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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BEYER, BOYD, BRADFORD, HARHAI, HORNAMAN, LENTZ, MUSTIO, PETRI, REED, ROAE, SWANGER, TRUE, TURZAI AND VULAKOVICH, AUGUST 2, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 2, 2010 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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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] 30 senatorial and |
10 | [203] 121 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. |
17 | Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
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1 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
2 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
3 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
4 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
5 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
6 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
7 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
8 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
9 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
10 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
11 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
12 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
13 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
14 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
15 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
16 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
17 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
18 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
19 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
20 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
21 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
22 | passed by the General Assembly. |
23 | Section 3. The amendment of section 16 of Article II of the |
24 | Constitution of Pennsylvania shall become effective after the |
25 | 2010 Federal census reapportionment. |
26 | Section 4. The Senate and House of Representatives, upon the |
27 | effective date of the amendment of section 16 of Article II of |
28 | the Constitution of Pennsylvania, shall each reduce their |
29 | budgets by 40% compared to the budgets of the prior year. |
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