |
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apply to the election of the members of the Texas Senate beginning |
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with the primary and general elections in 2024 for members of the |
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89th Legislature. This Act does not affect the membership or |
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districts of the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 375 passed the Senate on |
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April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 375 passed the House on |
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May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 86, Nays 57, |
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one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |