Bill Text: MI HB4559 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; apportionment; hearings on congressional redistricting plan; require. Amends sec. 2 of 1999 PA 221 (MCL 3.62).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-21 - Printed Bill Filed 04/15/2011 [HB4559 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4559-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4559
April 14, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Nathan, Lindberg, Hovey-Wright, Bauer, Townsend, Brown, Santana, Cavanagh, Dillon, Switalski, Ananich, Melton, Smiley, Brunner, Stanley, Slavens, Meadows and McCann and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.
A bill to amend 1999 PA 221, entitled
"Congressional redistricting act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 3.62).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) Not later than November 1, 2001, and every 10
years thereafter, the legislature shall enact a redistricting plan
for congressional districts apportioned to Michigan. Before
enacting any redistricting plan under this act and at least 45 days
after the official total population count of the federal decennial
census is available, the legislature shall hold at least 6 public
hearings on any legislative redistricting plan. At least 1 of the
hearings required under this subsection shall take place in each of
the following locations in this state:
(a) The Upper Peninsula.
(b) The northern part of the Lower Peninsula, north of a line
drawn along the northern boundaries of the counties of Bay,
Midland, Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo, and Oceana.
(c) Southwestern Michigan, those counties south of the region
described in subdivision (b) and west of a line drawn along the
western boundaries of the counties of Bay, Saginaw, Shiawassee,
Ingham, Jackson, and Hillsdale.
(d) Southeastern Michigan, the remaining counties of the
state.
(2) The legislature shall not report any redistricting plan
from committee until at least 30 days after the hearings required
in subsection (1) are held.
