Bill Text: MI HB4558 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; apportionment; house and senate website for redistricting process; create. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-21 - Printed Bill Filed 04/15/2011 [HB4558 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4558-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4558
April 14, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Byrum, Lindberg, Hovey-Wright, Bauer, Townsend, Brown, Santana, Cavanagh, Dillon, Switalski, Ananich, Melton, Smiley, Brunner, Stanley, Slavens, Meadows, McCann and Nathan and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.
A bill to provide for the disclosure of information concerning
legislative and congressional redistricting; to require certain
individuals to provide information; and to provide for the powers
and duties of certain state officers and entities.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"redistricting disclosure act".
Sec. 3. As used in this act, "legislative council" means the
legislative council established under section 15 of article IV of
the state constitution of 1963.
Sec. 5. (1) The legislative council shall create a
redistricting disclosure website accessible to the public. The
legislative council shall receive the information required to be
submitted under subsection (2) and post that information on the
redistricting disclosure website.
(2) Each member or employee of the senate and house of
representatives who has any contact regarding a redistricting plan
shall submit the following information to the legislative council
for posting on the disclosure website:
(a) Within 24 hours after any contact regarding a
redistricting plan, all relevant information regarding the contact,
including the date, time, and location and the names of other
individuals present during the contact.
(b) Within 24 hours after receiving a proposed redistricting
plan from a member of the general public, all relevant information
regarding that plan, including maps of the proposed district, the
name of the individual submitting the plan, and the date and time
the plan was submitted.
