H. B. 511
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Staton, Varner, Pino,
Givens, Doyle and Stalnaker)
[Introduced September 14, 2001]
[Originating in the Select Committee on Redistricting]
A BILL to amend and reenact sections two and two-b, article two,
chapter one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, all relating to the
apportionment of membership of the House of Delegates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections two and two-b, article two, chapter one of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATION.
§1-2-2. Apportionment of membership of House of Delegates.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "County" means the territory comprising a county of this
state as it existed on the first day of January, two thousand,
notwithstanding any boundary changes made subsequent thereto;
(2) "Block" and "voting district" mean those geographic areas
as defined by the bureau of the census of the United States
department of commerce for the taking of the two thousand census of
population and described on census maps prepared by the bureau of
the census. The maps are, at the time of the reenactment of this section in the year two thousand one, maintained by the bureau of
the census and filed with the joint committee on government and
finance.
(b) The House of Delegates is composed of one hundred members
elected from the delegate districts described in this subsection:
(1) The first delegate district is entitled to two delegates
and consists of:
(A) Voting districts 26 and 34 of Brooke County; and
(B) All of Hancock County.
(2) The second delegate district is entitled to two delegates
and consists of:
(A) Voting districts 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20A,
20B, 21A, 21B, 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, 24, 25, 28, 31, 32A, 32B, 33,
35A, 35B and 36 of Brooke County; and
(B) The following areas of Ohio County:
(i) Voting districts 12, 13, 135, 137, 141, 146, 158, 161;
(ii) Blocks 0021001054, 0021001056, 0021001057, 0021001058,
0021001059, 0021001060, 0021001061, 0021001062, 0021001063,
0021001064, 0021001065, 0021001066, 0021001067, 0021001068,
0021001069, 0021001070, 0021001071 and 0021001073 of voting
district 143; and
(iii) Blocks 0020001000, 0020001001, 0020001006, 0020001007,
0020001008, 0020001010, 0020001015, 0020001047, 0020001048 and
0020001049 of voting district 16.
(3) The third delegate district is entitled to two delegates
and consists of the following areas of Ohio County:
(A) Voting districts 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29,
31, 36, 49, 60, 64, 69, 77, 100, 103, 104, 107, 108, 113, 115, 116, 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 148;
(B) Blocks 0020001002, 0020001003, 0020001004, 0020001005,
0020001009, 0020001011, 0020001012, 0020001013, 0020001014,
0020001016, 0020001019, 0020001020, 0020001021, 0020001022,
0020001023, 0020001024, 0020001025, 0020001026, 0020001027,
0020001028, 0020001029, 0020001030, 0020001031, 0020001032,
0020001033, 0020001035, 0020003020, 0020003021, 0020003022,
0020003023, 0020003025 and 0020004013 of voting district 16; and
(C) Blocks 0018001005, 0018001006, 0020001017, 0020001037,
0020001038, 0020001041, 0020001043, 0021001017, 0021001050,
0021001051, 0021001052, 0021001053, 0021001055, 0021001072,
0021001074, 0021001075, 0021001076 and 0021001077 of voting
district 143.
(4) The fourth delegate district is entitled to two delegates
and consists of:
(A) All of Marshall County; and
(B) Voting district 102 of Ohio County.
(5) The fifth delegate district is entitled to # delegate and
consists of:
(6) The sixth delegate district is entitled to # delegate and
consists of:
(7) The seventh delegate district is entitled to one delegate
and consists of:
(A) All of Pleasants County; and
(B) All of Ritchie County.
(8) The eighth delegate district is entitled to one delegate
and consists of the following areas of Wood County:
(A) Voting districts 36C, 37A, 37D, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51A, 52, 53, 54, 56, 56A, 60, and 61;
(B) Blocks 0001001000, 0001001003, 0101022022, 0101022023,
0101022025, 0101022026 and 0106013029 of voting district 40; and
(C) Block 0104001030 of voting district 40A.
