SB400 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Senate, redistricting, Sec. 29-1-2.3 repealed, Sec. 29-1-2.3 added

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Sections 199 and 200 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, require the Legislature to reapportion and redistrict itself following the release of each federal decennial census</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would divide the state into districts for the purpose of electing members of the Alabama Senate at the General Election of 2018, until the next federal census is released</p><p class="bill_description"> The bill would provide venue in Montgomery County Circuit Court for any legal action, including any action pending in any court on the effective date of this act, challenging the validity of all or any portion of any Senate reapportionment or redistricting plan adopted pursuant to the bill</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To provide for the reapportionment and redistricting of the state into districts for the purpose of electing the members of the Alabama Senate at the General Election 2018, until the release of the next federal census; to provide venue in Montgomery County Circuit Court for any legal action, including any action pending in any court on the effective date of this act, challenging the validity of all or any portion of any Senate reapportionment or redistricting plan adopted pursuant to this act; and to repeal conflicting law. </p>

Subjects

Reapportionment