Bill Text: NY S01849 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the definition of "population" for purposes of providing substantially equal weight for the population of that local government in the allocation of representation in the local legislative body.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-01 - PRINT NUMBER 1849B [S01849 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S01849-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1849--B 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the defi- nition of "population" for purposes of providing substantially equal weight for the population of that local government in the allocation of representation in the local legislative body The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause (c.) of subparagraph 13 of paragraph a of subdivi- 2 sion 1 of section 10 of the municipal home rule law, as amended by 3 section 119 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 [(c.)] (c) As used in this subparagraph the term "population" shall 6 mean residents[, citizens, or registered voters]. For such purposes, no 7 person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, or to have 8 become a resident of a local government, as defined in subdivision eight 9 of section two of this chapter, by reason of being subject to the juris- 10 diction of the department of corrections and community supervision and 11 present in a state correctional facility pursuant to such jurisdiction. 12 A population base for such a plan of [apportionment] districting or 13 redistricting shall utilize the latest statistical information obtaina- 14 ble from an official enumeration done at the same time for all the resi- 15 dents[, citizens, or registered voters] of the local government. Such a 16 plan may allocate, by extrapolation or any other rational method, such 17 latest statistical information to representation areas or units of local 18 government, provided that any plan containing such an allocation shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05272-05-2S. 1849--B 2 1 have annexed thereto as an appendix, a detailed explanation of the allo- 2 cation. 3 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 34 of the municipal home rule law is 4 amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows: 5 g. As used in this subdivision the term "population" shall mean 6 residents. For such purposes, no person shall be deemed to have gained 7 or lost a residence, or to have become a resident of a local government, 8 as defined in subdivision eight of section two of this chapter, by 9 reason of being subject to the jurisdiction of the department of 10 corrections and community supervision and present in a state correction- 11 al facility pursuant to such jurisdiction. A population base for such a 12 plan of districting or redistricting shall utilize the latest statis- 13 tical information obtainable from an official enumeration done at the 14 same time for all the residents of the local government. Such a plan may 15 allocate, by extrapolation or any other rational method, such latest 16 statistical information to representation areas or units of local 17 government, provided that any plan containing such an allocation shall 18 have annexed thereto as an appendix, a detailed explanation of the allo- 19 cation. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.