(9) The ninth delegate district is entitled to one delegate
and consists of:
(A) All of Wirt County; and
(B) The following areas of Wood County:
(i) Voting districts 27, 38, 57, 57A, 58, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86,
and 87; and
(ii) Block 0108003029 of voting district 67.
(10) The tenth delegate district is entitled to three
delegates and consists of the following areas of Wood County:
(A) Voting districts 1, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24,
26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34A, 35, 35A, 36, 36A, 36B, 37, 37B, 41,
42, 42A, 43, 43A, 44, 44A, 45, 45A, 46, 46A, 46B, 49A, 62, 63, 63A,
63B, 64, 66, 67A, 67B, 69, 70A, 71, 72, 73, 74, 74A, 74B, 74C, 75,
77 78, 78A and 79;
(B) Blocks 0101021014, 0101021015, 0101021016, 0101021017,
0101021018, 0101021019, 0101022005, 0101022006, 0101022007 and
0101022024 of voting district 40;
(C) Blocks 0001002000, 0001002003, 0001002005, 0001002006,
0001002009, 0001002010, 0001002011, 0001002012, 0001002013,
0001002014, 0001002015, 0001002016, 0002002001, 0002002002,
0002002003, 0002002015, 0002002999, 0101021012, 0101022011,
0101022012, 0101022013, 0101022014, 0101022015, 0101022016,
0101022017, 0101022018, 0101022019, 0101022020, 0101022021,
0104001031, 0104001032, 0104001033, 0104001036, 0104001998, 0104002029, 0104002034, 0105012019, 0105012020, 0105012021,
0105012023, 0105012028, 0105012029, 0105012999, 0105021026,
0105021030, 0105021031, 0105022000, 0105022031, 0105022032,
0105022033, 0105022034, 0105022035, 0105022036, 0105022039,
0105022040, 0105022041, 0105022042, 0105022043, 0105022044,
0105022049, 0105022061, 0105022062, 0105022069, 0105022070,
0105022071, 0105022072, 0105022073, 0105022074, 0105022077,
0105022078, 0105022080, 0105022081, 0105022082, 0105022083,
0105022084, 0105022085 and 0105022086 of voting district 40A; and
(D) Blocks 0107023004, 0107023005, 0107023006, 0107023016,
0107023017, 0107023018, 0107023019, 0107023020, 0107023021,
0107023022, 0109011002, 0109011003, 0109011004, 0109011005,
0109011006, 0109011007, 0109011008, 0109011009, 0109011010,
0109011011, 0109011012, 0109011013, 0109011014, 0109011015 and
0109011016 of voting district 67.
(11) The eleventh delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) Voting districts 37, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 43 of Jackson
County; and
(B) All of Roane County.
(12) The twelfth delegate district is entitled to # delegate
and consists of:
(13) The thirteenth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(14) The fourteenth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(15) The fifteenth delegate district is entitled to # delegate
and consists of:
(16) The sixteenth delegate district is entitled to # delegate
and consists of:
(17) The seventeenth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(18) The eighteenth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(19) The nineteenth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(20) The twentieth delegate district is entitled to # delegate
and consists of:
(21) The twenty-first delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(22) The twenty-second delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(23) The twenty-third delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(24) The twenty-fourth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(25) The twenty-fifth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(26) The twenty-six delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) All of Monroe County; and
(B) The following areas of Summers County:
(i) Voting district 32;
(ii) Blocks 9506002072, 9506002073, 9506002074, 9506002076,
9506002077, 9506002078, 9506002079, 9506002080, 9506002081,
9506002082, 9506002083, 9506002084, 9506002085, 9506002086, 9506002087, 9506002088, 9506002089, 9506004011, 9506004016,
9506004017, 9506004018, 9506004019, 9506004020, 9506004021,
9506004022, 9506004023, 9506004024, 9506004025, 9506004026,
9506004037, 9506004042, 9506004043, 9506004044, 9506004045,
