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AR HB1824
Bill
Status
3/7/2013
Primary Sponsor
Andrea Lea
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AI Summary
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Requires incarcerated persons to be counted at their last known residential address before sentencing for congressional redistricting and quorum court district apportionment purposes.
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For incarcerated persons with unknown or out-of-state residential addresses, uses the location of the correctional facility where they are incarcerated on the date of the federal decennial census.
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Mandates the Department of Correction collect and maintain records of each incarcerated person's pre-sentencing residential address, out-of-state status, and unknown address situations by July 1 of each census year.
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Requires the Secretary of State to receive incarcerated person data from the Department of Correction and provide adjusted population counts to the State Board of Apportionment by county and census block.
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Prohibits names of incarcerated persons and apportionment data from being used in the distribution of state or federal aid.
Legislative Description
To Ensure That A Residential Address Be Used To Determine Population For Apportionment Purposes; And To Require The Department Of Correction To Collect And Maintain Residential Address Information Of Incarcerated Persons.
Last Action
Recommended for study in the Interim by Joint Interim Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
4/5/2013