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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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 of America
surface form: United States
createdToAddress legislative deadlock on redistricting
doesNotHaveAuthorityOver U.S. congressional districts
governsBodyType state legislative districts
hasAuthorityOver Texas legislative districts
surface form: Texas House of Representatives districts

Texas legislative districts
surface form: 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
Attorney General of Texas
surface form: Texas Attorney General

Commissioner of the General Land Office
surface form: Texas Commissioner of the General Land Office

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
isDistinctFrom Texas Legislative Council
Texas Legislature
isPartOf Government of Texas
surface form: Texas state government
mapEffectiveFor subsequent Texas legislative elections
mapMustComplyWith equal population requirements for state legislative districts
one person, one vote principle
meetsAt Austin
surface form: Austin, Texas
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
surface form: 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)