BOX 44294 BATON ROUGE, LA 70804
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1. Constitutional Citations |
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a) Congressional Redistricting: |
none |
| b) Legislative Redistricting: | Art. III, §6 |
| c) Single member districts | Art. III, §1 |
| 2. Statutory Citations | |
| a) Description of Current Congressional Districts: | R.S. 18:1276 |
| b) Description of Current Legislative Districts: | R.S. 24:35.1 & 24:35.5 |
| c) Description of Current Supreme Court Districts: | R.S. 13:101 |
| d) Description of Current PSC Districts: | R.S.45:1161.4 |
| e) Description of Current BESE Districts: | R.S.17:2.2 |
| f) Other Statutes Governing Congressional or Legislative Redistricting Procedure: | None |
| 3. Congressional Districts | |
| a) Present Number | 7 |
| b) Prospective Number after 2010 Census: | 6 |
| 4. State Legislative Districts | |
| a) Senate | |
| Number of Districts: | 39 |
| Number of Multimember Districts | 0 |
| Largest Number of Seats in a District | 1 |
| b) House | |
| Number of Districts | 105 |
| Number of Multimember Districts: | 0 |
| Largest Number of Seats in a District: | 1 |
| c) House Districts Nested within Senate Districts? | no |
| 5. Supreme Court Districts | |
| Number of Districts: | 7 |
| Number of Multimember Districts: | 0 |
| Largest Number of Seats in a District: | 1 |
| 6. Public Service Commission | |
| Number of Districts: | 5 |
| Number of Multimember Districts: | 0 |
| Largest Number of Seats in a District: | 1 |
| 7. Board of Elementary & Secondary Education | |
| Number of Districts: | 8 |
| Number of Multimember Districts | 0 |
| Largest Number of Seats in a District | 1 |
| 8. Redistricting Requirements | |
| a) Initial Responsibility for Drawing Congressional Districts: | Legislature |
| b) Initial Responsibility for Drawing Legislative Districts: | Legislature |
| c) Initial Responsibility for Drawing Supreme Court Districts: | Legislature |
| d) Initial Responsibility for Drawing PSC Districts: | Legislature |
| e) Initial Responsibility for Drawing BESE Districts: | Legislature |
| f) House Committee Responsible for Redistricting. | H&GA |
| g) Use Apportionment Board or Commission? | No |
| h) Gubernatorial Veto Power over Congressional Plan? | Yes |
| i) Gubernatorial Veto Power over Legislative Plan? | Yes |
| j) Gubernatorial Veto Power over Supreme Court Plan? | Yes |
| k) Gubernatorial Veto Power over PSC Plan? | Yes |
| l) Gubernatorial Veto Power over BESE Plan? | Yes |
| 9. Redistricting Deadlines | |
| a) Congressional Deadline: | |
| Basis for Deadline: | |
| b) Legislative Deadline: | Dec 31, 2011 |
| Basis for Deadline: | Art. III, §6 |
| Effect of Failure to Meet Deadline: | Supreme Court may redistrict legislature |