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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION 1 3 A Resolution advising legislative service bureau of the 1 4 reasons for the Senate's rejection of Senate File 540. 1 5 WHEREAS, Joint Rule 24.1 requires that if either 1 6 house rejects a redistricting plan submitted by the 1 7 legislative service bureau that house shall convey the 1 8 reasons for such rejection to the legislative service 1 9 bureau by resolution; NOW THEREFORE, 1 10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 1 11 requests that the next plan drafted by the legislative 1 12 service bureau improve the population deviations to 1 13 more nearly represent the ideal of "one person, one 1 14 vote"; and 1 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Iowa Code section 1 16 42.4(4) entitled "Redistricting Standards" states, "It 1 17 is preferable that districts be compact in form, but 1 18 the standards established by subsections 1, 2 and 3 1 19 take precedence over compactness where a conflict 1 20 arises between compactness and these standards." Iowa 1 21 Code section 42.4(1),(2), and (3) state the preferred 1 22 standards are population equalities, contiguous 1 23 territories, and district boundaries coinciding with 1 24 political subdivisions. Additionally, courts have 1 25 consistently held that lower population deviations 1 26 from the ideal population should take precedence over 1 27 perceived compactness of the districts. Therefore, 1 28 the next plan should more closely follow those 1 29 guidelines; and 1 30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate requests a 2 1 plan that at a minimum matches, or improves upon, the 2 2 population deviation in our current Congressional and 2 3 legislative districts; and, 2 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That in addition, the 2 5 Senate requests the legislative service bureau in the 2 6 next plan, strive to develop Congressional and 2 7 legislative districts that reflect urban and rural 2 8 interests in our state. Plan #1 regionalized Iowa at 2 9 the Congressional level. The districts that are 2 10 included in Plan #2 should better reflect the 2 11 convenient, contiguous territory of our state. 2 12 SR Redistrict 2 13 aw/cc/26
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