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FL S1176
Joint Resolution
Status
Enrolled
2/9/2012
Primary Sponsor
Reapportionment
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AI Summary
- Apportions Florida into 120 single-member House districts and 40 single-member Senate districts using plans H000H9049 and S000S9008, based on the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census population data
- Establishes district boundaries using county lines, voting tabulation districts, census tracts, and census blocks, with stated intent to create compact districts that follow existing political and geographical boundaries where feasible
- Includes compliance provisions for the federal Voting Rights Act (Sections 2 and 5), with multiple districts specifically designed to protect the voting rights of racial and language minorities
- Contains severability language so that if any individual district is held invalid, the remaining districts remain in effect, and applies beginning with the 2012 primary and general elections
- Addresses contiguity and inclusion of omitted areas by assigning unspecified territory to the surrounding or contiguous district with the least population per legislator
Legislative Description
Joint Resolution of Apportionment
Last Action
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 505
2/9/2012
Committee Referrals
Reapportionment12/16/2011
Full Bill Text
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