9506004046, 9506004047, 9506004048, 9506004049, 9506004050,
9506004051, 9506004052, 9506004053, 9506004054, 9506004055,
9506004056, 9506004057, 9506004058, 9506004059, 9506004060,
9506004061, 9506004995, 9506004996 and 9507002028 of voting
district 1; and
(iii) Blocks 9505002082, 9506001024, 9506001025, 9506001026,
9506001027, 9506001028, 9506001029, 9506001038, 9506001039,
9506001040, 9506001041, 9506001042, 9506001043, 9506002017,
9506002018, 9506002019, 9506002020, 9506002022, 9506002023,
9506002024, 9506002029, 9506002030, 9506002042, 9506002043,
9506002044, 9506002052, 9506002053, 9506002054, 9506002055,
9506002056, 9506002057, 9506002058, 9506002059, 9506002060,
9506002061, 9506002062, 9506002063, 9506002064, 9506002065,
9506002066, 9506002067, 9506002068, 9506002069, 9506002070,
9506002071, 9506002075, 9506002090, 9506002091, 9506002096,
9506002106, 9506002107, 9506002108, 9506002109, 9506002110,
9506002994, 9506002997, 9506002998, 9506003000, 9506003039,
9506003040, 9506003041, 9506003042, 9506003043, 9506004000,
9506004001, 9506004002, 9506004003, 9506004027, 9506004028,
9506004029, 9506004030, 9506004031, 9506004032, 9506004038 and
9506004999 of voting district 30.
(27) The twenty-seventh delegate district is entitled to five
delegates
. Not more than four delegates may be nominated, elected
or appointed who are residents of any county within the district. The district consists of:
(A) All of Raleigh County; and
(B) The following areas of Summers County:
(i) Voting districts 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 22, 23,
26 and 27;
(ii) Blocks 9506004010, 9506004012, 9506004013, 9506004997,
9507002027, 9507002029 and 9507002997 of voting district 1; and
(iii) Block 9506003004 of voting district 30.
(28) The twenty-eighth delegate district is entitled to two
delegates and consists of all of Greenbrier County.
(29) The twenty-ninth delegate district is entitled to three
delegates and consists of:
(A) Voting districts 12, 29, 30, 33 and 36 of Clay County;
(B) All of Fayette County; and
(C) Voting district 25 of Nicholas County.
(30) The thirtieth delegate district is entitled to seven
delegates and consists of the following areas of Kanawha County:
(A) Voting districts 103, 105, 106, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113,
114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 131, 133, 134, 136, 138, 140,
142, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 158, 160, 161,
162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 175, 177, 202, 205, 208, 209, 213, 217,
223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 232, 233, 234, 238, 239, 240, 241, 244,
246, 247, 250, 252, 253, 254, 257, 258, 260, 275, 276, 277, 278,
279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291,
292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 302, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311,
317, 321, 326, 329, 332, 333, 337, 340, 347, 357, 366, 375, 376,
378, 379, 401, 403, 404, 408, 410, 414, 415, 416, 417, 425, 426,
427 and 435;
(B) Blocks 0011005001, 0011005002, 0011005011, 0114011018,
0114011019, 0114011020, 0114011021, 0114011022, 0114011024,
0114011025, 0114011026, 0114011027, 0114011028, 0114011030,
0114011031, 0114011032, 0114011033, 0114011034, 0114012007,
0114012009, 0114012011, 0114012012, 0114012013, 0114012023,
0114012025, 0114012026, 0114012027, 0114012028, 0114021026,
0114021027, 0115001000, 0115001001, 0115001002, 0115001003,
0115001004, 0115001005, 0115001006, 0115001007, 0115001008,
0115001009, 0115001010, 0115001011, 0115001012, 0115001013 and
0115001014 of voting district 123; and
(C) Blocks 0113011027, 0113011028, 0113011029, 0113012027,
0113012028, 0113012029 and 0113012030 of voting district 436.
(31) The thirty-first delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of the following areas of Kanawha County:
(A) Voting districts 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 178,
179, 297, 298, 299, 402, 405, 406, 407, 411, 412 and 413; and
(B) Blocks 0011005007, 0011005008, 0011005009, 0011005010 and
0114011023 of voting district 123.
