HCR 2058
Initials JH Page 1 Municipal Oversight & Elections
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HCR2058: legislative districts; population; census; citizenship
Sponsor: Representative Heap, LD 10
Committee on Municipal Oversight & Elections
Overview
Directs the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) or other officer or body designated
by the Legislature, to take a census in years ending in zero and use this data to determine
the citizen population of each Legislative district.
History
Proposition 106 is a citizen initiative that amended the Arizona Constitution by removing
the Legislature's authority to draw congressional and state legislative districts and
reassigned this duty to the IRC. This measure was approved by the voters in 2000.
Provisions
1. Directs the IRC, or other officer or body designated by the Legislature, to take a census
that must be completed no later than December 31 of years ending in zero. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires the census to include a tabulation of the number of United States citizens
residing in Arizona and their residences. (Sec. 1)
3. Specifies the census may be conducted consistent with the procedures and methods
adopted by the United States' census bureau or its successor agency. (Sec. 1)
4. Prohibits the IRC, or other designated body, from employing federal practices
inconsistent with this act. (Sec. 1)
5. Instructs the IRC to use the data collected from the census to determine the citizen
population of each Legislative district. (Sec. 1)
6. Specifies, if no census is timely completed, the IRC must use the most current data from
the United States census bureau or its successor agency to determine the citizen
population of each Legislative district. (Sec. 1)
7. Requires the IRC, during the commencement of the mapping process for legislative
districts, to create districts of equal citizen population in a grid-like pattern across the
state. (Sec. 1)
8. Specifies any member of the Legislature has standing to initiate any action or proceedings
to enforce the provisions of this act. (Sec. 1)
9. Contains a Legislative findings and declaration of purpose clause.
10. Makes technical and conforming changes.
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note