Bill Text: VA HB1409 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia House Bill 1409 (Prior Session Legislation)

Prefiled

Bill Title: House of Delegates and Senate districts; General Assembly authorized to make technical adjustments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HB1409 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-HB1409-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1409 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled September 30, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-304.04, relating to technical adjustments of House of Delegates and Senate districts. ---------- Patron-- Cole ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 24.2 a section numbered 24.2-304.04 as follows:

§24.2-304.04. House of Delegates and Senate districts; technical adjustments subsequent to decennial redistricting.

The General Assembly, subsequent to the enactment of House of Delegates and Senate districts following a decennial census pursuant to Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia, may make technical adjustments to the legislative district boundaries solely for the purpose of causing district boundaries to coincide with the current boundaries of local voting precincts. Adjustments shall change existing districts only to the extent necessary to accomplish this purpose, and any change shall be consistent with the criteria for districts adopted for the preceding decennial redistricting.