(32) The thirty-second delegate district is entitled to three
delegates and consists of the following areas of Kanawha County:
(A) Voting districts 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 358,
359, 360, 361, 362, 364, 365, 368, 370, 371, 373, 374, 418, 419,
420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 437, 438,
439, 440 and 441; and
(B) Blocks 0011002000, 0011003000, 0011003001, 0011003002,
0011003003, 0011003999, 0113011001, 0113011002, 0113011003,
0113011004, 0113011005, 0113011006, 0113011007, 0113011008,
0113011009, 0113011010, 0113011011, 0113011012, 0113011013, 0113011014, 0113011015, 0113011016, 0113011017, 0113011018,
0113011019, 0113011020, 0113011021, 0113011022, 0113011023,
0113011024, 0113011025, 0113011026, 0113011030, 0113011031,
0113011032, 0113011033, 0113012000, 0113012001, 0113012002,
0113012003, 0113012004, 0113012005, 0113012006, 0113012007,
0113012008, 0113012009, 0113012010, 0113012011, 0113012012,
0113012013, 0113012014, 0113012015, 0113012016, 0113012017,
0113012018, 0113012019, 0113012020, 0113012021, 0113012022,
0113012023, 0113012024, 0113012025, 0113012026, 0113012033,
0113012998, 0113012999, 0113013028, 0113013029, 0113013030,
0113013031, 0113013044, 0113024013, 0113024014, 0113024015,
0113024016, 0113024017, 0113024018, 0113024019, 0113024020,
0113024021, 0113024022, 0113024023, 0113024024, 0113024025 and
0113024997 of voting district 436.
(33) The thirty-third delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) All of Calhoun County;
(B) Voting districts 1, 4, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, and 37 of Clay
County; and
(C) The following areas of Gilmer County:
(i) Voting districts 1, 6, 12, 13, 27 and 31;
(ii) Blocks 9677003011 and 9677003012 of voting district 17;
and
(iii) Blocks 9677002095, 9677002096, 9677002097, 9677002099,
9677002100, 9677002101, 9677002102, 9677002103, 9677002104,
9677002105, 9677002106, 9677002107, 9677002108, 9677002109,
9677002110, 9677002111, 9677003038, 9678001002, 9678001003,
9678001004, 9678001005, 9678001006, 9678001023, 9678002002, 9678002003, 9678002004, 9678002005, 9678002008, 9678002009,
9678002010, 9678002011, 9678002019, 9678002020, 9678003003 and
9678003023 of voting district 24.
(34) The thirty-fourth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) All of Braxton County; and
(B) The following areas of Gilmer County:
(i) Voting districts 5, 16, 18 and 20;
(ii) Blocks 9677003013, 9677003014, 9677003015, 9677003016,
9677003017, 9677003018, 9677003019, 9677003020, 9677003021,
9677003022, 9677003023, 9677003024, 9677003025, 9677003026,
9677003027, 9677003028, 9677003029, 9677003030, 9677003031,
9677003032, 9677003033, 9677003034, 9677003035, 9677003036,
9677003037, 9677003039, 9677003040, 9677003041, 9677003042,
9677003043, 9677003044, 9677003045, 9677003046, 9677003047,
9677003048, 9677003049, 9677003050, 9677003051, 9677003052,
9677003053, 9677003054, 9677003055, 9677003056, 9677003057,
9677003058, 9677003059, 9677004000, 9677004001, 9677004003,
9677004009, 9677004010, 9677004011, 9677004012, 9677004013,
9677004014, 9677004015, 9677004016, 9677004017, 9677004018,
9677004019, 9677004020, 9677004021, 9677004025, 9677004026,
9677004029, 9677004031, 9677004032, 9678002041, 9678002042,
9678002043 and 9678002044 of voting district 17; and
(iii) Blocks 9678002017, 9678002022 and 9678003000 of voting
district 24.
(35) The thirty-fifth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of voting districts 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19,
20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 35 of Nicholas County.
