Bill Text: NY S00660 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes an apportionment commission to create apportionment plans for congressional and state legislative districts based on decennial federal census, which shall be considered by and voted upon by the state legislature; eliminates the legislative task force on demographic research and reapportionment.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00660 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00660-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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660
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, GIANARIS, KLEIN, ADAMS, BONACIC, BRESLIN,
DUANE, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY,
STEWART-COUSINS, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to apportionment of
congressional, senate and assembly districts; and to repeal section
83-m of such law relating to the legislative task force on demographic
research and reapportionment
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-a of the legislative law, as
2 added by chapter 630 of the laws of 1998, the opening paragraph as
3 amended by section 1 of part QQ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 3. Any member of the assembly serving in a special capacity in a posi-
6 tion set forth in the following schedule shall be paid the allowance set
7 forth in such schedule only for the legislative term commencing January
8 first, two thousand eleven and terminating December thirty-first, two
9 thousand twelve:
10 ASSEMBLYMEN SERVING IN SPECIAL CAPACITY
11 Chairman of legislative commission on public management
12 systems ........................................................ 12,500
13 Chairman of legislative commission on science and
14 technology ..................................................... 12,500
15 Co-chairman of the legislative commission on water
16 resource needs of New York state and Long Island ......... no allowance
17 [Co-chairman of the legislative task force on
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03505-01-1
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1 demographic research and reapportionment ...................... 15,000]
2 Chairman of the assembly task force on farm,
3 food and nutrition ............................................. 12,500
4 Ranking minority member of the assembly task force
5 on farm, food and nutrition ..................................... 9,000
6 Chairman of the legislative commission on skills
7 development and career education ............................... 12,500
8 Vice-Chairman of the legislative commission on the
9 development of rural resources ................................. 12,500
10 S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 12 of the legislative law, as added by
11 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
12 5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, services and
13 expenses of the legislative health service, legislative library, legis-
14 lative messenger service, legislative ethics committee, [joint oper-
15 ations of the legislative task force on demographic research and reap-
16 portionment] APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION, and contributions to the national
17 conference of state legislatures shall be payable after audit by and on
18 the warrant of the comptroller upon vouchers certified by the temporary
19 president of the senate or his or her designee and the speaker of the
20 assembly or his or her designee.
21 S 3. Section 83-m of the legislative law is REPEALED.
22 S 4. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article 6-A to
23 read as follows:
24 ARTICLE 6-A
25 APPORTIONMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL
26 AND STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
27 SECTION 93. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
28 94. APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE.
29 95. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE.
30 96. APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION.
31 97. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
32 98. APPORTIONMENT.
33 99. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE.
34 S 93. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES
35 THAT:
36 1. THERE IS A NEED FOR INTENSIVE AND THOROUGH STUDY, RESEARCH AND
37 INQUIRY INTO THE TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGY TO BE USED BY THE BUREAU OF
38 THE CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE DEPARTMENT IN CARRYING OUT THE
39 DECENNIAL FEDERAL CENSUS;
40 2. A TECHNICAL PLAN WILL BE NEEDED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A
41 LEGISLATIVE TIMETABLE FOR A REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
42 DISTRICTS AND THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF THE STATE BASED ON SUCH
43 CENSUS; AND
44 3. THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION IS NECESSARY TO ASSIST THE LEGISLATURE
45 IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND IN THE CONDUCT OF LEGIS-
46 LATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS RELATING THERETO.
47 S 94. APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE. 1. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST
48 OF DECEMBER OF EACH YEAR ENDING WITH A NINE OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER
49 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AN APPOR-
50 TIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE TO SELECT THOSE PERSONS WHO SHALL BE
51 ELIGIBLE TO BE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION
52 CREATED IN SECTION NINETY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE. EACH SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL
53 REMAIN IN EXISTENCE UNTIL ITS DUTIES PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE OF
54 THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
55 2. THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF EIGHT
56 MEMBERS, APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
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1 (A) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
2 SENATE;
3 (B) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
4 (C) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
5 SENATE; AND
6 (D) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
7 ASSEMBLY.
8 3. THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE SHALL DESIGNATE TWO
