Legislation Details

Reference No. CR-123-2021    Draft No.
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 11/16/2021
Introduced Date 10/19/2021 Public Hearing Date 11/16/2021
Effective date: 11/16/2021    
Title: A RESOLUTION CONCERNING 2021 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PLAN for the purpose of enacting a plan of County Council district boundaries, as a Resolution with the force and effect of law upon notice and public hearing, in accordance with Section 305 of the County Charter.
Proposers/Sponsors: Derrick Leon Davis, Mel Franklin, Sydney J. Harrison, Calvin S. Hawkins, Deni L. Taveras, Todd M. Turner
Code sections: CHARTER-0305 - Redistricting Procedure.
Attachments: 1. CR-123-2021 AIS
Related files: CB-115-2021

Title

A RESOLUTION CONCERNING 2021 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PLAN for the purpose of enacting a plan of County Council district boundaries, as a Resolution with the force and effect of law upon notice and public hearing, in accordance with Section 305 of the County Charter.

 

Background

Section 305 of the County Charter provides that the boundaries of Council districts shall be reestablished in 1982 and every tenth year thereafter; and that a commission on redistricting be appointed to prepare, publish, and make available a plan of Council districts, together with a report explaining it, for County Council consideration on or before September 1 of the year prior to the year in which redistricting is to be effective. Further, Section 305 of the County Charter requires a public hearing on the 2021 Redistricting Plan and adoption of the Plan, by resolution, as an act of the County Council.