By Garcia H.J.R. No. 107
77R2856 GGS-D
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the number of state
1-2 senators from 31 to 50.
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 50 [thirty-one]
1-7 members. The House of Representatives shall consist of 150
1-8 members.
1-9 (b) Not later than the 30th day after the date of the
1-10 election at which an increase in the membership of the legislature
1-11 is approved, the governor shall convene the legislature in special
1-12 session to apportion the state into the appropriate number of
1-13 districts as provided by this constitution.
1-14 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-15 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.
1-16 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
1-17 proposition: "The constitutional amendment increasing the number of
1-18 state senators from 31 to 50."