9 CO-CHAIRS FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL
10 MEMBERS.
11 4. THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE SHALL BE
12 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THIS STATE. NO MEMBER OF SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL:
13 (A) HOLD OR HAVE HELD WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS AN ELECTED GOVERN-
14 MENTAL OFFICE;
15 (B) HOLD OR HAVE HELD WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS ANY OTHER
16 APPOINTED GOVERNMENTAL OR POLITICAL PARTY POSITION;
17 (C) BE EMPLOYED OR HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS IN
18 ANY OTHER POSITION BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
19 THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR THE FEDERAL COURT
20 SYSTEM;
21 (D) BE OR HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS A REGISTERED LOBBY-
22 IST IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE-A OF THIS CHAPTER;
23 (E) BE THE SPOUSE OF ANY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE
24 STATE LEGISLATURE, THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR
25 THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM; OR
26 (F) BE RELATED WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY TO ANY MEMBER
27 OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE EXECUTIVE
28 CHAMBER, THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM, OR TO THE
29 SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH PERSON.
30 5. THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE SHALL
31 RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR
32 ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
33 DUTIES.
34 6. THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE SHALL BE
35 APPOINTED AND SERVE FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH COMMITTEE. ALL VACANCIES IN
36 THE MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED
37 FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
38 S 95. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. 1. THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS
39 COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND DUTY TO, ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF
40 MARCH IN EACH YEAR ENDING WITH A ZERO OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE
41 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, ESTABLISH A LIST OF FORTY PERSONS WHO
42 SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO BE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT
43 COMMISSION. SUCH LIST SHALL HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO IN THIS ARTICLE
44 AS THE "NOMINATIONS POOL".
45 2. THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE SHALL BY
46 MAJORITY VOTE SELECT EACH PERSON TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NOMINATIONS POOL.
47 UPON COMPLETION OF SUCH POOL, SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF THE
48 NOMINATIONS POOL TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER
49 OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY
50 LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
51 3. THE NOMINATIONS POOL SHALL INCLUDE:
52 (A) FIFTEEN PERSONS WHO ARE ENROLLED AS DEMOCRATS;
53 (B) FIFTEEN PERSONS WHO ARE ENROLLED AS REPUBLICANS; AND
54 (C) TEN PERSONS WHO ARE NOT ENROLLED AS EITHER DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLI-
55 CANS.
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1 4. PERSONS SELECTED TO THE NOMINATIONS POOL SHALL BE REGISTERED VOTERS
2 IN THIS STATE. NO SUCH PERSON SHALL:
3 (A) HOLD OR HAVE HELD WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS AN ELECTED GOVERN-
4 MENTAL OFFICE;
5 (B) HOLD OR HAVE HELD WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS ANY OTHER
6 APPOINTED GOVERNMENTAL OR POLITICAL PARTY POSITION;
7 (C) BE A MEMBER OF THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CREATED IN
8 SECTION NINETY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE;
9 (D) BE EMPLOYED OR HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS IN
10 ANY OTHER POSITION BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
11 THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR THE FEDERAL COURT
12 SYSTEM;
13 (E) BE OR HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS A REGISTERED LOBBY-
14 IST IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE-A OF THIS CHAPTER;
15 (F) BE THE SPOUSE OF ANY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE
16 STATE LEGISLATURE, THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR
17 THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM; OR
18 (G) BE RELATED WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY TO ANY MEMBER
19 OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE EXECUTIVE
20 CHAMBER, THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OR THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM, OR TO THE
21 SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH PERSON.
22 5. (A) THE NOMINATIONS POOL SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST THREE PERSONS FROM
23 EACH OF THE FOLLOWING REGIONS OF THE STATE, WITH THE REMAINDER TO BE
24 NOMINATED FROM SUCH REGIONS IN PROPORTION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
25 STATE'S POPULATION IN EACH REGION:
26 (I) LONG ISLAND;
27 (II) NEW YORK CITY;
28 (III) HUDSON VALLEY;
29 (IV) NORTHERN;
30 (V) CENTRAL;
31 (VI) SOUTHERN TIER; AND
32 (VII) WESTERN.
