Bill No.: SF0014                  Drafter:  LGC

LSO No.:  11LSO-0060              Effective Date:  7/1/2011

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0040

Chapter No.:       78

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Counties-election districts.

Subject:       Modifying county election districts.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Under current law counties may, via an election, be divided into 5 election districts where commissioners serve in single member districts. 

· This act allows such an election to divide a county into any number of districts with commissioners serving in single member districts, multi-member districts, at large or any combination thereof.  Whichever combination is used, districting must result in commissioners representing a population as nearly equal as is practicable considering the geographic, economic and social characteristics of the county.

· This act also allows the county commissioners to pass a districting plan within those same parameters, but without an election, if required to do so pursuant to a final court order, or in response to changes in population affecting the constitutionality of a current districting plan.