(36) The thirty-sixth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) Voting districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 17 of Nicholas
County; and
(B) All of Webster County.
(37) The thirty-seventh delegate district is entitled to two
delegates and consists of:
(A) All of Pocahontas County; and
(B) All of Randolph County.
(38) The thirty-eighth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) All of Lewis County; and
(B) Voting districts 4 and 7 of Upshur County.
(39) The thirty-ninth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of voting districts 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 18, 19, 20, 25, 27, 35, 42, 44 and 47 of Upshur County.
(40) The fortieth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) All of Barbour County; and
(B) Voting districts 33, 38 and 39 of Upshur County.
(41) The forty-first delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(42) The forty-second delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(43) The forty-third delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(44) The forty-fourth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(45) The forty-fifth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(46) The forty-sixth delegate district is entitled to #
delegate and consists of:
(47) The forty-seventh delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) All of Hardy County; and
(B) Voting districts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of
Pendleton County.
(48) The forty-eighth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) All of Grant County;
(B) Voting districts 3, 6, 8, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34 and 35 of
Mineral County; and
(C) Voting districts 3, 13, 14 and 15 of Pendleton County.
(49) The forty-ninth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of voting districts 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 31 of
Mineral County.
(50) The fiftieth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) Voting districts 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26 and 28 of Hampshire County; and
(B) Voting districts 7, 9 and 32 of Mineral County.
(51) The fifty-first delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) Voting districts 2, 4, 6, 7 and 21 of Hampshire County;
and
(B) Voting districts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 18 and 23 of
Morgan County.
(52) The fifty-second delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) The following areas of Berkeley County:
(i) Voting districts 21, 40, 41, 42, 46 and 48;
(ii) Blocks 9711001026, 9711002000, 9711002001, 9711002002,
9711002003, 9711002004, 9711002005, 9711002006, 9711002007,
9711002008, 9711002009, 9711002010, 9711002011, 9711002012,
9711002013, 9711002037, 9711002038, 9711002039, 9711002040 and
9711002041 of voting district 19; and
(iii) Blocks 9712006066, 9718001015, 9718001016, 9718001017,
9718001028, 9718001029, 9718001030, 9718001031, 9718001033,
9718001034, 9718001035, 9718001056, 9718001057, 9718002004,
9718002005 and 9718002006 of voting district 45; and
(B) Voting districts 21, 24 and 25 of Morgan County.
(53) The fifty-third delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of the following areas of Berkeley County:
(A) Voting districts 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 43, 47 and 51;
and
(B) Blocks 9718002000, 9718002001, 9718002002, 9718002003,
9718002029, 9718002030, 9718002034, 9718002035, 9718002036,
9718002038, 9718002039, 9718002040, 9718002041, 9718002042,
9718002043, 9718002046, 9718002050, 9718002051, 9718002052,
9718002053, 9718002054, 9718002055, 9718002056, 9718002059,
9718002061, 9718002062, 9718002068, 9718002069, 9718002070 and
9718003005 of voting district 45.
(54) The fifty-fourth delegate district is entitled to one delegate and consists of the following areas of Berkeley County:
(A) Voting districts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 15A,
17, 38 and 44;
(B) Blocks 9714002011 and 9714002019 of voting district 16;
(C) Blocks 9712006076, 9712006077, 9716003005 and 9716003006
of voting district 22;
(D) Blocks 9715004037, 9717007001, 9717007002, 9717007011,
9717007016, 9717007017, 9720002016, 9720002018, 9720002030,
9720002031, 9720002033 and 9720002040 of voting district 24; and
(E) Blocks 9714003013, 9714003016 and 9715002001 of voting
district 28.
