Senate Bill No. 225
(By Senators Snyder and D. Facemire)
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[Introduced January 17, 2012; referred to the Select Committee on Redistricting.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §1-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the composition of congressional districts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §1-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATION.
§1-2-3. Congressional districts.
(a) As used in this section, “block” and “VTD” (voting district) mean those geographic areas as defined by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce for the taking of the 2010 census of population and described on census maps prepared by the Bureau of the Census. The maps are, at the time of the reenactment of this section in the year 2012, maintained by the Bureau of the Census and filed in Redistricting Office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
(b) The number of members to which the state is entitled in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States are apportioned among the counties of the state, arranged into three congressional districts, numbered as follows:
(1) The First District consists of:
|
Population |
Braxton County |
14,523 |
Brooke County |
24,069 |
Calhoun County |
7,627 |
Clay County |
9,386 |
Gilmer County |
8,693 |
Hancock County |
30,676 |
Jackson County |
29,211 |
Kanawha County |
193,063 |
Lewis County |
16,372 |
Marshall County |
33,107 |
Ohio County |
44,443 |
Pleasants County |
7,605 |
Putnam County |
55,486 |
Ritchie County |
10,449 |
Roane County |
14,926 |
Tyler County |
9,208 |
Wetzel County |
|
VTD: 10 |
|
Block: 541030304003000 |
26 |
Block: 541030304003001 |
0 |
Block: 541030304003002 |
1 |
Block: 541030304003003 |
5 |
Block: 541030304003006 |
4 |
Block: 541030304003009 |
0 |
Block: 541030304003013 |
1 |
Block: 541030304003024 |
99 |
Block: 541030304003025 |
12 |
Block: 541030304003064 |
0 |
Block: 541030304003065 |
0 |
Block: 541030304003066 |
0 |
Block: 541030304003067 |
9 |
Block: 541030304003068 |
1 |
Block: 541030304003069 |
5 |
Block: 541030304003070 |
0 |
Block: 541030304003076 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004000 |
16 |
Block: 541030304004001 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004002 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004003 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004004 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004005 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004006 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004007 |
43 |
Block: 541030304004008 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004009 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004010 |
1 |
Block: 541030304004011 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004012 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004013 |
7 |
Block: 541030304004014 |
3 |
Block: 541030304004015 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004016 |
41 |
Block: 541030304004017 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004018 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004019 |
9 |
Block: 541030304004020 |
15 |
Block: 541030304004021 |
20 |
Block: 541030304004022 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004023 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004024 |
26 |
Block: 541030304004025 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004026 |
3 |
Block: 541030304004027 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004028 |
16 |
Block: 541030304004029 |
27 |
Block: 541030304004030 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004031 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004032 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004033 |
4 |
Block: 541030304004034 |
8 |
Block: 541030304004035 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004036 |
4 |
Block: 541030304004037 |
31 |
Block: 541030304004038 |
16 |
Block: 541030304004039 |
5 |
Block: 541030304004040 |
4 |
Block: 541030304004041 |
18 |
Block: 541030304004042 |
12 |
Block: 541030304004043 |
9 |
Block: 541030304004044 |
8 |
Block: 541030304004045 |
24 |
Block: 541030304004046 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004047 |
6 |
Block: 541030304004048 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004049 |
18 |
Block: 541030304004050 |
11 |
Block: 541030304004051 |
10 |
Block: 541030304004052 |
5 |
Block: 541030304004053 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004054 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004055 |
31 |
Block: 541030304004056 |
6 |
Block: 541030304004057 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004058 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004059 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004060 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004061 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004062 |
14 |
Block: 541030304004063 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004064 |
18 |
Block: 541030304004065 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004066 |
8 |
Block: 541030304004067 |
71 |
Block: 541030304004068 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004069 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004070 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004071 |
1 |
Block: 541030304004072 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004073 |
1 |
Block: 541030304004074 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004075 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004076 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004077 |
14 |
Block: 541030304004078 |
11 |
Block: 541030304004079 |
26 |
Block: 541030304004080 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004081 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004082 |
55 |
Block: 541030304004083 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004084 |
30 |
Block: 541030304004085 |
2 |
Block: 541030304004086 |
5 |
Block: 541030304004087 |
4 |
Block: 541030304004088 |
60 |
Block: 541030304004089 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004090 |
3 |
Block: 541030304004091 |
3 |
Block: 541030304004092 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004093 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004094 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004095 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004096 |
7 |
Block: 541030304004097 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004098 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004099 |
9 |
Block: 541030304004100 |
4 |
Block: 541030304004101 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004102 |
8 |
Block: 541030304004103 |
4 |
Block: 541030304004104 |
8 |
Block: 541030304004106 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004107 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004109 |
6 |
Block: 541030304004110 |
6 |
Block: 541030304004111 |
0 |
Block: 541030304004112 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003000 |
15 |
Block: 541030305003001 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003002 |
2 |
Block: 541030305003003 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003004 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003005 |
11 |
Block: 541030305003006 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003007 |
13 |
Block: 541030305003008 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003009 |
10 |
Block: 541030305003011 |
3 |
Block: 541030305003056 |
4 |
Block: 541030305003058 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003059 |
0 |
VTD 10 Subtotal |
1,070 |
VTD: 15 |
239 |
VTD: 16 |
758 |
VTD: 18 |
319 |
VTD: 21 |
1,249 |
VTD: 24 |
500 |
VTD: 29 |
729 |
VTD: 33 |
730 |
VTD: 36 |
588 |
VTD: 38 |
953 |
VTD: 39 |
842 |
VTD: 4 |
685 |
VTD: 40 |
342 |
VTD: 42 |
1,600 |
VTD: 43 |
1,048 |
VTD: 44 |
826 |
VTD: 45 |
421 |
VTD: 46 |
953 |
VTD: 48 |
574 |
VTD: 5 |
501 |
VTD: 50 |
1,221 |
Wetzel County Subtotal |
16,148 |
Wirt County |
5,717 |
Wood County |
86,956 |
District 1 Subtotal |
617,665 |
(2) The Second District consists of:
|
Population |
Barbour County |
16,589 |
Berkeley County |
104,169 |
Doddridge County |
8,202 |
Grant County |
11,937 |
Hampshire County |
23,964 |
Hardy County |
14,025 |
Harrison County |
69,099 |
Jefferson County |
53,498 |
Marion County |
56,418 |
Mineral County |
28,212 |
Monongalia County |
96,189 |
Morgan County |
17,541 |
Pendleton County |
7,695 |
Preston County |
