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FRQBD5-1
By Representatives Pringle, Ledbetter, Sells, Paramore,
Kirkland, Cole, Shaw, Wood (R), Oliver, Bedsole, Underwood
RFD: State Government
First Read: 17-Jul-23
2023 Second Special Session
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6 FRQBD5-1 07/14/2023 PMG (L)ma 2023-2541 Pringle1
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SYNOPSIS:
This bill would redraw the state's U.S.
Congressional districts, last drawn in 2021, following
the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan,
599 U.S. ____, 143 S.Ct. 1487 (June 8, 2023).
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Section 17-14-70, Code of Alabama 1975, to
provide for the reapportionment and redistricting of the
state's United States Congressional districts for the purpose
of electing members at the General Election in 2024 and
thereafter, until the release of the next federal census.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 17-14-70, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง17-14-70
(a) The State of Alabama is divided into seven
congressional districts as provided in subsection (b).
(b) The numbers and boundaries of the districts are
designated and established by the map prepared by the
Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and
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identified and labeled as Pringle Congressional Plan 1 Pringle
Congressional Plan 1-2023 , including the corresponding
boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks,
and counties, and are incorporated by reference as part of
this section.
(c) The Legislature shall post for viewing on its
public website the map referenced in subsection (b), including
the corresponding boundary description provided by the census
tracts, blocks, and counties, and any alternative map,
including the corresponding boundary description provided by
the census tracts, blocks, and counties, introduced by any
member of the Legislature during the legislative session in
which this section is added or amended.
(d) Upon enactment of Act 2021-555, adding the act
amending this section and adopting the map identified in
subsection (b), the Clerk of the House of Representatives or
the Secretary of the Senate, as appropriate, shall transmit
the map and the corresponding boundary description provided by
the census tracts, blocks, and counties identified in
subsection (b) for certification and posting on the public
website of the Secretary of State.
(e) The boundary descriptions provided by the certified
map referenced in subsection (b) shall prevail over the
boundary descriptions provided by the census tracts, blocks,
and counties generated for the map."
Section 2. The provisions of this act are severable. If
any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional,
that declaration shall not affect the part which remains.
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Section 3. This act shall be effective for the election
of members of the state's U.S. Congressional districts at the
General Election of 2024 and thereafter, until the state's
U.S. Congressional districts are reapportioned and
redistricted after the 2030 decennial census.
Section 4. This act shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and approval by the Governor, or upon its
otherwise becoming law.
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