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AR HB1996

Bill

Status

Prefiled

N/A

Primary Sponsor

Andrea Lea

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Origin

House of Representatives

88th General Assembly (2011 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Incarcerated persons in Department of Correction facilities shall be counted as residents of the county where they resided at time of sentencing, not the county where the facility is located, for apportionment purposes.

  • Department of Correction must collect and maintain records of each incarcerated person's residential address before sentencing.

  • Department of Correction shall submit to the Secretary of State by July 1 each census year the residential addresses of incarcerated persons before sentencing, without including names.

  • State Board of Apportionment shall adjust county population figures based on incarcerated persons' pre-sentencing addresses and use adjusted information for all apportionment purposes.

  • Secretary of State shall provide county election boards with the number of incarcerated persons to be counted as residents of each county based on information from the Department of Correction.

Legislative Description

To Clarify County Population For Apportionment Purposes; To Require The Department Of Correction To Collect And Maintain Residential Address Information For Incarcerated Persons.

Last Action

House Recommended for study in the Interim by Joint Interim Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE

3/25/2011

Committee Referrals

State Agencies and Governmental Affairs3/7/2011

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