Bill Text: MI SB0497 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; apportionment; redistricting of congressional districts; provide for. Amends title & secs. 3 & 5 of 1964 PA 282 (MCL 3.53 & 3.55); adds secs. 1a & 4a & repeals sec. 1 of 1964 PA 282 (MCL 3.51).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - Referred To Committee On Redistricting [SB0497 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0497-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 497
June 16, 2011, Introduced by Senator HUNE and referred to the Committee on Redistricting.
A bill to amend 1964 PA 282, entitled
"An act to divide the state into 15 congressional districts; to
prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments and
officers; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"
by amending the title and sections 3 and 5 (MCL 3.53 and 3.55), the
title as amended and sections 3 and 5 as added by 2001 PA 115, and
by adding sections 1a and 4a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An
act to divide the state into 15 14
congressional districts;
to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments and
officers; to make appropriations; and to repeal acts and parts of
acts.
Sec. 1a. The state is divided into 14 congressional districts
pursuant to the ratio of representation fixed under an act of
congress for the apportionment of the representatives among the
several states. Each district is entitled to 1 representative. For
terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 2013, the
districts are constituted and numbered as follows:
(a) The first district.
(b) The second district.
(c) The third district.
(d) The fourth district.
(e) The fifth district.
(f) The sixth district.
(g) The seventh district.
(h) The eighth district.
(i) The ninth district.
(j) The tenth district.
(k) The eleventh district.
(l) The twelfth district.
(m) The thirteenth district.
(n) The fourteenth district.
Sec. 3. (1) The secretary of state shall prepare a map and a
legal description of each district constituted under this act. The
legal description shall be in terms of political subdivisions, such
as counties, cities, and townships; man-made features, such as
streets, roads, highways, and railroads; and natural features, such
as waterways, which political subdivisions and man-made and natural
features form the boundaries of the district. The secretary of
state shall convey the map and legal description of each district
to the legislature and the governor.
(2) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, there is
appropriated for the department of state the sum of $30,000.00 for
the costs incurred by the secretary of state in complying with
subsection (1).
Sec. 4a. All of the following apply to the redistricting plan
in section 1a:
(a) The number of county breaks in the redistricting plan is
determined by the following principles:
(i) Breaking a county line means assigning part of the
population of a county to 1 or more counties in the formation of a
district.
(ii) If population is shifted from a county to a single
election district, including a district from 2 geographically
separate areas, there is 1 break. Except as provided in
subparagraph (iii), if population from a county is shifted to 2 or
more election districts, there are 2 or more breaks.
(iii) If 1 part of a county is shifted to a district and the
rest of the county is shifted to another district, there is 1
break.
(b) The redistricting plan was designed to comply fully with
both section 2 of the voting rights act of 1965, 42 USC 1973, and
the requirements of the equal protection clause of amendment XIV of
the constitution of the United States. However, the plan does not
sacrifice traditional neutral principles, such as, most
importantly, preservation of county and municipal boundaries, for
the purpose of engaging in a gerrymander that unnecessarily favors
1 racial group over others.
(c) The redistricting plan for congressional districts
consists of 14 single-member districts composed of convenient
territories contiguous by land.
Sec. 5. As used in this act:
(a) "Block" means block as that term is used by the United
States department of commerce, bureau of the census in conducting
the
2000 2010 decennial census.
(b) "Tract" means tract as that term is used by the United
States department of commerce, bureau of the census in conducting
the
2000 2010 decennial census.
Enacting section 1. Section 1 of 1964 PA 282, MCL 3.51, is
repealed.