33 (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING REGIONS SHALL
34 BE COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES;
35 (I) LONG ISLAND: THE COUNTIES OF NASSAU AND SUFFOLK;
36 (II) NEW YORK CITY: THE COUNTIES OF BRONX, KINGS, NEW YORK, QUEENS AND
37 RICHMOND;
38 (III) HUDSON VALLEY: THE COUNTIES OF WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND, PUTNAM,
39 ORANGE, DUTCHESS, ULSTER, COLUMBIA, GREENE, RENSSELAER, ALBANY AND SCHE-
40 NECTADY;
41 (IV) NORTHERN: THE COUNTIES OF SARATOGA, WASHINGTON, WARREN, ESSEX,
42 CLINTON, FRANKLIN, ST. LAWRENCE, HAMILTON, FULTON, HERKIMER, LEWIS AND
43 JEFFERSON;
44 (V) CENTRAL: THE COUNTIES OF SCHOHARIE, MONTGOMERY, OTSEGO, CHENANGO,
45 MADISON, ONEIDA, OSWEGO, CORTLAND, ONONDAGA AND CAYUGA;
46 (VI) SOUTHERN TIER: THE COUNTIES OF SULLIVAN, DELAWARE, BROOME, TIOGA,
47 TOMPKINS, SCHUYLER, STEUBEN, ALLEGANY, CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA; AND
48 (VII) WESTERN: THE COUNTIES OF SENECA, YATES, ONTARIO, WAYNE, MONROE,
49 LIVINGSTON, WYOMING, GENESEE, ORLEANS, NIAGARA AND ERIE.
50 6. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE APPORTIONMENT NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
51 SHALL ENSURE THAT THE NOMINATIONS POOL REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF THE
52 RESIDENTS OF THE STATE WITH REGARD TO RACE, ETHNICITY AND GENDER.
53 S 96. APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION. 1. THERE SHALL BE CREATED AN APPOR-
54 TIONMENT COMMISSION TO ASSIST THE LEGISLATURE IN THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF
55 CONGRESSIONAL, SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS BASED ON THE ENSUING FEDER-
56 AL CENSUS, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO OF ARTICLE ONE OF THE UNITED STATES
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1 CONSTITUTION AND SECTIONS FOUR AND FIVE OF ARTICLE THREE OF THE STATE
2 CONSTITUTION.
3 2. THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL BE COMPOSED OF ELEVEN MEMBERS,
4 APPOINTED FROM THE NOMINATIONS POOL AS FOLLOWS:
5 (A) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
6 SENATE;
7 (B) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
8 (C) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
9 SENATE;
10 (D) TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
11 ASSEMBLY; AND
12 (E) THREE MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED, ON OR BEFORE THE THIRTIETH DAY
13 AFTER A VACANCY IN ANY SUCH POSITION OCCURS, BY THE EIGHT MEMBERS
14 APPOINTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY
15 A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN SIX MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF EACH SUCH APPOINTMENT,
