PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE PRINTER'S NO. 90
No. 68 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY O'PAKE, BOSCOLA, COSTA, FONTANA, PIPPY, EARLL, KASUNIC, ORIE, RAFFERTY, C. WILLIAMS, LAVALLE, BROWNE AND LOGAN, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
A JOINT RESOLUTION 1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth 2 of Pennsylvania, reducing the size of the General Assembly. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby resolves as follows: 5 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of 6 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: 7 That section 16 of Article II be amended to read: 8 § 16. Legislative districts. 9 The Commonwealth shall be divided into [50] 40 senatorial and 10 [203] 121 representative districts, which shall be composed of 11 compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population 12 as practicable. Each senatorial district shall elect one 13 Senator, and each representative district one Representative. 14 Unless absolutely necessary no county, city, incorporated town, 15 borough, township or ward shall be divided in forming either a 16 senatorial or representative district. 17 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
1 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the 2 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to 3 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article 4 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the 5 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in 6 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after 7 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. 8 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this 9 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the 10 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the 11 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the 12 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required 13 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such 14 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of 15 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the 16 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment 17 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first 18 primary, general or municipal election which meets the 19 requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article 20 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least 21 three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is 22 passed by the General Assembly. 23 Section 3. The amendment of section 16 of Article II of the 24 Constitution of Pennsylvania shall become effective for the term 25 of service beginning on December 1, 2009. L13L83JLW/20070S0068B0090 - 2 -