By Keffer H.J.R. No. 20 77R2059 JSA-D A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the composition of 1-2 the Texas House of Representatives. 1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 2, Article III, Texas Constitution, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 2. (a) The Senate shall consist of thirty-one members. 1-7 (b) The House of Representatives shall consist of 150 1-8 members, except the legislature by general law at its first regular 1-9 session after the publication of each United States decennial 1-10 census may increase the number of members of the House by not more 1-11 than five. The number of members of the House may not be increased 1-12 to more than 200. An increase in the number of members of the 1-13 House applies to each apportionment of the House that occurs after 1-14 the publication of the decennial census. 1-15 (c) The legislature may not increase the number of members 1-16 of the House under Subsection (b) of this section before the 1-17 publication of the United States decennial census for the year 1-18 2010. This subsection expires January 1, 2013. 1-19 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-20 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001. 1-21 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 1-22 proposition: "The constitutional amendment to authorize an increase 1-23 in the number of members of the Texas House of Representatives by 1-24 not more than 5 members every 10 years, not to exceed a total of 2-1 200 members."