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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, SCARNATI AND McILHINNEY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Apportioning this Commonwealth into congressional districts in |
2 | conformity with constitutional requirements; providing for |
3 | the nomination and election of Congressmen; and requiring |
4 | publication of notice of the establishment of congressional |
5 | districts following the Federal decennial census. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | CHAPTER 1 |
9 | PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS |
10 | Section 101. Short title. |
11 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Congressional |
12 | Redistricting Act of 2011. |
13 | Section 102. Definitions. |
14 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
15 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
16 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
17 | "Secretary." The Secretary of the Commonwealth. |
18 | CHAPTER 3 |
19 | ESTABLISHMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS |
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1 | Section 301. Congressional districts. |
2 | For the purpose of electing representatives of the people of |
3 | Pennsylvania to serve in the House of Representatives in the |
4 | Congress of the United States, this Commonwealth shall be |
5 | divided into 18 districts which shall have one Congressman each, |
6 | as follows: |
7 | (1) The First District is composed of a portion of this |
8 | Commonwealth. |
9 | (2) The Second District is composed of a portion of this |
10 | Commonwealth. |
11 | (3) The Third District is composed of a portion of this |
12 | Commonwealth. |
13 | (4) The Fourth District is composed of a portion of this |
14 | Commonwealth. |
15 | (5) The Fifth District is composed of a portion of this |
16 | Commonwealth. |
17 | (6) The Sixth District is composed of a portion of this |
18 | Commonwealth. |
19 | (7) The Seventh District is composed of a portion of |
20 | this Commonwealth. |
21 | (8) The Eighth District is composed of a portion of this |
22 | Commonwealth. |
23 | (9) The Ninth District is composed of a portion of this |
24 | Commonwealth. |
25 | (10) The Tenth District is composed of a portion of this |
26 | Commonwealth. |
27 | (11) The Eleventh District is composed of a portion of |
28 | this Commonwealth. |
29 | (12) The Twelfth District is composed of a portion of |
30 | this Commonwealth. |
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1 | (13) The Thirteenth District is composed of a portion of |
2 | this Commonwealth. |
3 | (14) The Fourteenth District is composed of a portion of |
4 | this Commonwealth. |
5 | (15) The Fifteenth District is composed of a portion of |
6 | this Commonwealth. |
7 | (16) The Sixteenth District is composed of a portion of |
8 | this Commonwealth. |
9 | (17) The Seventeenth District is composed of a portion |
10 | of this Commonwealth. |
11 | (18) The Eighteenth District is composed of a portion of |
12 | this Commonwealth. |
13 | Section 302. Current officeholders and vacancies. |
14 | (a) Current officeholders.--The members of Congress now in |
15 | office shall continue in the office until the expiration of |
16 | their respective terms. |
17 | (b) Vacancies.--Vacancies now existing or happening after |
18 | the passage of this chapter and before the commencement of the |
19 | terms of the members elected at the election of 2012 shall be |
20 | filled for the unexpired terms from the districts established |
21 | under section 301. |
22 | Section 303. Missed political subdivision. |
23 | In the event any political subdivision or part thereof should |
24 | be omitted in the description of the congressional districts, |
25 | the political subdivision or part thereof shall be included as a |
26 | part of the congressional district which completely surrounds |
27 | it. Should any omitted political subdivision or part thereof be |
28 | not completely surrounded by one congressional district, it |
29 | shall become a part of that congressional district to which it |
30 | is contiguous, or if there are two or more such contiguous |
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1 | districts, it shall become a part of that congressional district |
2 | contiguous thereto which has the least population. |
3 | Section 304. Duty to publish notice of redistricting. |
4 | The secretary shall publish notice of the congressional |
5 | districts as established at least once in at least one newspaper |
6 | of general circulation in each county in which such newspapers |
7 | are published. The notice shall contain legal descriptions for |
8 | all congressional districts in the county in which the |
9 | publication is made. The notice shall also state the population |
10 | of the districts having the smallest and largest populations and |
11 | the percentage variation of such districts from the average |
12 | population for congressional districts. |
13 | CHAPTER 15 |
14 | MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
15 | Section 1510. Effective date. |
16 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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