16 AND EACH VACANCY IN ANY POSITION FILLED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL
17 BE DEEMED TO CREATE VACANCIES IN ALL THREE POSITIONS HELD BY THE MEMBERS
18 SO APPOINTED; PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH MEMBER MAY BE REAPPOINTED PURSUANT
19 TO THIS PARAGRAPH. IN THE EVENT THAT THREE MEMBERS ARE NOT APPOINTED ON
20 OR BEFORE THE THIRTIETH DAY AFTER A VACANCY IN ANY SUCH POSITION OCCURS
21 IF:
22 (I) TWO PERSONS ARE APPOINTED WITH THE REQUIRED SIX VOTES AND NO OTHER
23 PERSON RECEIVES SIX VOTES, THE THIRD SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY
24 THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS THEREAFTER;
25 (II) ONE PERSON IS APPOINTED WITH THE REQUIRED SIX VOTES AND NO TWO
26 OTHER PERSONS RECEIVE SIX VOTES, THE TWO PERSONS RECEIVING THE MOST
27 VOTES SHALL BE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS; AND
28 (III) NO THREE PERSONS RECEIVE SIX VOTES, THE TWO PERSONS RECEIVING
29 THE MOST VOTES SHALL BE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS AND THE THIRD MEMBER SHALL
30 BE APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.
31 (F) THE CHAIR SHALL BE DESIGNATED, FROM AMONG THE THREE MEMBERS
32 APPOINTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, BY A SIMPLE
33 MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION; PROVIDED THAT IF THE
34 COMMISSION FAILS TO DESIGNATE A CHAIR, THE CHAIR SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY
35 THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.
36 3. (A) NO MORE THAN FOUR MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL
37 BE ENROLLED IN THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY.
38 (B) TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT
39 COMMISSION SHALL REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE
40 WITH REGARD TO RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND GEOGRAPHIC RESIDENCE.
41 4. THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL
42 EXPIRE UPON THE FILING OF ALL APPORTIONMENT PLANS, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
43 SION FOUR, FIVE AND/OR SIX OF SECTION NINETY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, THE
44 EXHAUSTION OF ANY JUDICIAL REVIEW OF AN APPORTIONMENT PLAN AND APPOR-
45 TIONMENT STATUTE, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN APPORTIONMENT STATUTE.
46 VACANCIES IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE FILLED IN THE
47 MANNER PROVIDED FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
48 5. THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION AND ALL EMPLOYEES THER-
49 EOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.
50 6. THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL RECEIVE NO
51 COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL AND
52 NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES PURSUANT
53 TO THIS ARTICLE.
54 7. A MINIMUM OF EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL
55 CONSTITUTE A QUORUM FOR THE TRANSACTION OF ANY BUSINESS OR THE EXERCISE
56 OF ANY POWER OF SUCH COMMISSION, PROVIDED THAT NO EXERCISE OF ANY POWER
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1 OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL OCCUR WITHOUT THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE
2 OF SEVEN MEMBERS THEREOF.
3 S 97. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION. THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION
4 SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND DUTY TO:
5 1. EMPLOY AND AT PLEASURE REMOVE SUCH PERSONNEL AS IT MAY DEEM NECES-
6 SARY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS FUNCTIONS AND FIX THEIR COMPENSATION
7 WITHIN THE AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE THEREFOR;
8 2. MEET WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE STATE, HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AND HAVE
9 ALL THE POWERS OF A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER;
10 3. REQUEST, RECEIVE AND UTILIZE SUCH FACILITIES, RESOURCES AND DATA
11 (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HISTORICAL VOTING INFORMATION AND
12 PATTERNS) OF ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION OR
13 AGENCY OF THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF AS IT MAY
14 REASONABLY REQUEST TO PROPERLY CARRY OUT ITS POWERS AND DUTIES PURSUANT
15 TO THIS ARTICLE;
16 4. ACQUIRE AND UTILIZE ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO ESTAB-
17 LISH APPORTIONMENT PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTI-
18 CLE;
19 5. PREPARE THE NECESSARY DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC UNITS OF THE
20 STATE FOR USE BY THE FEDERAL CENSUS BUREAU IN REPORTING DECENNIAL FEDER-
21 AL CENSUS DATA;
22 6. ENGAGE IN SUCH RESEARCH STUDIES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS NECESSARY
23 OR APPROPRIATE IN THE PREPARATION AND FORMULATION OF A REAPPORTIONMENT
24 PLAN FOR THE NEXT ENSUING REAPPORTIONMENT OF SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
25 DISTRICTS AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF THE STATE AND IN THE UTILIZA-
26 TION OF CENSUS AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC AND STATISTICAL DATA FOR POLICY
27 ANALYSIS, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION PURPOSES FOR THE
28 LEGISLATURE;
29 7. SELL SURVEYS, DATA, COPIES OF TABULATIONS AND OTHER SPECIAL STATIS-
30 TICAL COMPILATIONS AND MATERIALS TO DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND OTHER
31 ENTITIES OF FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES,
32 AND TO PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATIONS, OR OTHER PUBLIC, NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND
33 PRIVATE PERSONS AND AGENCIES, UPON PAYMENT OF FEES AT LEAST SUFFICIENT
34 TO PAY THE ACTUAL OR ESTIMATED COST OF SUCH PROJECTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF
35 SUCH SALE, THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION MAY EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR SUCH
36 PURPOSE;
37 8. PREPARE MAPS OF CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES OF THE STATE FOR
38 DESCRIBING CONGRESSIONAL, SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS, AND PREPARE
39 APPORTIONMENT PLANS AND LEGISLATION; AND
40 9. MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN PRINT FORM AND IN ELECTRONIC FORM
