TITLE: Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.

SUMMARY: Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.

FULL TEXT:
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 redistricting plan identified as PLANC241 on the redistricting computer system operated by the Texas Legislative Council is 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. (a) This Act supersedes all previous enactments or orders adopting congressional districts for the State of Texas. (b) Chapter 1 (S.B. 4), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011 (Article 197j, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed. SECTION 3. The districts included in the redistricting plan adopted under Section 1 of this Act apply to the election of the members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas beginning with the primary and general elections in 2014 for members of the 114th Congress. This Act does not affect the membership or congressional districts of the 113th Congress. 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.