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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 26 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Apportionment of Members of House of Representatives"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876: | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 26 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Apportionment of Members of House of Representatives"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876: | ||
'''The members of the House of Representatives shall be apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of population in each, as nearly as may be, on a ratio obtained by dividing the population of the State, as ascertained by the most recent United States census, by the number of members of which the House is composed; | '''The members of the House of Representatives shall be apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of population in each, as nearly as may be, on a ratio obtained by dividing the population of the State, as ascertained by the most recent United States census, by the number of members of which the House is composed; provided, that whenever a single county has sufficient population to be entitled to a Representative, such county shall be formed into a separate Representative District, and when two or more counties are required to make up the ratio of representation, such counties shall be contiguous to each other; and when any one county has more than sufficient population to be entitled to one or more Representatives, such Representative or Representatives shall be apportioned to such county, and for any surplus of population it may be joined in a Representative District with any other contiguous county or counties.''' | ||
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Note that the Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1961/ww-1041.pdf#page=5 WW-1041] (1961) (emphasis added), opined that: "The word 'contiguous' as used in Section 26 [] means that a representative district composed of two or more counties may be formed if the boundaries (''whether inundated or not'') of the counties comprising the representative district touch one another so that all may be included in a common boundary line." | |||
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