By Wentworth S.B. No. 499 77R4881 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the composition of the districts of the Texas Senate. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. The districts from which the members of the Texas 1-5 Senate are elected are the districts as provided by law and used 1-6 for the election of the members of the Senate of the 77th 1-7 Legislature except as those districts are changed by Section 2 of 1-8 this Act. 1-9 SECTION 2. (a) The portion of Senate District 19 located in 1-10 Reeves County is transferred to Senate District 28. 1-11 (b) The portion of Senate District 21 located in Uvalde 1-12 County is transferred to Senate District 19. 1-13 (c) The portion of Senate District 25 located in Llano 1-14 County is transferred to Senate District 24. 1-15 SECTION 3. The districts established by this Act apply to the 1-16 election of the members of the Texas Senate beginning with the 1-17 primary and general elections in 2002 for members of the 78th 1-18 Legislature. This Act does not affect the membership or districts 1-19 of the Texas Senate of the 77th Legislature. 1-20 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.