HC0044ham002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HC0044HAM002 LRB095 20718 RCE 49641 a

AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 44

AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 44 as follows:

on page 3, immediately below line 19, by inserting the following:

"(b) By April 1 of the year following each Federal decennial census year, the State Board of Elections, by a record vote of a majority of the total number of members authorized by law as provided in Section 5 of Article III, shall designate a computer program for redistricting that meets the requirements of this Section. The designation shall include detailed specifications of the computer program. The Special Masters must use this computer program to produce redistricting maps.

Any computer program designated by the State Board of Elections under this Section shall embody the standards and criteria, as defined by Common Law, as set forth in subsection (a) of this Section.

Any computer program designated by the State Board of Elections under this Section shall not consider the following data:

(1) residency of incumbent legislators;

(2) political affiliations of registered voters;

(3) previous election results; and

(4) demographic information not required to be used by this Section or by the United States Constitution or federal law.

Except as specified in this Section, the computer program shall produce districts in a random manner."; and

on page 3, line 20, by replacing "(b)" with "(c) (b)"; and

on page 4, line 5, by replacing "(c)" with "(d)"; and

on page 5, line 11, by replacing "(d)" with "(e)"; and

on page 5, line 16, by replacing "(d)" with "(e)"; and

on page 6, line 18, by replacing "(c)" with "(d)"; and

on page 7, line 10, by replacing "(e)" with "(f)".