Weslaco City Commission Regular Meeting
Page 75 June 4, 2013
Immediate Special Session – Just moments after the Senate and House adjourned the regular session, Governor Rick Perry announced a special session of the Texas Legislature to begin at 6:00 p.m. He called legislators into special session to consider the following issue: “Legislation which ratifies and adopts the interim redistricting plans ordered by the federal district court as the permanent plans for districts used to elect members of the Texas House of Representatives, Texas Senate and United States House of Representatives.” Every 10 years, the Texas Legislature goes through a legislative process to redraw district boundaries to consider growth and population changes in the state. The maps drawn in 2011 are still pending in the court system due to concerns with discriminatory practices being used in directing the new political districts.
Elvia Caballero Lopez P. O. Box 2670 Austin, Texas 78767-2670 eclopez327@aol.com Tel: 512.731.5388 fax: 512.280.7207