Senate Concurrent Resolution 1022 Summary

• Proposes constitutional amendment to establish an independent redistricting commission consisting of five members with political balance to draw congressional and state legislative districts.

• Requires the independent redistricting commission or designated legislative body to conduct a decennial census in years ending in zero to count citizen population and determine legislative district boundaries based on equal citizen population rather than total population.

• Establishes a state census fund with $5,000,000 transferred annually from the citizens clean election fund to support census operations.

• Mandates that legislative districts be created starting with a grid-like pattern of equal citizen population, then adjusted to comply with the Voting Rights Act, maintain geographic compactness, respect communities of interest, and favor competitive districts where practicable.

• Requires submission of the amendment to Arizona voters at the next general election.