Bill Text: HI SB1562 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Reapportionment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB1562 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB1562-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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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 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 the
senate districts, unless not practicable.
For purposes of legislative reapportionment, a "permanent
resident" means a person having the person's domiciliary in the State. In determining the total number of permanent
residents for purposes of apportionment among the four basic island units, the
commission shall only extract non-permanent residents from the total population
of the State counted by the United States Census Bureau for the respective
reapportionment year. The commission
shall conduct public hearings and consult with the apportionment advisory council
of each basic island unit. No 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
subject to section 1-28.5 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 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 subject to section 1‑28.5 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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Report Title:
Reapportionment Commission; Senate District Boundary
Description:
Requires that the Reapportionment Commission apportion the House of Representatives among multi-member districts of not more than three members that conform to the boundaries of the Senate districts, unless not practicable
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