Bill Text: IA SSB1278 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution advising the legislative services agency of the reasons for the Senate's rejection of Senate File 620.(See SR 9.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-05 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SR 9. [SSB1278 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB1278-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1278
-
Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
RESOLUTION
BY
CHAIRPERSON
WHITVER)
A
Resolution
advising
the
legislative
services
agency
1
of
the
reasons
for
the
Senate’s
rejection
of
Senate
2
File
620.
3
WHEREAS,
Joint
Rule
24.1
requires
that
if
either
4
house
rejects
a
redistricting
plan
submitted
by
the
5
legislative
services
agency
that
house
shall
convey
the
6
reasons
for
such
rejection
to
the
legislative
services
7
agency
by
resolution;
NOW
THEREFORE,
8
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
Article
III,
9
section
34
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
10
states
that
“Each
district
so
established
shall
be
of
11
compact
and
contiguous
territory.
The
state
shall
12
be
apportioned
into
senatorial
and
representative
13
districts
on
the
basis
of
population”;
and
14
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
Iowa
Code
section
15
42.4(4)
requires
that
districts
shall
be
reasonably
16
compact
in
form
to
the
extent
consistent
with
the
17
requirements
of
population,
district
boundaries
18
coinciding
with
political
subdivisions,
and
be
of
19
convenient
contiguous
territory;
and
20
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
requests
21
a
second
plan
implementing
the
criteria
established
22
in
Article
III,
section
34
of
the
Constitution
of
23
the
State
of
Iowa
and
Iowa
Code
section
42.4(4),
by
24
submitting
a
plan
that
better
balances
compactness
with
25
the
legally
mandated
population
deviation.
26
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LSB
5044XC
(1)
89
ss/rn
1/
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