41 ON THE INTERNET, USING THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY, ALL APPORTIONMENT
42 PLANS, RELEVANT DATA AND MAPMAKING SOFTWARE USED TO PREPARE SUCH PLANS,
43 INFORMATION ON THE MEMBERS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION AND ALL OTHER
44 RELEVANT INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE OPERATION OF THIS ARTICLE.
45 S 98. APPORTIONMENT. 1. THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL, UPON
46 RECEIPT OF THE FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS FOR THE STATE, BEGIN TO ESTAB-
47 LISH A PLAN FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL, SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
48 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
49 2. THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS AND PRINCIPLES SHALL BE APPLIED IN
50 ESTABLISHING A PLAN FOR SUCH DISTRICTS:
51 (A) ALL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION
52 AS IS PRACTICABLE.
53 (B) EACH DISTRICT SHALL CONSIST OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY; NO DISTRICT
54 SHALL CONSIST OF PARTS ENTIRELY SEPARATED BY THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER
55 DISTRICT OF THE SAME BODY, WHETHER SUCH TERRITORY BE LAND OR WATER,
56 POPULATED OR UNPOPULATED. A POPULATED CENSUS BLOCK SHALL NOT BE DIVIDED
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1 BY A DISTRICT BOUNDARY, UNLESS IT CAN BE DETERMINED THAT THE POPULATED
2 PART OF SUCH BLOCK IS WITHIN A SINGLE DISTRICT.
3 (C) SENATE, ASSEMBLY, OR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE ESTAB-
4 LISHED THAT ARE INTENDED TO OR RESULT IN A DENIAL OR ABRIDGEMENT OF
5 MINORITY VOTING RIGHTS INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITY OF MINORITY VOTERS TO
6 PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, AND TO ELECT THE CANDIDATES OF
7 THEIR CHOICE.
8 (D) SENATE, ASSEMBLY, OR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE DRAWN
9 WITH AN INTENT TO FAVOR OR OPPOSE ANY POLITICAL PARTY, ANY INCUMBENT
10 FEDERAL OR STATE LEGISLATOR, OR ANY PREVIOUS OR PRESUMED CANDIDATE FOR
11 OFFICE.
12 (E) SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPHS (A), (B), (C) AND (D) OF
13 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES SHALL BE FOLLOWED IN THE