(55) The fifty-fifth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of the following areas of Berkeley County:
(A) Voting districts 18, 20, 23, 26, 27, 39 and 49;
(B) Blocks 9713002053, 9713002054, 9713002055, 9713002056,
9713002065, 9714002000, 9714002001, 9714002002, 9714002003,
9714002004, 9714002005, 9714002006, 9714002007, 9714002008,
9714002009, 9714002010, 9714002012, 9714002013, 9714002014,
9714002015, 9714002016, 9714002017, 9714002018, 9714002020,
9714002021, 9714002035 and 9714002036 of voting district 16;
(C) Blocks 9711001000, 9711001001, 9711001002, 9711001003,
9711001004, 9711001005, 9711001006, 9711001007, 9711001008,
9711001009, 9711001010, 9711001011, 9711001012, 9711001017,
9711001018, 9711001019, 9711001020, 9711001021, 9711001022,
9711001023, 9711001024, 9711001025 and 9711002042 of voting
district 19;
(D) Blocks 9720001000, 9720001001, 9720001002, 9720001003,
9720001004, 9720001005, 9720001006, 9720001007, 9720001008, 9720001009, 9720001010, 9720001011, 9720001012, 9720001013,
9720001014, 9720001049, 9720001050, 9720002000, 9720002001,
9720002002, 9720002003, 9720002004, 9720002005, 9720002006,
9720002009, 9720002010, 9720002011 and 9720002012 of voting
district 24; and
(E) Blocks 9713001031, 9713001032, 9713001033, 9713001034,
9713001035, 9713001036, 9713001037, 9713001038, 9713001039,
9713001040, 9713001041, 9713001042, 9713001043, 9713001044,
9713001051, 9713001052, 9713001053, 9713001054, 9713001055,
9714003000, 9714003001, 9714003002, 9714003003, 9714003004,
9714003005, 9714003006, 9714003007, 9714003008, 9714003009,
9714003010, 9714003011, 9714003012, 9714003014, 9714003015,
9714003017, 9714003018, 9714003019, 9714003020, 9714003021,
9714003022, 9714003023, 9714003024, 9715002000, 9715002032,
9715002033, 9715002034, 9715002035, 9715003028, 9720002054 and
9720002055 of voting district 28.
(56) The fifty-sixth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of:
(A) The following areas of Berkeley County:
(i) Voting districts 25, 25A, 31, 35 and 50;
(ii) Blocks 9712006072, 9712006073, 9712006074, 9712006075,
9717004012, 9719001010, 9719001011, 9719001012, 9719001013,
9719001014, 9719001015, 9719001016, 9719001017, 9719001018,
9719001019, 9719001020, 9719002000, 9719002001, 9719002003,
9719002004, 9719002006, 9719002007, 9719002008, 9719003024 and
9719003025 of voting district 22; and
(iii) Blocks 9715004027, 9715004028, 9715004030, 9715004031,
9715004032, 9715004033, 9715004034, 9715004035, 9717007007, 9717007018, 9717007023, 9717007024, 9717007025, 9717007026,
9717007027, 9719001000, 9719001001, 9719001002, 9719001003,
9719001004, 9719001005, 9719001006, 9719001007, 9719001008,
9719001009, 9719001021, 9719001022, 9719001023, 9720001015,
9720001016, 9720001017, 9720001018, 9720001019, 9720001020,
9720001021, 9720001022, 9720001048, 9720002007, 9720002008,
9720002017, 9720002019, 9720002024, 9720002025, 9720002026,
9720002027, 9720002034, 9720002035, 9720002036, 9720002037,
9720002038, 9720002039, 9720002041, 9720002042, 9720002043,
9720002044, 9720002045, 9720002046, 9720002047, 9720002048,
9720002049, 9720002050, 9720002051 and 9720002052 of voting
district 24; and
(B) Voting districts 22, 25, 26 and 28 of Jefferson County.
