Bill Text: IN HB1602 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Establishes the 2011 Indiana congressional district plan.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-16 - Effective 07/01/2011 [HB1602 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1602-Enrolled.html
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Chapter 4. General Provisions Relating to Establishing Congressional Districts
Sec. 1. All terms and references to geographic units made in the descriptions of districts in this article:
(1) have the same meanings as the terms have when used by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, in reporting the 2010 decennial census of Indiana as supplemented by geographic information compiled and documented by the legislative services agency; and
(2) describe the same geographical boundaries as depicted by maps included in the GIS.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "district" refers to a district described in IC 3-3-5.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "GIS" refers to the geographic information system maintained by the office that contains the following information:
(1) Geographic and population information provided in the official census report to the state by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, in reporting
the 2010 decennial census of Indiana.
(2) Election history and supplemental geographic information
compiled by the legislative services agency.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the office of
census data of the legislative services agency.
Sec. 5. (a) Any part of Indiana that has not been described as
included in a district is included within the district that:
(1) is contiguous to the part; and
(2) contains the least population of districts contiguous to that
part according to the 2010 decennial census of Indiana.
(b) If any part of Indiana is described as being in more than one
(1) district, the part is included within the district that:
(1) is one (1) of the districts in which the part is listed in
IC 3-3-5, whichever is applicable;
(2) is contiguous to the part; and
(3) contains the least population according to the 2010
decennial census of Indiana.
(c) If any part of Indiana:
(1) is described in IC 3-3-5 as being in one (1) district; and
(2) is entirely surrounded by another district;
the part shall be incorporated into the district that surrounds the
part.
(d) If any part of Indiana:
(1) is described as being in one (1) district; and
(2) is not contiguous to another part of the district that
contains the majority of the population in the district;
the part is included with the contiguous district that contains the
least population according to the 2010 decennial census of Indiana.
Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "geographic sliver" means a
polygon contained in the GIS resulting from the overlay of an
existing geographic data set onto a more recent version of that
geographic data set.
(b) A geographic sliver is considered to be included in the
description of the larger unit of geography to which the geographic
sliver belongs within the same geographic data set.
(c) If this article provides that a district includes a unit of
geography in Indiana, that district contains any geographic slivers
included in that unit of geography under subsection (b).
Sec. 7. The office shall make modifications in the GIS necessary
to conform the GIS to the rules stated in sections 5 and 6 of this
chapter.
Sec. 8. The legislative services agency shall separately maintain
and preserve in the GIS the descriptions and maps included in the
2010 decennial census of Indiana. The legislative services agency
shall make those descriptions and maps available for public
inspection during regular office hours and on the Internet.
Sec. 9. The official report and all official documents relating to
the report of the 2010 decennial census are incorporated by
reference into this article.
Chapter 5. Indiana Congressional Districts, 2011 Plan
