HB10 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-46-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to permit municipalities to adjust districts and wards by census tract description; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and to provide for retroactive application of this act.

Description

Existing law permits municipalities to redraw boundary lines to change the territories of existing districts or wards, consolidate them, or create new districts or wards by subdivision. Municipalities must adjust district boundaries by an ordinance that must describe the territories of redrawn districts by metes and bounds.

This bill would allow municipalities to use census tracts to make the required description in the ordinance in order to redraw districts, and it would apply retroactively to validate districts and wards already redrawn using census tracts.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive changes by eliminating duplicative language and updating antiquated language and terminology.

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Subjects

Voting Districts, amend district lines by census tract