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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
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 compactness of the districts as defined in the Iowa
1 28 Code. Therefore, the next plan should more closely
1 29 follow those 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 to the extent consistent with
2 9 the Iowa Code. Plan #1 regionalized Iowa at the
2 10 Congressional level. The districts that are included
2 11 in Plan #2 should better reflect the convenient,
2 12 contiguous territory of our state.
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