By Pitts H.J.R. No. 28 75R915 JSA-D A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to require certain counties to 1-2 be contained wholly within a single congressional district. 1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by 1-5 adding Section 28a to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 28a. (a) The legislature in adopting the districts 1-7 from which the members of the United States House of 1-8 Representatives from this state are elected may not include a 1-9 county having a population of less than 125,000 according to the 1-10 most recent federal decennial census in more than one district. 1-11 (b) If it is necessary to include portions of a county 1-12 covered by Subsection (a) of this section in more than one 1-13 congressional district to comply with federal law, only the minimum 1-14 number of counties covered by Subsection (a) necessary to comply 1-15 with federal law may be included in more than one congressional 1-16 district. 1-17 (c) This section applies only to a redistricting of the 1-18 state's congressional districts that is made on or after the date 1-19 the federal census for this state for the year 2000 is published. 1-20 This subsection expires January 1, 2005. 1-21 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-22 submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 4, 1-23 1997. The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or 1-24 against the following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to 2-1 require each county with a population of less than 125,000 to be 2-2 included wholly within a single congressional district."