PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 2647
No. 1936 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, DeLUCA, BEBKO-JONES, BENNINGHOFF,
CURRY, FABRIZIO, GINGRICH, GOOD, HARRIS, LEVDANSKY, MAHER,
MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MUSTIO, NAILOR, NICKOL, PETRARCA,
READSHAW, ROBERTS, SANTONI, T. STEVENSON, TURZAI, WILT,
GERGELY AND HABAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, reducing the size of the General Assembly.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby resolves as follows:
5 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
6 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
7 That section 16 of Article II be amended to read:
8 § 16. Legislative districts.
9 The Commonwealth shall be divided into [50] 26 senatorial and
10 [203] 103 representative districts, which shall be composed of
11 compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population
12 as practicable. Each senatorial district shall elect one
13 Senator, and each representative district one Representative.
14 Unless absolutely necessary no county, city, incorporated town,
15 borough, township or ward shall be divided in forming either a
16 senatorial or representative district.
1 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
2 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
3 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
4 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
5 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
6 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
7 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
8 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
9 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
10 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
11 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
12 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
13 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
14 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
15 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
16 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
17 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
18 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
19 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three
20 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by
21 the General Assembly.
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