Sec. 1. The First Congressional District consists of the following:
COUNTIES:
Lake County, Porter County
LaPorte County TOWNSHIPS:
Cass, Clinton, Coolspring, Dewey, Michigan, New Durham, Springfield
LaPorte County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180910417002047, 180910417002039, 180910417002069, 180910417002016, 180910417002031, 180910417002033, 180910417002042, 180910417002067, 180910417002038, 180910417002018, 180910417002015, 180910417002008, 180910417002014, 180910417002017, 180910417002029, 180910417002032, 180910417002003, 180910417002009, 180910417002036, 180910417002044, 180910417002041, 180910417002046, 180910417002051, 180910417002012, 180910417002005, 180910417002007, 180910417002068, 180910417002043, 180910417002002, 180910417002004, 180910417002006, 180910417002026, 180910417002028, 180910417002013, 180910417002001, 180910417002045, 180910417002037, 180910417002025, 180910417002040, 180910417002027, 180910417002000
Sec. 2. The Second Congressional District consists of the following:
COUNTIES:
Elkhart County, Fulton County, Marshall County, Miami County, Pulaski County, St. Joseph County, Starke County, Wabash County
Kosciusko County TOWNSHIPS:
Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Turkey Creek, Van Buren
LaPorte County TOWNSHIPS:
Center, Hanna, Hudson, Johnson, Kankakee, Lincoln, Noble, Pleasant, Prairie, Scipio, Union, Washington, Wills
Kosciusko County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180859613002008
LaPorte County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180910417001008, 180910418001020, 180910417001054, 180910417001061, 180910417001007, 180910417001041, 180910417001047, 180910417001044, 180910418001047, 180910417001017, 180910417001051, 180910417001009, 180910418002004, 180910417001040, 180910417001052, 180910417001062, 180910417002022, 180910418003012, 180910417001020, 180910417001039, 180910417001038, 180910417001058, 180910417002054, 180910417001005, 180910418003008, 180910417001057, 180910417001013, 180910417001059, 180910418001024, 180910417001034, 180910417001055, 180910417001053, 180910418001023, 180910417001043, 180910417001048, 180910417001018, 180910417002030, 180910418001044, 180910418001026, 180910418001025, 180910418001049, 180910418001043, 180910417001006, 180910417001019, 180910417002034, 180910418002012, 180910418003032, 180910418003033, 180910417001016, 180910418002003, 180910418001045, 180910418001027, 180910418001041, 180910418001022, 180910418001048, 180910417001065, 180910417001046, 180910417001045, 180910417001015, 180910417002021, 180910417002023, 180910418001021, 180910418002001, 180910418002011, 180910417001011, 180910418002002, 180910418001042, 180910417001010, 180910417001050, 180910417001066, 180910417001042, 180910417001067, 180910417001060, 180910418002000, 180910418001040, 180910417001049, 180910417001012, 180910418003007, 180910417002035, 180910418002005, 180910418001046, 180910418001080, 180910417001056, 180910417001014
Sec. 3. The Third Congressional District consists of the following:
COUNTIES:
Adams County, Allen County, DeKalb County, Huntington County, Jay County, LaGrange County, Noble County, Steuben County, Wells County, Whitley County
Blackford County TOWNSHIPS:
Harrison
Kosciusko County TOWNSHIPS:
Jackson, Monroe, Tippecanoe, Washington, Wayne
Kosciusko County PRECINCTS:
PLAIN 01, PLAIN 03, PLAIN 04, PLAIN 05 CITY OF WARSAW
Blackford County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180099751003033, 180099751003086, 180099751003085, 180099751003034, 180099751003061, 180099751003068, 180099751003035, 180099751003064, 180099751003022, 180099751003004, 180099751003028, 180099751003025, 180099751003001, 180099751003091, 180099751003109, 180099751003055, 180099751003062, 180099751003107, 180099751003083, 180099751003060, 180099751003031, 180099751003092, 180099751003003, 180099751003020, 180099751003088, 180099751003084, 180099751003067, 180099751003037, 180099751003023, 180099751003094, 180099751003021, 180099751003000, 180099751003081, 180099751003065, 180099751003096, 180099751003095, 180099751003016, 180099751003027, 180099751003036, 180099751003058, 180099751003030, 180099751003063, 180099751003024, 180099751003059, 180099751003066, 180099751003005, 180099751003029, 180099751003017, 180099751003082, 180099751003087, 180099751003032, 180099751003079, 180099751003090, 180099751003080, 180099751003019, 180099751003002, 180099751003006, 180099751003018, 180099751003106, 180099751003089, 180099751003093
