How do I load TX Legislative Districts into the zip code table?

Do the following to load the Texas legislative districts from information downloaded from the Texas Legislative Council:

  1. Choose ftp://ftp1.capitol.state.tx.us/research/ftp/pub/ to go the TLC ftp site.

  2. Double-click on the District folder.

  3. Double-click on the ziph882.zip file and choose "Save this file to disk" option.

  4. Save the file to the q:\dapps\memb\data directory.

  5. Double-click on the zips730.zip file and choose "Save this file to disk" option.

  6. Save the file to the q:\dapps\memb\data directory.

  7. Double-click on the zipc746.zip file and choose "Save this file to disk" option.

  8. Save the file to the q:\dapps\memb\data directory.

After saving all three files to disk:

  1. Start Windows Explorer.

  2. Go to the q:\dapps\memb\data directory.

  3. Double click on each of the three downloaded files. Doing this should start pkunzip or winzip.

  4. Choose the q:\dapps\memb\data directory to extract the files to.

After the files have been extracted, please do the following to actually load the data into SAMS.

  1. Choose Utilities from the SAMS menu.

  2. Choose PAC.

  3. Choose Load State Districts.

  4. Make sure the correct names are displayed in the upper portion of the screen and press the upper Load button.