(c) Unless absolutely necessary to meet the equal population
requirement of subsection (a), no county, city, incorporated
town, borough, township or ward shall be divided in forming
either a senatorial or representative district.
(d) No election district may be divided in forming either a
senatorial or representative district.
(2) That section 17 of Article II be amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 17. Legislative Reapportionment Commission.
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(c.1) In addition to the requirements of section 16, the
following shall apply:
(1) The commission may establish a maximum deviation from
the ideal population of less than 10% for senatorial districts
if the lower deviation will not cause more counties, cities,
incorporated towns, boroughs, townships or wards to be divided
than would be divided under a plan with a maximum deviation of
10%.
(2) The commission may establish a maximum deviation from
the ideal population of less than 10% for representative
districts if the lower deviation will not cause more counties,
cities, incorporated towns, boroughs, townships or wards to be
divided than would be divided under a plan with a maximum
deviation of 10%.
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Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of these proposed integrated constitutional amendments,
the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
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