Bill Text: OR HB2448 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2448 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to redistricting.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2448 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2448-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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                         House Bill 2448

Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Rules)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs Department of Corrections to determine residency status
of inmates in custody of department for purposes of legislative
and congressional redistricting. Directs Legislative Assembly or
Secretary of State, as applicable, to adjust United States Census
Bureau data to reflect permanent residence status of inmates
before beginning redistricting process.
  Directs Legislative Assembly or Secretary of State, for
purposes of redistricting, to consider resident inmate at
location of permanent residence and not at location of facility
in which inmate is physically located.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to redistricting.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 188.010 to 188.285. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Inmate' means a person committed to the physical and legal
custody of the Department of Corrections.
  (b) 'Nonresident' means any person who is not a resident.
  (c) 'Permanent residence' means a fixed place of abode or fixed
domicile, other than a department facility, where an inmate
resided before being placed in the custody of the department.
  (d) 'Resident' means a person whose permanent residence is
located in this state.
  (2) The department shall determine whether each inmate is a
resident or nonresident. For inmates who are residents, the
department shall determine the permanent residence of the inmate,
if such information is available. The department shall provide
the information to the Legislative Assembly and the Secretary of
State no later than January 1 of the year next following the
conduct of the latest federal decennial census.
  (3) Before apportioning congressional and legislative districts
in this state, the Legislative Assembly or the Secretary of
State, whichever is applicable, shall adjust the latest federal
decennial census information obtained from the United States
Census Bureau to reflect the information provided under
subsection (2) of this section.

  (4) When apportioning congressional and legislative districts
in this state, the Legislative Assembly or the Secretary of
State, whichever is applicable, shall consider resident inmates
to have a permanent residence at the location identified under
subsection (2) of this section and not at the location of the
department facility in which the inmate is physically located,
unless the department is unable to determine the permanent
residence of the inmate.
  (5) This section does not apply to inmates who have been
sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the possibility
of release or parole.
  (6) Upon request of a city or county, the department shall make
the residency data collected under this section available to
cities or counties for local redistricting purposes. + }
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