S.B. 5001

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CONGRESSIONAL FOUR MEMBER
2 REDISTRICTING PLAN
3 2006 FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
6 House Sponsor: David Clark
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies statutory provisions governing Utah's United States Congressional
11 districts.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . repeals the four-member Congressional plan enacted in 2001;
15 . establishes new boundaries to create four United States Congressional districts in
16 Utah;
17 . establishes certain maps as the legal boundaries of those Congressional districts;
18 . takes effect upon the occurrence of certain contingencies; and
19 . provides a legislative intent statement.
20 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
21 None
22 Other Special Clauses:
23 This bill provides an immediate effective date for Section 2.
24 This bill provides a contingent effective date for Sections 1, 3, and 5.
25 This bill provides revisor instructions.
26 Utah Code Sections Affected:
27 REPEALS AND REENACTS:

28 20A-13-101, as repealed and reenacted by Chapter 6, Laws of Utah 2001, Second
29 Special Session
30 REPEALS:
31 Chapter 7, Laws of Utah 2001, Second Special Session
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33 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
34 Section 1. Section 20A-13-101 is repealed and reenacted to read:
35 20A-13-101. Representatives to the United States Congress -- Four representative
36 districts -- When elected -- District boundaries.
37 (1) (a) Utah is divided into four districts for the election of representatives to the
38 Congress of the United States, with one member to be elected from each Congressional district.
39 (b) At each general election held after this section takes effect, and at any special
40 election called by the governor to elect one or more members of Congress held within one year
41 after this section takes effect, one representative from each Congressional district shall be
42 elected to serve in the Congress of the United States.
43 (2) (a) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the
44 Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection
45 with the taking of the 2000 national decennial census as the official data for establishing
46 Congressional district boundaries.
47 (b) The numbers and boundaries of the Congressional districts are designated and
48 established by the maps attached to the bill that enacts this section.
49 Section 2. Repealer.
50 This bill repeals:
51 Chapter 7, Laws of Utah 2001, Second Special Session, which contains Section
52 20A-13-101 (Contingently Effective).
53 Section 3. Intent statement.
54 It is the intent of the Legislature that:
55 (1) the four Congressional districts enacted in this S.B. 5001 replace, on the dates that
56 S.B. 5001 takes effect, the three Congressional districts repealed and reenacted in S.B. 2002,
57 Chapter 6, Laws of Utah 2001, Second Special Session; and
58 (2) if necessary, the governor convene the Legislature into a special session to resolve

59 any conflicts with statutory provisions governing the electoral process so that four
60 Congressional representatives can be elected as soon as reasonably possible.
61 Section 4. Contingent effective date.
62 (1) If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, Section 2,
63 Repealer, of this bill takes effect immediately upon approval by the governor, or the day
64 following the constitutional time limit of Utah Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the
65 governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.
66 (2) Section 1, Section 3, and Section 5 of this bill take effect:
67 (a) for purposes of nominating and electing members of the United States House of
68 Representatives, when the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives certifies to the
69 state of Utah that it is entitled to four representatives in the United States House of
70 Representatives; and
71 (b) for all other purposes, on the date that the state board of canvassers declares four
72 Congressional representatives from Utah elected after the first statewide special or regular
73 general election held after the date that certification from the Clerk of the United States House
74 of Representatives is received.
75 Section 5. Revisor instructions.
76 When the provisions in this bill take effect as provided in Section 4, it is the intent of
77 the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel:
78 (1) update the Utah Code database so that Section 20A-13-101 in this bill supersedes
79 the provisions of Section 20A-13-101 contained in S.B. 2002, Chapter 6, Laws of Utah 2001,
80 Second Special Session; and
81 (2) in Subsection 20A-13-101 (1)(b), replace "this section takes effect" with the actual
82 effective date of this bill.




Legislative Review Note
as of 11-30-06 3:45 PM

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

Legislative Committee Note
as of 11-30-06 4:03 PM

The Redistricting Committee recommended this bill.