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2011 SESSION
HB 2073 Redistricting local districts; local government may exclude from its calculations.
Introduced by: Riley E. Ingram | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Elections; redistricting local districts; prison populations. Provides that the local governing body may exclude from its calculations in drawing local districts for decennial redistricting the population of certain correctional facilities. The bill includes federal and regional, as well as state, correctional facilities and allows the exclusion of the facility population if it exceeds 12 percent of the ideal population of an election district of the locality. The bill contains an emergency clause.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Elections; redistricting local districts; prison populations. Provides that the local governing body may exclude from its calculations in drawing local districts for decennial redistricting the population of certain correctional facilities. The bill includes federal and regional, as well as state, correctional facilities and allows the exclusion of the facility population if it exceeds 12 percent of the ideal single-member district population for the locality.