14 CREATION OF SENATE, ASSEMBLY, AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO THE EXTENT
15 PRACTICABLE. A PRINCIPLE WITH A LOWER NUMBER SHALL HAVE PRECEDENCE OVER
16 A PRINCIPLE WITH A HIGHER NUMBER.
17 (I) THE MOST AND LEAST POPULOUS SENATE DISTRICTS SHALL NOT EXCEED OR
18 BE LOWER THAN THE MEAN POPULATION OF ALL SENATE DISTRICTS BY MORE THAN
19 ONE PERCENT, AND THE MOST AND LEAST POPULOUS ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS SHALL
20 NOT EXCEED OR BE LOWER THAN THE MEAN POPULATION OF ALL ASSEMBLY
21 DISTRICTS BY MORE THAN ONE PERCENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMMISSION
22 ADVANTAGE ANY REGION OF THE STATE OVER ANY OTHER BY CREATING MULTIPLE
23 DISTRICTS THEREIN EXCEEDING, OR LOWER THAN, THE MEAN POPULATION BY MORE
24 THAN ONE PERCENT.
25 (II) COUNTIES SHALL NOT BE DIVIDED IN THE FORMATION OF DISTRICTS,
26 EXCEPT TO CREATE DISTRICTS WHOLLY WITHIN A COUNTY. WHERE SUCH DIVISION
27 OF COUNTIES IS UNAVOIDABLE, MORE POPULOUS COUNTIES SHALL BE DIVIDED IN
28 PREFERENCE TO THE DIVISION OF LESS POPULOUS COUNTIES.
29 (III) COUNTY SUBDIVISIONS SHALL NOT BE DIVIDED IN THE FORMATION OF
30 DISTRICTS, EXCEPT TO CREATE DISTRICTS WHOLLY WITHIN A COUNTY SUBDIVI-
31 SION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, A COUNTY SUBDIVISION SHALL BE A
32 CITY, EXCEPT THE CITY OF NEW YORK, A TOWN, OR AN INDIAN RESERVATION
33 WHOSE TERRITORY IS EXCLUSIVE OF THE TERRITORY OF ANY CITY OR TOWN. COUN-
34 TY SUBDIVISIONS WITH LARGER POPULATIONS SHALL BE DIVIDED IN PREFERENCE
35 TO THE DIVISION OF THOSE WITH SMALLER POPULATIONS.
36 (IV) INCORPORATED VILLAGES SHALL NOT BE DIVIDED IN THE FORMATION OF
37 DISTRICTS.
38 (V) THE SENATE, ASSEMBLY, AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS
39 COMPACT IN FORM AS POSSIBLE.
40 (VI) A SENATE, ASSEMBLY, OR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SHALL UNITE COMMU-
41 NITIES DEFINED BY ACTUAL SHARED INTERESTS, TAKING ACCOUNT OF GEOGRAPHIC,
42 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INDICATE COMMONALITY OF INTER-
43 EST, AND DISTRICTS SHALL BE FORMED SO AS TO PROMOTE THE ORDERLY AND
44 EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
45 3. DURING THE PREPARATION OF THE APPORTIONMENT PLAN, THE APPORTIONMENT
46 COMMISSION SHALL CONDUCT NOT LESS THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSALS
47 FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
48 IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (A) CITIES: ALBANY, BUFFALO, SYRACUSE, ROCHES-
49 TER, GLEN COVE, AND WHITE PLAINS; AND (B) COUNTIES: BRONX, KINGS, NEW
50 YORK, QUEENS AND RICHMOND. PUBLIC NOTICE OF ALL SUCH HEARINGS SHALL BE
51 WIDELY PUBLISHED BY THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION IN ADVANCE THROUGH ALL
52 AVAILABLE MEANS. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ALL SUCH HEARINGS AND THE
53 PROCEEDINGS OF THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL BE TELEVISED. THE
54 APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL REPORT THE FINDINGS OF ALL SUCH HEARINGS
55 TO THE LEGISLATURE UPON SUBMISSION OF THE APPORTIONMENT PLAN PURSUANT TO
56 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
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1 4. (A) ON OR BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH OF MAY IN EACH YEAR ENDING WITH A
2 ONE OR WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF RECEIVING THE FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS FOR
3 THE STATE, WHICHEVER IS LATER, THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT
4 TO THE LEGISLATURE AND DISSEMINATE TO THE PUBLIC AN APPORTIONMENT PLAN
5 FOR ALL CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, ALONG WITH THE
6 LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT SUCH PLAN. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH PLAN,
