Bill Text: HI SB3244 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Legislative Reapportionment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-16 - The committee(s) on GVR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [SB3244 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB3244-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to Legislative reapportionment.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 25-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Legislative reapportionment. The commission shall reapportion the members
of each house of the legislature on the basis, method, and criteria prescribed
by the Constitution of the United States and article IV of the Hawaii State
Constitution. [For purposes of legislative
reapportionment, a "permanent resident" means a person having the person's
domiciliary in the State. In determining
the total number of permanent residents for purposes of apportionment among the
four basic island units, the commission shall only extract non-permanent residents
from the total population of the State counted by the United States Census Bureau
for the respective reapportionment year.] The commission shall conduct public hearings
and consult with the apportionment advisory council of each basic island
unit. No more than one hundred days from
the date on which all members are certified, the commission shall cause to be given
in each basic island unit, public notice subject to section 1-28.5 of a legislative
reapportionment plan prepared and proposed by the commission. At least one public hearing on the proposed
reapportionment plan shall be held in each basic island unit after initial public
notice of the plan. At least twenty
days' notice shall be given of the public hearing. The notice shall include a statement of the
substance of the proposed reapportionment plan, and of the date, time, and place
where interested persons may be heard thereon.
The notice shall be given at least once in the basic island unit where
the hearing will be held. All interested
persons shall be afforded an opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments,
orally or in writing, for consideration by the commission. After the last of the public hearings, but in
no event later than one hundred fifty days from the date on which all members of
the commission are certified, the commission shall determine whether the plan
is in need of correction or modification, make the correction or modification,
if any, and file with the chief election officer, a final legislative
reapportionment plan. Within fourteen days
after the filing of the final reapportionment plan, the chief election officer
shall cause public notice subject to section 1‑28.5 to be given of the
final legislative reapportionment plan which, upon public notice, shall become
effective as of the date of filing and govern the election of members of the
next five succeeding legislatures."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Permanent Resident; Legislative Reapportionment; Definition
Description:
Repeals the definition of permanent resident for legislative reapportionment purposes.
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