2015 Indiana Code TITLE 2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARTICLE 5. LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES AND STUDY COMMITTEES CHAPTER 39. SPECIAL INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING
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Chapter 39. Special Interim Study Committee on Redistricting
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"Committee"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "committee" refers to the special
interim study committee on redistricting established by section 2 of
this chapter.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Committee established
Sec. 2. The special interim study committee on redistricting is
established.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Committee membership; appointment; qualification of lay
members
Sec. 3. (a) The committee has the following voting members:
(1) The following members appointed by the president pro
tempore:
(A) Two (2) members of the senate.
(B) One (1) lay member who is not a member of the general
assembly, is a resident of Indiana, and has experience,
training, or education in matters related to state legislative or
congressional office redistricting and reapportionment.
(2) The following members appointed by the minority leader of
the senate:
(A) Two (2) members of the senate.
(B) One (1) lay member who is not a member of the general
assembly, is a resident of Indiana, and has experience,
training, or education in matters related to state legislative or
congressional office redistricting and reapportionment.
(3) The following members appointed by the speaker:
(A) Two (2) members of the house.
(B) One (1) lay member who is not a member of the general
assembly, is a resident of Indiana, and has experience,
training, or education in matters related to state legislative or
congressional office redistricting and reapportionment.
(4) The following members appointed by the minority leader of
the house:
(A) Two (2) members of the house.
(B) One (1) lay member who is not a member of the general
assembly, is a resident of Indiana, and has experience,
training, or education in matters related to state legislative or
congressional office redistricting and reapportionment.
(b) A lay member appointed under subsection (a) may not be:
(1) an employee of Indiana state government;
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(2) an Indiana statewide elected official; or
(3) an individual who is required to register as a lobbyist under
IC 2-7-2 or who is employed by an individual or entity that is
required to register as a lobbyist under IC 2-7-2.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Designation of consultants; compensation of consultants
Sec. 4. (a) The minority leader of the house and the minority
leader of the senate may jointly select one (1) individual to provide
consulting services on matters studied by the committee.
(b) The speaker and the president pro tempore may jointly select
one (1) individual to provide consulting services on matters studied
by the committee.
(c) An individual selected under this section is entitled to
compensation and expense reimbursement in accordance with the
policies and rules of the legislative council. All funds necessary for
the services provided under this section shall be paid from
appropriations to the legislative council and the legislative services
agency.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Governing procedures; appointment of chair, vice chair
Sec. 5. IC 2-5-1.2 applies to the operation of the committee.
However:
(1) the speaker shall appoint the chair of the committee;
(2) the president pro tempore shall appoint the vice chair of the
committee;
(3) the chair of the committee, the vice chair of the committee,
and each member of the committee serve at the will of the
appointing authority; and
(4) if the chair of the committee establishes a subcommittee
under section 6 of this chapter, the chair of the committee shall
appoint the members of the subcommittee from among the
members of the study committee and the chair of the
subcommittee from among the members of the subcommittee.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Subcommittees; limitations; expenses
Sec. 6. (a) The chair of the committee may establish not more than
two (2) subcommittees to be in existence at the same time to assist
the committee.
(b) The expenses of a subcommittee, including per diem, mileage,
and travel allowances payable under IC 2-5-1.2-11, shall be paid
from money authorized by the legislative council for operation of the
committee. The amount authorized by the legislative council for
expenditures of the committee may not be increased to pay for the
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operation of a subcommittee.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Duties
Sec. 7. The committee shall do the following:
(1) Review state and federal laws and court cases related to state
and federal laws governing the design and establishment of
election districts.
(2) Study the manner in which each state establishes districts for
the election of state legislators and members of Congress,
including the following:
(A) What entities or individuals propose, take public
testimony concerning, evaluate, and finally adopt
redistricting plans.
(B) The manner in which individuals engaged in the
redistricting process are selected.
(C) The required qualifications for individuals engaged in the
redistricting process.
(D) The standards and guidelines used to develop and finally
adopt redistricting plans.
(E) The process used to develop and finally adopt
redistricting plans.
(F) The role of the state legislature and its committees in
proposing, taking public testimony concerning, evaluating,
and finally adopting redistricting plans and the manner in
which the state legislature and its committees interact with
other bodies (if any) established for the redistricting process.
(G) The required or typical schedule over which redistricting
plans are developed and finally adopted.
(H) Any unique rights or procedures applicable to the review
or appeal of an adopted redistricting plan or changes in a
redistricting plan that has been found in an adjudication to be
invalid.
(I) Costs incurred in the redistricting process.
(3) Review the experience (including litigation history) states
have had with using redistricting commissions and other
methods to establish redistricting plans after each decennial
census, including approaches similar to the provisions in
Indiana law (IC 3-3-2-1) that provide for a redistricting
commission to establish congressional districts in Indiana if the
general assembly fails to establish congressional districts within
the time permitted by law.
(4) Evaluate (to the extent possible) the positive benefits and
negative consequences in each state of the redistricting process
and the criteria used to establish election districts on state
legislative and congressional elections in that state, including
the following:
(A) The extent to which campaigns for state legislative and
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congressional offices are competitive and the extent to which
the redistricting process and the criteria used to establish
election districts have contributed to furthering competitive
elections.
(B) The extent to which women and minorities are elected to
state legislative and congressional offices and the extent to
which the redistricting process and the criteria used to
establish election districts in each state have contributed to
furthering diversity, relative to the population of the state as
a whole.
(5) Evaluate:
(A) the potential positive benefits of;
(B) potentially negative consequences of;
(C) estimated costs of; and
(D) the issues that would need to be addressed for;
a change in the method for establishing districts for the election
of members of the general assembly and members of Congress
from Indiana if the change were made.
(6) Study any other matter assigned by the legislative council.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Solicitation of expert testimony
Sec. 8. To the extent practicable, the committee shall solicit the
receipt of expert testimony on the matters studied by the committee,
including testimony from the National Conference of State
Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, and other nationally
recognized experts.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Reports; submission of final report; contents of final report
Sec. 9. The committee shall submit a final report to the legislative
council before December 1, 2016, and the interim reports requested
by the legislative council. The final report must include at least the
following:
(1) A description of the alternative approaches that could be
used in Indiana to establish districts for the election of members
of the general assembly and members of Congress from Indiana.
(2) A description of the types of standards and guidelines that
could be used in Indiana to establish districts for the election of
members of the general assembly and members of Congress
from Indiana.
(3) An evaluation of what (if any) changes to the Constitution
of the State of Indiana and state statutory law would be
necessary or desirable to implement each of the approaches
described in subdivisions (1) and (2).
(4) The:
(A) potential positive benefits of;
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(B) potentially negative consequences of;
(C) estimated costs of; and
(D) issues that would need to be addressed for;
the implementation and use of each of the approaches described
in subdivisions (1) and (2).
(5) A recommendation that describes:
(A) the details of a redistricting process; and
(B) standards and guidelines for the establishment of
districts;
for the election of members of the general assembly and
members of Congress from Indiana that, in the opinion of the
committee, would best serve the citizens of Indiana.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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Expiration of chapter
Sec. 10. This chapter expires January 1, 2017.
As added by P.L.124-2015, SEC.1.
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