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OH HB324
Bill
Status
9/13/2011
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Letson
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AI Summary
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Requires apportionment plans for General Assembly members to include or be accompanied by a map of Ohio outlining districts and a corresponding list of census block assignments.
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Mandates apportionment plans and maps be prepared no later than three weeks before the deadline for plan adoption, with public submissions also due three weeks prior.
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Requires persons responsible for apportionment to make all plans public three weeks before adoption deadline, displaying maps both physically and online with electronic files available for computer analysis.
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Mandates four public hearings at different state locations (Columbus, southwestern quadrant, northwestern quadrant, and eastern half) commencing no later than two weeks before the plan adoption deadline, with members of the public allowed to comment orally and in writing.
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Requires notice of public hearings to be published in the Ohio Register with instructions for submitting written comments and accessing apportionment plans; act declared an emergency with immediate effect.
Legislative Description
To specify that plans of apportionment for members of the General Assembly must include or be accompanied by a district map and corresponding list of census blocks, to specify a time by which plans of apportionment must be ready, to specify that the plans of apportionment must receive a public hearing at four locations throughout the state, and to declare an emergency.
General Assembly apportionment plans-maps of/deadline for/public hearings on
Last Action
To State Government & Elections
9/13/2011