PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE PRINTER'S NO. 252
No. 245 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY KUKOVICH, MELLOW, EARLL, M. WHITE, LAVALLE, O'PAKE, COSTA AND WAGNER, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 5, 2001
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 senatorial and 203 10 representative districts[, which] until the reapportionment 11 following the Federal Decennial Census for the year 2010 at 12 which time the Commonwealth shall be divided into 40 senatorial 13 and 125 representative districts. Each district shall be 14 composed of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in 15 population as practicable. Each senatorial district shall elect 16 one Senator, and each representative district one 17 Representative. Unless absolutely necessary no county, city,
1 incorporated town, borough, township or ward shall be divided in 2 forming either a senatorial or representative district. 3 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General 4 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the 5 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to 6 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article 7 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the 8 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in 9 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after 10 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. 11 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this 12 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the 13 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the 14 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the 15 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required 16 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such 17 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of 18 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the 19 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment 20 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first 21 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three 22 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by 23 the General Assembly. L5L83JLW/20010S0245B0252 - 2 -