Bill Text: IN SJR0005 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Redistricting commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections [SJR0005 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SJR0005-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. 5
Citations Affected: Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
Synopsis: Redistricting commission. Requires the general assembly
to establish a commission to draw congressional and legislative
districts. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to
by a general assembly.
Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two
consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's
voters voting on the question to be effective.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
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RESOLUTION No. 5
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 4 of
the Constitution of the State of Indiana concerning the general
assembly.
(b) The General Assembly shall establish by law a commission
to draw congressional and legislative districts according to:
(1) the number of inhabitants in each district, as revealed by
the most recent federal decennial census; and
(2) other criteria established by law.
(c) The territory in each district shall be contiguous.