33,520 |
Randolph County |
|
VTD: 150 |
2,625 |
VTD: 155 |
1,837 |
VTD: 160 |
914 |
VTD: 165 |
1,547 |
VTD: 170 |
1,113 |
VTD: 180 |
|
Block: 540839662004028 |
0 |
Block: 540839662004029 |
0 |
Block: 540839662004030 |
1 |
Block: 540839662004031 |
0 |
Block: 540839662004032 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002046 |
17 |
Block: 540839663002047 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002048 |
14 |
Block: 540839663002049 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002054 |
2 |
Block: 540839663002055 |
12 |
Block: 540839663002056 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002057 |
18 |
Block: 540839663002058 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002059 |
3 |
Block: 540839663002060 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002061 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002062 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002063 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002064 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002065 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002066 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002067 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002068 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002069 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002070 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002071 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002072 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002073 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002074 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002075 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002076 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002077 |
1 |
Block: 540839663002078 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002079 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002080 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002081 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002082 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002083 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002084 |
37 |
Block: 540839663002085 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002086 |
3 |
Block: 540839663002087 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002088 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002089 |
1 |
Block: 540839663002090 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002091 |
10 |
Block: 540839663002148 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002149 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002150 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002151 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002152 |
19 |
Block: 540839663002153 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002154 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002155 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002156 |
6 |
Block: 540839663002157 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002158 |
2 |
Block: 540839663002160 |
2 |
Block: 540839663002161 |
7 |
Block: 540839663002162 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002163 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002164 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002165 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002166 |
2 |
Block: 540839663002167 |
3 |
Block: 540839663002168 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002169 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002170 |
2 |
Block: 540839663002171 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002172 |
3 |
Block: 540839663002173 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002174 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002175 |
8 |
Block: 540839663002176 |
1 |
Block: 540839663002177 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002178 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002179 |
2 |
Block: 540839663002180 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002181 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002182 |
11 |
Block: 540839663002183 |
0 |
Block: 540839663002184 |
2 |
Block: 540839663002185 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003000 |
23 |
Block: 540839663003001 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003002 |
26 |
Block: 540839663003003 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003004 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003005 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003006 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003007 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003008 |
19 |
Block: 540839663003009 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003010 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003011 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003012 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003013 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003014 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003015 |
4 |
Block: 540839663003016 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003019 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003030 |
21 |
Block: 540839663003031 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003032 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003064 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003065 |
6 |
Block: 540839663003066 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003069 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003070 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003071 |
9 |
Block: 540839663003072 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003073 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003074 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003075 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003076 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003077 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003078 |
45 |
Block: 540839663003079 |
5 |
Block: 540839663003080 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003081 |
5 |
Block: 540839663003082 |
16 |
Block: 540839663003083 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003084 |
11 |
Block: 540839663003085 |
3 |
Block: 540839663003086 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003087 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003088 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003089 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003090 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003091 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003092 |
8 |
Block: 540839663003093 |
8 |
Block: 540839663003094 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003095 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003096 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003097 |
23 |
Block: 540839663003098 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003099 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003100 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003101 |
27 |
Block: 540839663003102 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003103 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003104 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003105 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003108 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003109 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003110 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003111 |
8 |
Block: 540839663003112 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003113 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003114 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003115 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003116 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003117 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003118 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003119 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003120 |
33 |
Block: 540839663003121 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003122 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003123 |
36 |
Block: 540839663003124 |
8 |
Block: 540839663003125 |
17 |
Block: 540839663003126 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003127 |
86 |
Block: 540839663003128 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003130 |
10 |
Block: 540839663003131 |
4 |
