Bill Text: GA HB163 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: General Assembly; redistricting plans; include and exclude prisoner population; provide
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-07 - House Second Readers [HB163 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB163-Introduced.html
11 LC 28
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House
Bill 163
By:
Representatives Dawkins-Haigler of the
93rd,
Mayo of the
91st,
Beasley-Teague of the
65th,
Stephenson of the
92nd,
Heard of the
114th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to provide for the
inclusion and exclusion of certain prisoners in population counts when
redistricting plans are created; to provide for related matters; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
provisions regarding the General Assembly, is amended by adding a new Code
section to read as follows:
"28-1-18.
(a)
The population count used after each decennial census for the purpose of
creating the congressional districting plan used to elect the state's
representatives in Congress:
(1)
Shall not include individuals who:
(A)
Were incarcerated in state or federal correctional facilities, as determined by
the United States decennial census; and
(B)
Were not residents of the State of Georgia before their incarceration;
and
(2)
Shall count individuals incarcerated in state or federal correctional facilities
in this state, as determined by the United States decennial census, at their
last known residence before incarceration if the individuals were residents of
the State of Georgia.
(b)
The population count used after each decennial census for the purpose of
creating the legislative districting plan for the General Assembly:
(1)
Shall not include individuals who:
(A)
Were incarcerated in state or federal correctional facilities, as determined by
the United States decennial census; and
(B)
Were not residents of the State of Georgia before their incarceration;
and
(2)
Shall count individuals incarcerated in state or federal correctional
facilities, as determined by the United States decennial census, at their last
known residence before incarceration if the individuals were residents of the
State of Georgia.
(c)
The population count used after each decennial census for the purpose of
creating districts that are used to elect the governing body of a county or a
municipal corporation:
(1)
Shall not include individuals who:
(A)
Were incarcerated in state or federal correctional facilities, as determined by
the United States decennial census; and
(B)
Were not residents of the State of Georgia before their incarceration;
and
(2)
Shall count individuals incarcerated in state or federal correctional
facilities, as determined by the United States decennial census, at their last
known residence before incarceration if the individuals were residents of the
State of Georgia."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