Kosciusko County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180859612004016, 180859613002009, 180859613003037, 180859613002094, 180859613002090, 180859613002060, 180859613002087, 180859613002084, 180859613002075, 180859613002072, 180859612004024, 180859612004023, 180859613002047, 180859613002074, 180859613002077, 180859613002068, 180859613002040, 180859613002054, 180859613002010, 180859613002012, 180859613002065, 180859613002045, 180859613002051, 180859612004011, 180859613002048, 180859612004012, 180859612004013, 180859612004015, 180859613002089, 180859613002007, 180859613002081, 180859613002046, 180859613002011, 180859613002062, 180859613002073, 180859612004022, 180859612004018, 180859613002055, 180859612004017, 180859613002091, 180859613002005, 180859613002052, 180859612004064, 180859612004006, 180859613002038,
180859612004010, 180859612004021, 180859613002080,
180859612004036, 180859613002076, 180859612004009,
180859613002058, 180859613002093, 180859613002061,
180859613002006, 180859613002050, 180859613002066,
180859613002086, 180859613002070, 180859613002095,
180859613002082, 180859612004008, 180859613002085,
180859613002079, 180859613002057, 180859613002083,
180859612004007, 180859613002063, 180859613002067,
180859613002097, 180859613002078, 180859613002059,
180859612004020, 180859613002092, 180859613002053,
180859612004000, 180859613002043, 180859612004019,
180859613002088, 180859613002003, 180859613002064,
180859613002044, 180859613002071, 180859613002049,
180859613002056, 180859613002069, 180859613002039,
180859613002004
Sec. 4. The Fourth Congressional District consists of the
following:
COUNTIES:
Benton County, Carroll County, Cass County, Clinton
County, Fountain County, Hendricks County, Jasper County,
Montgomery County, Newton County, Putnam County,
Tippecanoe County, Warren County, White County
Boone County TOWNSHIPS:
Center, Clinton, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Sugar
Creek, Washington, Worth
Howard County TOWNSHIPS:
Center, Clay, Ervin, Harrison, Honey Creek, Monroe
Morgan County TOWNSHIPS:
Adams, Brown, Gregg, Monroe
Howard County PRECINCTS:
HOWARD 02, PRECINCT 16 NV, PRECINCT 57, TAYLOR
01, TAYLOR 03, TAYLOR 04, TAYLOR 05
Morgan County PRECINCTS:
ASHLAND 01
Howard County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180670102003056, 180670102003037, 180670102003046,
180670102003014, 180670102003013, 180670102003016,
180670102003055, 180670102003036, 180670102003045,
180670102003015
Morgan County CENSUS BLOCKS:
181095110003086, 181095110003055, 181095110003083,
181095110003087, 181095110003080, 181095110003079,
181095110003054, 181095110003085, 181095110002033,
181095110003052, 181095110003082, 181095110003053,
181095110002046
Sec. 5. The Fifth Congressional District consists of the following:
COUNTIES:
Grant County, Hamilton County, Madison County, Tipton
County
Blackford County TOWNSHIPS:
Jackson, Licking
Boone County TOWNSHIPS:
Eagle, Marion, Union
Howard County TOWNSHIPS:
Jackson, Liberty, Union
Howard County PRECINCTS:
TAYLOR 02, TAYLOR 06
Marion County PRECINCTS:
20-001, 20-002, 21-001, 21-002, 21-003, 21-004, 21-005, 21-006,
21-007, 21-008, 21-009, 21-010, 21-011, 21-012, 21-013, 21-014,
22-001, 22-002, 22-006, LA001, LA002, LA003, LA004,
LA005, LA006, LA007, LA008, LA009, LA010, LA011,
LA012, LA013, LA014, LA015, LA016, LA017, LA018,
LA019, LA020, LA021, LA022, LA023, LA024, LA025,
LA026, LA027, LA028, LA029, LA030, LA031, LA032,
LA033, LA034, LA035, LA036, LA037, LA038, LA039,
LA042, LA044, LA045, LA046, PK001, PK002, PK003,
