SDLRC - 2021 Senate Bill 80 - SD Legislature revise provisions regarding the legislative redistricting process.

ENTITLED An Act to revise provisions regarding the legislative redistricting process.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That   2-2-41 be AMENDED.

2-2-41. Legislative policy in redistricting.

The Legislature, in making the 2021 redistricting, determines, as a matter of policy, that the following principles are of primary significance:

(1) Adherence to standards of population deviance as established by judicial precedent and to standards of population deviance as prescribed by S.D. Const., Art. III,    5;

(2) Protection of communities of interest by means of compact and contiguous districts;

(3) Respect for geographical and political boundaries; and

(4) Protection of minority voting rights consistent with the United States Constitution, the South Dakota Constitution, and federal statutes, as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court and other courts with jurisdiction.

An Act to revise provisions regarding the legislative redistricting process.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: Senate as Bill No. 80 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk Senate Bill No. 80 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2021 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2021 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2021 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State