Bill Text: HI SB212 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Reapportionment Commission; Multi-Member House Districts
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - (S) Referred to JDL. [SB212 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB212-Introduced.html
|
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
212 |
|
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
|
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 25-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Legislative reapportionment. The
commission shall reapportion the members of each house of the legislature on
the basis, method, and criteria prescribed by the Constitution of the United States
and article IV of the Hawaii State Constitution[.]; provided
that the commission shall apportion the house of representatives among
multi-member districts of not more than three members that conform to the
boundaries of senate districts, where practicable. Pursuant thereto, the
commission shall conduct public hearings and consult with the apportionment
advisory council of each basic island unit. Not more than one hundred days
from the date on which all members are certified, the commission shall cause to
be given in each basic island unit, public notice of a legislative
reapportionment plan prepared and proposed by the commission. At least one
public hearing on the proposed reapportionment plan shall be held in each basic
island unit after initial public notice of the plan. At least twenty days'
notice shall be given of the public hearing. The notice shall include a
statement of the substance of the proposed reapportionment plan, and of the
date, time, and place where interested persons may be heard thereon. The
notice shall be given at least once in the basic island unit where the hearing
will be held. All interested persons shall be afforded an opportunity to
submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing, for consideration by
the commission. After the last of the public hearings, but in no event later
than one hundred fifty days from the date on which all members of the
commission are certified, the commission shall determine whether or not the
plan is in need of correction or modification, make the correction or
modification, if any, and file with the chief election officer, a final
legislative reapportionment plan. Within fourteen days after the filing of the
final reapportionment plan, the chief election officer shall cause public notice
to be given of the final legislative reapportionment plan which, upon public
notice, shall become effective as of the date of filing and govern the election
of members of the next five succeeding legislatures."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
|
INTRODUCED BY: |
_____________________________ |
|
|
|
Report Title:
Reapportionment Commission; Multi-Member House Districts
Description:
Requires apportioning of the house of representatives among multi‑member house districts of not more than three members that conform, where practicable, to the senate district boundaries.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
