Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 26: Difference between revisions

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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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|seo_title=Article III, Section 26 of the Texas Constitution ("Apportionment of Members of House of Representatives")
|seo_title=Article III, Section 26 of the Texas Constitution ("Apportionment of Members of House of Representatives")
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|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 26, house districts, equal population
|seo_description=The legislative power of Texas is vested in a Senate and House of Representatives.
|seo_description=The members of the House of Representatives shall be apportioned among the several counties.
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|seo_image_alt=Article III: Legislative Department
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