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AR HB2102

Bill

Status

Prefiled

N/A

Primary Sponsor

Andrea Lea

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Origin

House of Representatives

88th General Assembly (2011 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Amends apportionment law to base district allocation on federal decennial census population as adjusted under new procedures, with the number of districts equal to the county's legal entitlement.

  • Requires the Department of Correction to collect and maintain pre-sentencing residential addresses for incarcerated persons when the federal census counts them as residents of the correctional facility county.

  • Mandates the Department of Correction submit collected residential address records to the Secretary of State by July 1 each year, excluding incarcerated persons' names and those without in-state residency or unknown addresses.

  • Directs the State Board of Apportionment to adjust county population based on incarcerated persons' actual pre-sentencing residential addresses for all apportionment purposes.

  • Updates highway revenue distribution formulas to use census data adjusted under the new incarcerated person procedures for calculating the 17.5% population-based and 13.5% rural population-based allocations to counties.

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; To Clarify The Distribution Of Funds To Counties.

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

Full Bill Text

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