Legislative Redistricting Board (under certain conditions)

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The Legislative Redistricting Board (under certain conditions) is a special Texas state body that convenes to draw legislative district boundaries when the legislature fails to do so after the census.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf redistricting authority ⓘ
state government board ⓘ
alsoKnownAs LRB ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Texas ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Article III of the Texas Constitution ⓘ
convenesAfter decennial United States census ⓘ
convenesIf legislature fails to redistrict in the first regular session after the census ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdToAddress legislative deadlock on redistricting ⓘ
doesNotHaveAuthorityOver U.S. congressional districts ⓘ
governsBodyType state legislative districts ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Texas House of Representatives districts ⓘ
Texas Senate districts ⓘ
hasDecisionRule majority vote of its members ⓘ
hasFunction adopt legislative redistricting plans when the Texas Legislature fails to do so after a federal census ⓘ
draw Texas state House of Representatives districts under certain conditions ⓘ
draw Texas state Senate districts under certain conditions ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Texas Constitution ⓘ
hasOutput legislative redistricting plan for Texas House ⓘ
legislative redistricting plan for Texas Senate ⓘ
hasPower adopt final legislative district maps by majority vote ⓘ
hold hearings on proposed legislative district plans ⓘ
hasScope intrastate apportionment of legislative seats ⓘ
hasTemporalTrigger first regular legislative session after each federal decennial census ⓘ
isComposedOf Lieutenant Governor of Texas ⓘ
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives ⓘ
Texas Attorney General ⓘ
Texas Commissioner of the General Land Office ⓘ
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Texas Legislative Council ⓘ
Texas Legislature ⓘ
isPartOf Texas state government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Texas
mapEffectiveFor subsequent Texas legislative elections ⓘ
mapMustComplyWith equal population requirements for state legislative districts ⓘ
one person, one vote principle ⓘ
meetsAt Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Austin
meetsBy operation of law when statutory or constitutional conditions are met ⓘ
numberOfMembers 5 ⓘ
primaryPurpose ensure legislative districts are redrawn even if the Texas Legislature fails to act ⓘ
subjectTo Voting Rights Act of 1965, as applicable ⓘ
federal constitutional requirements for redistricting ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy federal courts ⓘ
state courts ⓘ
triggerCondition Texas Legislature fails to enact a state House redistricting plan in the first regular session after the decennial census ⓘ
Texas Legislature fails to enact a state Senate redistricting plan in the first regular session after the decennial census ⓘ

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Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives → memberOf → Legislative Redistricting Board (under certain conditions) ⓘ
LRB → standsFor → Legislative Redistricting Board ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Redistricting Board (under certain conditions)