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The 2020 U.S. Census, Redistricting Implications for Texas and Update on Select Legislative Issues
This presentation was prepared by David Méndez, a partner with the Firm, for the 2021 Urban County Leadership Summit/Hidalgo County Leadership Conference. His presentation addressed the recent release of apportionment data by the U.S. Census Bureau and the impact of this data on Texas as well as across the U.S. It also covered “next steps” to draw the new congressional districts and to re-balance the existing state representative, state senate and state board of education districts as well as recent issues raised on redrawing state appellate court “districts” and pending legislation that addresses the delay in release of the census data; the obligations of cities, school districts, community college districts and other local governmental entities with single member districts impacted by redistricting; and some brief highlights from the ongoing Texas Legislative Session and bill passage by the local delegation.