Bill Text: IN SB0258 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes general technical provisions relating to establishing congressional districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-21 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment [SB0258 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0258-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-3.
Synopsis: Establishes general technical provisions relating to
establishing congressional districts. Establishes the 2011 Indiana
congressional district plan. Voids the 2001 congressional district plan
adopted by the redistricting commission. Repeals the 1991
congressional district plan.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedure.
January 31, 2011, amended; reassigned to Committee on Elections.
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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, "district" refers to an Indiana
congressional district described in IC 3-3-5.
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the office of
census data of the legislative services agency.
Sec. 6. (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) 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. 7. (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. 8. The office shall make modifications in the GIS necessary to conform the GIS to the rules stated in section 6 and section 7 of this chapter.
Sec. 9. 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. 10. 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:
Sec. 2. The Second Congressional District consists of the following:
Sec. 3. The Third Congressional District consists of the following:
Sec. 4. The Fourth Congressional District consists of the following:
Sec. 5. The Fifth Congressional District consists of the following:
Sec. 6. The Sixth Congressional District consists of the following:
Sec. 7. The Seventh Congressional District consists of the following:
Sec. 8. The Eighth Congressional District consists of the following:
Sec. 9. The Ninth Congressional District consists of the following:
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.