(57) The fifty-seventh delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of the following areas of Jefferson County:
(A) Voting districts 13, 14, 15, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35;
(B) Blocks 9722002035, 9722002036, 9722002037, 9722002038,
9722002039, 9722002040, 9722002041, 9722002042, 9722002043,
9722002044, 9722002045, 9722002046, 9722002049, 9722002050,
9722002051, 9722002052, 9722002053, 9722002054, 9722002055,
9722002056, 9722002057, 9722002058, 9722002059, 9722002060,
9722002061, 9722002062, 9722002063, 9722002064, 9722004042,
9722004043, 9722004044, 9722004045, 9722004046, 9722004047,
9722004048, 9724001000, 9724001001, 9724001002, 9724001003,
9724001004, 9724001006, 9724001007, 9724001013, 9724001014,
9724001015, 9724001016, 9724001019, 9724001037, 9724001039,
9724001040, 9724001041, 9724001042, 9724001043, 9724001044,
9724001045, 9724001046, 9724001047, 9726002014, 9726002015, 9726002016, 9726002017, 9726002018, 9726002019, 9726002020,
9726002021 and 9726002022 of voting district 12; and
(C) Blocks 9727001000, 9727001001, 9727001002, 9727001003,
9727001004, 9727001005, 9727001006, 9727001007, 9727001008,
9727001009, 9727001010, 9727001011, 9727001012, 9727001013,
9727001014, 9727001015, 9727001016, 9727001017, 9727001018,
9727001019, 9727001020, 9727001021, 9727001022, 9727001023,
9727001024, 9727001025, 9727001026, 9727001027, 9727001028,
9727001029, 9727001030, 9727001031, 9727001032, 9727001033,
9727001034, 9727001035, 9727001036, 9727001037, 9727001038,
9727001039, 9727001040, 9727001041, 9727001042, 9727001043,
9727001044, 9727001045, 9727001046, 9727001047, 9727001997,
9727002000, 9727002001, 9727002002, 9727002003, 9727002004,
9727002005, 9727002006, 9727002007, 9727002008, 9727002009,
9727002010, 9727002011, 9727002012, 9727002013, 9727002014,
9727002015, 9727002016, 9727002017, 9727002018, 9727002019,
9727002020, 9727002021, 9727002022, 9727002023, 9727002024,
9727002025, 9727002026, 9727002027, 9727002028, 9727002029,
9727002030, 9727002031, 9727002032, 9727002033, 9727002034,
9727002035, 9727002036, 9727002037, 9727002038, 9727002039,
9727002040, 9727002041, 9727002042, 9727002043, 9727002044,
9727002045, 9727002047, 9727002048, 9727002049, 9727002050,
9727002053 and 9727002999 of voting district 17.
(58) The fifty-eighth delegate district is entitled to one
delegate and consists of the following areas of Jefferson County:
(A) Voting districts 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 16, 20, 21 and 23;
(B) Block 9724001020 of voting district 12; and
(C) Blocks 9727001048, 9727002046, 9727002051, 9727002052, 9727002054, 9727002055, 9727002056, 9727003000, 9727003001,
9727003002, 9727003003, 9727003004, 9727003005, 9727003006,
9727003007, 9727003008, 9727003009, 9727003010, 9727003011,
9727003012 and 9727003999 of voting district 17.
(c) Regardless of the changes in delegate district boundaries
made by the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the
delegates elected at the general election held in the year two
thousand continue to hold their offices as members of the House of
Delegates for the term, and as representatives of the county or
delegate district, for which each was elected. Any appointment
made prior to the first day of December, two thousand one, to fill
a vacancy in the office of a member of the House of Delegates shall
be made for the remainder of the term, and as representative of the
county or delegate district, for which the vacating delegate was
elected or appointed.
§1-2-2b. Precinct boundary changes.
If an election precinct of this state includes territory
contained in more than one senatorial or delegate district, as such
senatorial districts are established by subsection (d), section one
of this article, and as such delegate districts are established by
subsection (c), section two of this article, it shall be is the
duty of the county commission of the county in which such the
precinct is located, prior to the fifteenth day of March, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-two two thousand two, to alter the
boundary lines of its election precincts so that no precinct
contains territory included in more than one senatorial or delegate
district. The provisions of this section shall govern and control
notwithstanding any conflicting provision of section seven, article one, chapter three of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reapportion the House of
Delegates as a result of the 2000 census.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
§1-2-2 has been completely rewritten; therefore,
strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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