7 THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION THEREFOR SHALL BE INTRODUCED IN BOTH HOUSES
8 OF THE LEGISLATURE WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
9 (B) ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF JUNE FOLLOWING THE DISSEMINATION OF THE
10 APPORTIONMENT PLAN TO THE PUBLIC, THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL
11 CONDUCT NOT LESS THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING ON SUCH APPORTIONMENT PLAN IN
12 EACH OF THE CITIES AND COUNTIES DELINEATED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF
13 SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL REPORT THE FINDINGS OF ALL
14 SUCH HEARINGS TO THE LEGISLATURE.
15 (C) THE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
16 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE VOTED UPON, WITHOUT AMENDMENT, BY BOTH SUCH HOUSES
17 OF THE LEGISLATURE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION
18 REPORTS THE FINDINGS OF ITS PUBLIC HEARING TO THE LEGISLATURE. IF
19 APPROVED, THE LEGISLATURE SHALL FORWARD SUCH LEGISLATION TO THE GOVERNOR
20 WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
21 5. IF (A) EITHER HOUSE SHALL FAIL TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATION SUBMITTED
22 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF
23 ITS SUBMISSION, OR (B) THE GOVERNOR SHALL VETO SUCH LEGISLATION AND THE
24 LEGISLATURE SHALL FAIL TO OVERRIDE SUCH VETO WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF SUCH
25 VETO, THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL HOLD AN OPEN HEARING WITHIN
26 FIFTEEN DAYS OF SAID FAILURE TO PASS THE LEGISLATION AS IN PARAGRAPH (A)
27 OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR FAILURE TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO AS IN
28 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AT WHICH THE SPEAKER AND MINORITY
29 LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT AND MINORITY LEADER
30 OF THE SENATE, OR EACH OF THEIR DESIGNEES SHALL TESTIFY AS TO THE
31 REASONS THAT THE LEGISLATION DID NOT BECOME LAW, AND MEMBERS OF THE
32 PUBLIC WILL ALSO BE INVITED TO TESTIFY. WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF SUCH
33 HEARING, THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE
34 LEGISLATURE A SECOND APPORTIONMENT PLAN AND THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING
35 LEGISLATION FOR SUCH PLAN. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH SECOND PLAN, THE IMPLE-
36 MENTING LEGISLATION THEREFOR SHALL BE INTRODUCED IN BOTH HOUSES OF THE
37 LEGISLATURE WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS WITHIN FIVE DAYS. SUCH LEGISLATION
38 SHALL BE VOTED UPON, WITHOUT AMENDMENT, BY BOTH SUCH HOUSES WITHIN TWEN-
39 TY-ONE DAYS, BUT NOT SOONER THAN SEVEN DAYS, AFTER ITS INTRODUCTION. IF
40 APPROVED, THE LEGISLATURE SHALL FORWARD SUCH LEGISLATION TO THE GOVERNOR
41 WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
42 6. IF (A) EITHER HOUSE SHALL FAIL TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATION SUBMITTED
43 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF
44 ITS SUBMISSION, OR (B) THE GOVERNOR SHALL VETO SUCH LEGISLATION AND THE
45 LEGISLATURE FAILS TO OVERRIDE SUCH VETO THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION
46 SHALL HOLD AN OPEN HEARING WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF SAID FAILURE TO PASS
47 THE LEGISLATION AS IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR FAILURE TO
48 OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO AS IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AT
49 WHICH THE SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY
50 PRESIDENT AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, OR EACH OF THEIR DESIGNEES
51 SHALL TESTIFY AS TO THE REASONS THAT THE LEGISLATION DID NOT BECOME LAW,
52 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO BE INVITED TO TESTIFY. WITHIN
53 FIFTEEN DAYS OF SUCH HEARING, THE APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION SHALL ESTAB-
54 LISH AND SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE A THIRD APPORTIONMENT PLAN AND THE
55 NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION FOR SUCH PLAN. UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH
56 THIRD PLAN, THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION WITH ANY AMENDMENTS THE LEGIS-
S. 660 9
1 LATURE SHALL DEEM NECESSARY SHALL BE INTRODUCED IN BOTH HOUSES OF THE
2 LEGISLATURE WITHIN FIVE DAYS. ALL SUCH AMENDMENTS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
3 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. SUCH LEGISLATION SHALL BE
4 VOTED UPON BY BOTH SUCH HOUSES WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS, BUT NOT SOONER
5 THAN SEVEN DAYS, AFTER ITS INTRODUCTION. IF APPROVED, THE LEGISLATURE
6 SHALL FORWARD SUCH LEGISLATION TO THE GOVERNOR WITHIN FIVE DAYS.
7 S 99. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE. 1. THE PROCESS FOR APPORTIONMENT OF
8 CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTI-
9 CLE SHALL BE THE EXCLUSIVE MEANS BY WHICH SUCH APPORTIONMENT SHALL BE
10 COMPLETED IN THIS STATE. EVERY APPORTIONMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL OR STATE
11 LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS PERFORMED IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
12 ARTICLE SHALL BE VOID. IN ANY PROCEEDING RELATING TO APPORTIONMENT OF
13 CONGRESSIONAL OR STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, THE COURT SHALL IMPLEMENT
14 THE PLAN THAT BEST SERVES THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION
15 NINETY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE.
16 2. AN APPORTIONMENT STATUTE SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
17 UNTIL A SUBSEQUENT APPORTIONMENT STATUTE, BASED UPON THE SUCCEEDING
18 DECENNIAL FEDERAL CENSUS, TAKES EFFECT, UNLESS MODIFIED PURSUANT TO
19 COURT ORDER.
20 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
