Legislation Details

Reference No. CB-115-2021    Draft No. 1
Type: Council Bill Status: Failed
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 10/19/2021
Introduced Date Public Hearing Date
Effective date:    
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING 2021 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PLAN for the purpose of enacting a plan of County Council district boundaries 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
Related files: CR-123-2021
Contact: Kathleen H. Canning, Legislative Officer

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING 2021 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PLAN for the purpose of enacting a plan of County Council district boundaries 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 bill, as an act of the County Council.