Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1–Committee on Legislative

Affairs and Operations

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Whereas, The 71st session of the Nevada Legislature will be required

to reapportion and redistrict the election districts for the members of the

Legislature, the members in the United States House of Representatives

from the State of Nevada, the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada

System and the State Board of Education; and

Whereas, The Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of

Commerce is required to deliver redistricting data from the decennial census

in 2000 to the states not later than April 1, 2001, when the Nevada

Legislature already will be in session; and

Whereas, The amount of data from the census in 2000 and the necessity

to accomplish reapportionment and redistricting in an expeditious manner

during the 71st legislative session will require additional computer software

and extensive preparation and testing to allow for the generation and

analysis of proposals concerning reapportionment and redistricting; and

Whereas, The reapportionment and redistricting must comply with

current case law and constitutional and statutory legal requirements; and

Whereas, The Nevada Legislature has been working with the Bureau of

the Census on the Block Boundary Suggestion Program and other programs

in preparation for the census in 2000 and the process of reapportionment

and redistricting; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

Concurring, That the Legislative Commission is hereby directed to study

the requirements for reapportionment and redistricting in this state in

conjunction with the data from the decennial census of 2000; and be it

further

Resolved, That the committee to conduct the study consists of eight

members of the 70th Legislative Session to be appointed, subject to the

approval of the Legislative Commission, as follows:

1. Three members of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader of

the Senate.

2. One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the

Senate.

3. Three members of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the

Assembly.

4. One member of the Assembly appointed by the Minority Leader of

the Assembly.

The Legislative Commission shall appoint the chairman of the committee

and, in approving the appointments to the committee, shall ensure that not

less than two of the members are appointed from the Assembly Standing

Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics and not less than two of the

members are appointed from the Senate Standing Committee on

Government Affairs; and be it further

Resolved, That the study include:

1. A continuing examination and monitoring of any redistricting

systems established or recommended by the 70th session of the Nevada

Legislature, or to be established pursuant to any legislation enacted by the

70th session of the Nevada Legislature, including the requirements for

computer equipment, computer software and the training of personnel;

2. A review of the case law concerning the legal requirements for

reapportionment and redistricting;

3. A review of the programs concerning planning for reapportionment

and redistricting in other states;

4. The continuation of the state’s participation in the programs of the

Bureau of the Census; and

5. The participation in a program of the Bureau of the Census to

increase the awareness of the general public concerning the census to ensure

a complete and accurate count of all Nevadans in the year 2000; and be it

further

Resolved, That the Legislative Commission may enter into contracts or

other necessary agreements to establish and test reapportionment and

redistricting programs and computer equipment to provide for the timely

and efficient commencement of data processing for reapportionment and

redistricting before the legislature convenes in 2001; and be it further

Resolved, That no action may be taken by the study committee on

recommended legislation unless it receives a majority vote of the Senators

on the committee and a majority vote of the Assemblymen on the

committee; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislative Commission report to the 71st session of

the Nevada Legislature the results of the study and any action taken in

preparation for and any recommendations concerning reapportionment and

redistricting.

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