PK004, PK005, PK006, PK007, PK008, PK009, PK010,
PK011, PK012, PK013, PK014, PK015, PK016, PK017,
PK018, PK029, PK030, PK031, PK032, WS001, WS002,
WS003, WS004, WS005, WS006, WS007, WS008, WS009,
WS010, WS011, WS012, WS013, WS014, WS015, WS016,
WS017, WS018, WS019, WS020, WS021, WS022, WS023,
WS024, WS025, WS026, WS027, WS028, WS029, WS030,
WS031, WS032, WS033, WS034, WS035, WS036, WS039,
WS040, WS041, WS044, WS048, WS051, WS052, WS053,
WS054, WS055, WS056, WS057, WS058, WS059, WS060,
WS061, WS066
Blackford County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180099751003044, 180099751003008, 180099751003070,
180099751003056, 180099751003014, 180099751003013,
180099751003073, 180099751003046, 180099751003049,
180099751003050, 180099751003102, 180099751003069,
180099751003015, 180099751003038, 180099751003047,
180099751003054, 180099751003077, 180099751003105,
180099751003101, 180099751003007, 180099751003074,
180099751003078, 180099751003104, 180099751003097,
180099751003071, 180099751003057, 180099751003100,
180099751003098, 180099751003043, 180099751003012,
180099751003103, 180099751003048, 180099751003072,
180099751003011, 180099751003051, 180099751003026,
180099751003041, 180099751003075, 180099751003040,
180099751003009, 180099751003042, 180099751003053,
180099751003108, 180099751003039, 180099751003045,
180099751003010, 180099751003076, 180099751003099,
180099751003052
Howard County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180670102003030, 180670102005000, 180670102003058,
180670102003029, 180670102003020, 180670102003018,
180670102005004, 180670102003060, 180670102003033,
180670102003059, 180670102003034, 180670102005003,
180670102005010, 180670102003044, 180670102003035,
180670102005002, 180670102003032, 180670102003043,
180670102003031, 180670102005001, 180670102003054,
180670013001018, 180670102003017, 180670013001000,
180670102003019, 180670013001019
Marion County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180973223001012, 180973223002003, 180973223002012,
180973223001010, 180973223002010, 180973223001013,
180973223001011, 180973223001017, 180973223001014,
180973223002011
Sec. 6. The Sixth Congressional District consists of the following:
COUNTIES:
Bartholomew County, Dearborn County, Decatur County,
Delaware County, Fayette County, Franklin County, Hancock
County, Henry County, Jefferson County, Jennings County,
Ohio County, Randolph County, Ripley County, Rush
County, Shelby County, Switzerland County, Union County,
Wayne County
Scott County TOWNSHIPS:
Jennings, Johnson
Scott County PRECINCTS:
LEXINGTON 01
Scott County CENSUS BLOCKS:
181439671001051, 181439671001049, 181439671002012,
181439671001052, 181439671002019, 181439671002041,
181439671002018, 181439671001046, 181439671001044,
181439671002010, 181439671002036, 181439671002085,
181439671004012, 181439671002014, 181439671002034,
181439671002069, 181439671002016, 181439671001008,
181439671002020, 181439671001048, 181439671001009,
181439671002042, 181439671002086, 181439671001050,
181439671001040, 181439671002035, 181439671002071,
181439671001041, 181439671002022, 181439671002011,
181439671004040, 181439671002087, 181439671004013,
181439671001055, 181439671002073, 181439671002039,
181439671002040, 181439671002021, 181439671002043,
181439671002072, 181439671001045, 181439671002074,
181439671002070, 181439671004014, 181439671002075,
181439671001023, 181439671004015, 181439671002023,
181439671002038, 181439671002037, 181439671002013,
181439671002017, 181439671002015, 181439671001047
Sec. 7. The Seventh Congressional District consists of the
following:
Marion County TOWNSHIPS:
Center, Decatur, Franklin, Perry, Warren, Wayne
Marion County PRECINCTS:
20-003, 20-004, 20-005, 20-006, 20-007, 20-008, 20-009, 20-010,
20-011, 20-012, 22-003, 22-005, 22-007, 22-008, 22-009, 27-001,
27-002, 27-003, 27-004, 27-005, 27-006, 27-007, 27-008, 27-009,
27-010, 27-011, 27-012, 27-013, 27-014, 27-015, 27-016, 31-001,
31-002, 31-003, 31-004, 32-001, 32-002, 32-003, LA040,
