Report Title:
Reapportionment Commission; Multi-Member House Districts
Description:
Requires the commission to apportion multi-member house districts of not more than three members that conform to the boundaries of the senate districts, where practicable.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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2994 |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to 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 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.
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