days after the resolution first appears on the legislative
session calendars of the Senate and of the House of
Representatives. It shall not be in order to consider amendments
to the resolution.
(6) If the resolutions are approved by a vote of two-thirds
of all members elected to each House, the Secretary of the
Senate and the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives
shall certify the approval to the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
which plan shall constitute the certified final plan. If the
resolution under paragraph (4) fails to be approved by a vote of
two-thirds of all members elected to either House, the Secretary
of the Senate and the Parliamentarian of the House of
Representatives shall, within 24 hours, notify the commission in
writing. If the resolution is not approved, the following shall
apply:
(i) Not later than September 1 of each year ending in one,
the commission shall complete and approve a second preliminary
redistricting plan and maps prepared in accordance with
subsection (j), taking into account any information cited by the
Senate or House of Representatives for its failure to approve
the final plan insofar as it is possible to do so within the
requirements of subsection (j), and make such second preliminary
plan and maps available to the public through the commission's
publicly accessible Internet website.
(ii) Within 30 days following the deadline for approval of
the second preliminary plan as set forth in subparagraph (i),
the commission shall schedule and conduct at least four public
hearings, in different geographic regions of this Commonwealth,
on the second preliminary plan.
(iii) Not later than October 15 of each year ending in one,
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