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.
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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 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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