Block: 540839663003132 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003133 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003134 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003135 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003136 |
4 |
Block: 540839663003137 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003138 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003141 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003142 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003143 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003144 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003145 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003146 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003147 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003148 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003149 |
3 |
Block: 540839663003150 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003151 |
4 |
Block: 540839663003152 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003153 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003154 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003155 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003160 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003161 |
21 |
Block: 540839663003162 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003163 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003249 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003250 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003252 |
3 |
Block: 540839663003253 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003254 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003260 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003261 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003262 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003263 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003264 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003265 |
5 |
Block: 540839663003266 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003267 |
4 |
Block: 540839664001000 |
0 |
Block: 540839664001001 |
0 |
Block: 540839664001008 |
0 |
Block: 540839664003000 |
7 |
Block: 540839664003006 |
16 |
Block: 540839664003061 |
14 |
Block: 540839665002011 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002012 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002128 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002143 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002144 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002158 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002169 |
0 |
VTD 180 Subtotal |
766 |
VTD: 200 |
1,091 |
VTD: 205 |
5,557 |
VTD: 215 |
789 |
VTD: 225 |
1,536 |
VTD: 23 |
1,489 |
VTD: 24 |
595 |
VTD: 25 |
915 |
VTD: 27 |
911 |
VTD: 28 |
960 |
VTD: 28A |
281 |
VTD: 30 |
992 |
VTD: 31 |
891 |
VTD: 75 |
308 |
VTD: 80 |
1,049 |
VTD: 85 |
1,716 |
Randolph County Subtotal |
27,882 |
Taylor County |
16,895 |
Tucker County |
7,141 |
Upshur County |
24,254 |
Wetzel County |
|
VTD: 10 |
|
Block: 541030304004105 |
7 |
Block: 541030304004108 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003010 |
2 |
Block: 541030305003064 |
8 |
Block: 541030305003065 |
16 |
Block: 541030305003066 |
0 |
Block: 541030305003067 |
1 |
Block: 541030305003068 |
2 |
Block: 541030305003082 |
22 |
Block: 541030305003083 |
2 |
VTD 10 Subtotal |
60 |
VTD: 27 (5410327) |
375 |
Wetzel County Subtotal |
435 |
District 2 Subtotal |
617,665 |
(3) The Third District consists of:
|
Population |
Boone County |
24,629 |
Cabell County |
96,319 |
Fayette County |
46,039 |
Greenbrier County |
35,480 |
Lincoln County |
21,720 |
Logan County |
36,743 |
Mason County |
27,324 |
McDowell County |
22,113 |
Mercer County |
62,264 |
Mingo County |
26,839 |
Monroe County |
13,502 |
Nicholas County |
26,233 |
Pocahontas County |
8,719 |
Raleigh County |
78,859 |
Randolph County |
|
VTD: 180 |
|
Block: 540839663003017 |
8 |
Block: 540839663003018 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003020 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003021 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003022 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003023 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003024 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003025 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003026 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003027 |
47 |
Block: 540839663003028 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003029 |
5 |
Block: 540839663003033 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003035 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003036 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003037 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003038 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003039 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003040 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003041 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003042 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003043 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003044 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003045 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003046 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003047 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003048 |
6 |
Block: 540839663003049 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003050 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003051 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003052 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003053 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003054 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003055 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003056 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003057 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003058 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003059 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003060 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003061 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003062 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003063 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003156 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003157 |
5 |
Block: 540839663003158 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003159 |
4 |
Block: 540839663003164 |
2 |
Block: 540839663003165 |
3 |
Block: 540839663003242 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003243 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003245 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003246 |
10 |
Block: 540839663003247 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003248 |
1 |
Block: 540839663003255 |
0 |
Block: 540839663003268 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002008 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002132 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002133 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002134 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002135 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002136 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002137 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002138 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002139 |
2 |
Block: 540839665002140 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002141 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002142 |
1 |
Block: 540839665002159 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002160 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002161 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002162 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002163 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002164 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002165 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002171 |
0 |
Block: 540839665002172 |
0 |
VTD 180 Subtotal |
104 |
VTD: 185 |
851 |
VTD: 190 |
263 |
VTD: 220 |
305 |
Randolph County Subtotal |
1,523 |
Summers County |
13,927 |
Wayne County |
42,481 |
Webster County |
9,154 |
Wyoming County |
23,796 |
District 3 Subtotal |
617,664 |
State totals |
1,852,994 |
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the redistricting of the state’s Congressional Districts.
§1-2-3 has been completely rewritten; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.