PRINTER'S NO. 2623
No. 2103 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY GALLEN, DECEMBER 7, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 7, 1981
AN ACT
1 To apportion the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania into congressional
2 districts in conformity with constitutional requirements; and
3 providing for the nomination and election of Congressmen.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. For the purpose of electing representatives of
7 the people of Pennsylvania to serve in the House of
8 Representatives in the Congress of the United States, this
9 Commonwealth shall be divided into twenty-three districts which
10 shall have one Congressman each, as follows:
11 Section 2. The first election under this act shall be held
12 at the primary election in the year 1982.
1 The members of Congress now in office shall continue in such
2 office until the expiration of their respective terms.
3 Vacancies now existing or happening after the passage of this
4 act and before the commencement of the terms of the members
5 elected at the election of 1982 shall be filled for the
6 unexpired terms in the manner now provided by law.
7 Section 3. In the event any political subdivision or part
8 thereof should be omitted in the description of the
9 congressional districts, such political subdivision or part
10 thereof shall be included as a part of the congressional
11 district which completely surrounds it. Should any omitted
12 political subdivision or part thereof be not completely
13 surrounded by one congressional district, it shall become a part
14 of that congressional district to which it is contiguous, or if
15 there are two or more such contiguous districts, it shall become
16 a part of that congressional district contiguous thereto which
17 has the least population.
18 Section 4. (a) The act of January 25, 1972 (P.L.7, No.3),
19 entitled "An act to apportion the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 into congressional districts in conformity with constitutional
21 requirements; and providing for the nomination and election of
22 Congressmen," is repealed except as to the filling of vacancies
23 under the provisions of section 2 of this act.
24 (b) All other acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as
25 they are inconsistent herewith.
26 Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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