LA041, LA043, LA047, LA048, LA049, LA050, LA051,
LA052, LA053, LA054, LA055, LA056, LA057, LA058,
PK019, PK020, PK021, PK022, PK023, PK024, PK025,
PK026, PK027, PK028, PK033, PK034, PK035, PK036,
PK037, PK038, PK039, PK040, PK041, PK042, PK043,
PK044, PK045, PK046, WS037, WS038, WS042, WS043,
WS045, WS046, WS047, WS049, WS050, WS062, WS063,
WS064, WS065
Marion County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180973222001001, 180973222001002, 180973223001016,
180973222002003, 180973223002001, 180973222002002,
180973222002001, 180973223001015, 180973222001000,
180973222002000, 180973222001003, 180973223002002,
180973223002000
Sec. 8. The Eighth Congressional District consists of the
following:
COUNTIES:
Clay County, Daviess County, Dubois County, Gibson County, Greene County, Knox County, Martin County, Owen County, Parke County, Perry County, Pike County, Posey County, Spencer County, Sullivan County, Vanderburgh County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Warrick County
Crawford County TOWNSHIPS:
Boone
Crawford County PRECINCTS:
OHIO 02, PATOKA 02, UNION 02
Crawford County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180259520002059, 180259520002037, 180259520002041, 180259520002130, 180259520002111, 180259520002136, 180259520002133, 180259520002106, 180259520002091, 180259520002039, 180259520002103, 180259520002048, 180259520002053, 180259520002124, 180259520002100, 180259520002102, 180259520002134, 180259520002109, 180259520002112, 180259520002115, 180259520002110, 180259520002140, 180259520002045, 180259520002095, 180259520002094, 180259520002035, 180259520002050, 180259520002054, 180259520002043, 180259520002056, 180259520002052, 180259520002139, 180259520002127, 180259520002051, 180259520002099, 180259520002135, 180259520002092, 180259520002146, 180259520002132, 180259520002125, 180259520002040, 180259520002147, 180259520002107, 180259520002058, 180259520002049, 180259520002044, 180259520002123, 180259520002036, 180259520002108, 180259520002096, 180259520002042, 180259520002101, 180259520002117, 180259520002116, 180259520002119, 180259520002137, 180259520002055, 180259520002093, 180259520002128, 180259520002098, 180259520002060, 180259520002105, 180259520002104, 180259520002118, 180259520002131, 180259520002113, 180259520002126, 180259520002138, 180259521002052, 180259520002057, 180259521002051, 180259520002038, 180259520002114, 180259520002090
Sec. 9. The Ninth Congressional District consists of the following:
COUNTIES:
Brown County, Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Lawrence County, Monroe County, Orange County, Washington County
Crawford County TOWNSHIPS:
Jennings, Liberty, Sterling, Whiskey Run
Morgan County TOWNSHIPS:
Baker, Clay, Green, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Ray, Washington
Scott County TOWNSHIPS:
Finley, Vienna
Crawford County PRECINCTS:
OHIO 01, PATOKA 01, UNION 01
Crawford County CENSUS BLOCKS:
180259520002097, 180259520002047, 180259520002046
Morgan County CENSUS BLOCKS:
181095110003003, 181095104013060, 181095110003045, 181095110003022, 181095110003021, 181095110003048, 181095110002042, 181095110002036, 181095110003005, 181095110003047, 181095110002041, 181095110002016, 181095110003051, 181095110003043, 181095110002017, 181095110002040, 181095110002037, 181095110003044, 181095110002039, 181095110003049, 181095110002015, 181095110003000, 181095110003050, 181095110003046, 181095110003042, 181095110003041, 181095110002035, 181095110003002, 181095110003001, 181095110003084, 181095110003081, 181095110003004, 181095110002034, 181095110002038
Scott County CENSUS BLOCKS:
181439671002052, 181439671002024, 181439671002044, 181439671002062, 181439671002045, 181439671002063
Sec. 10. Beginning November 6, 2012, the 2001 Congressional District Plan:
(1) adopted by the redistricting commission under IC 3-3-2; and
(2) published in the governor's executive order 01-11 in the Indiana Register at 24 IR 3293-3298;
is void.
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