HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11

(By Delegates Overington, Lane, Sumner,
Blair, Armstead, Schoen, Sobonya, J. Miller, Cowles and Rowan)

[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the Committee on Constitutional Revision then the Judiciary.]





Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, repealing sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, article VI thereof, and amending section 2 of said article, all relating to creating one hundred single delegate districts, each comprised of one delegate, and thirty-four senatorial districts, each comprised of one senator; numbering and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed amendment.

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in the year two thousand eight, which proposed amendment is that sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, article VI thereof be repealed, and section 2 of said article be amended, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. DEBTS, SUPREMACY, OATH.
§2. Composition of Senate and House of Delegates; division into districts.

The Senate shall be composed of twenty-four thirty-four, and the House of Delegates of sixty-five one hundred members, subject to be increased according to the provisions hereinafter contained. The state shall be divided into thirty-four senatorial districts, each represented by a single senator. The state shall also be divided into one hundred House of Delegates districts, each represented by a single delegate. Upon implementation of this section, the senatorial and delegate districts shall be arranged according to the provisions of section ten of this article. During the first election after implementation of this section, the provisions of section three of this article apply.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, such proposed amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as the "Legislative Improvement Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To amend the Constitution to provide for single senatorial and delegate districts, and for the Senate to be comprised of thirty-four members and the House of Delegates to be comprised of one hundred members. "


NOTE: The purpose of this Resolution is to amend the Constitution to provide for single senatorial and delegate districts, and for the Senate to be comprised of thirty-four members and the House of Delegates to be comprised of one hundred members.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.