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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, FONTANA, COSTA, ORIE, FOLMER, BROWNE, LOGAN, EARLL AND KASUNIC, JANUARY 29, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 29, 2009 |
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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] 40 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 |
18 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
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1 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
2 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
3 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
4 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
5 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
6 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
7 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
8 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
9 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
10 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
11 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
12 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
13 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
14 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
15 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
16 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
17 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
18 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
19 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
20 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
21 | passed by the General Assembly. |
22 | Section 3. The amendment of section 16 of Article II of the |
23 | Constitution of Pennsylvania shall become effective for the term |
24 | of service beginning on December 1, 2011. |
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