Senate Bill No. 462
(By Senator Barnes)
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[Introduced January 31, 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 |
Barbour County |
16,589 |
Braxton County |
14,523 |
Brooke County |
24,069 |
Calhoun County |
7,627 |
Clay County |
|
VTD: 1 |
375 |
VTD: 15 |
448 |
VTD: 16 |
842 |
VTD: 17 |
|
Block: 540159579001163 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001167 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001168 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001169 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001217 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001218 |
6 |
Block: 540159579001219 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001220 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001221 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001222 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001223 |
7 |
Block: 540159579001224 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001225 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001226 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001234 |
2 |
Block: 540159579001235 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001258 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001259 |
0 |
Block: 540159579001260 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002072 |
201 |
Block: 540159580001000 |
166 |
Block: 540159580001001 |
7 |
Block: 540159580001002 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001003 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002032 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002034 |
2 |
Block: 540159580002035 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002036 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002037 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002038 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002039 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002040 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002053 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002054 |
30 |
Block: 540159580002055 |
3 |
Block: 540159580002056 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002057 |
3 |
Block: 540159580002058 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002059 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002060 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002061 |
4 |
Block: 540159580002062 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002068 |
58 |
Block: 540159580002069 |
28 |
Block: 540159580002070 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002071 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002072 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002073 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002074 |
11 |
Block: 540159580002075 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002076 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002077 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002078 |
6 |
Block: 540159580002079 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002080 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002081 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002082 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002083 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002084 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002085 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002086 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002087 |
3 |
Block: 540159580002088 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002089 |
2 |
Block: 540159580002090 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002091 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002092 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002093 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002094 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002095 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002096 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002097 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002098 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002139 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002140 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002143 |
55 |
Block: 540159580002144 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002145 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002146 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002147 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002148 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002149 |
53 |
Block: 540159580002150 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002151 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002152 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002153 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002154 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002155 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002156 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002157 |
5 |
Block: 540159580002158 |
26 |
Block: 540159580002159 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002160 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002161 |
90 |
Block: 540159580002163 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002165 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002166 |
30 |
Block: 540159580002167 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002168 |
16 |
Block: 540159580002169 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002170 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002171 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002172 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002173 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002174 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002175 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002176 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002177 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002178 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002179 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002180 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002181 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002184 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002185 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002186 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002187 |
24 |
Block: 540159580002188 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002189 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002190 |
3 |
Block: 540159580002191 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002192 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002195 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002196 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002197 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002198 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002210 |
2 |
Block: 540159580002211 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002212 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002213 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002217 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002218 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002222 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002223 |
48 |
Block: 540159580002224 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002225 |
10 |
Block: 540159580002226 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002244 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002245 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002246 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002248 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002252 |
1 |
Block: 540159580002253 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002254 |
0 |
Block: 540159580002255 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003000 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003011 |
0 |
VTD 17 Subtotal |
910 |
VTD: 24 |
731 |
VTD: 25 |
945 |
VTD: 4 |
474 |
Clay County Subtotal |
4,725 |
Doddridge County |
8,202 |
Gilmer County |
8,693 |
Hancock County |
30,676 |
Harrison County |
69,099 |
Lewis County |
16,372 |
Marion County |
56,418 |
Marshall County |
33,107 |
Monongalia County |
96,189 |
Ohio County |
44,443 |
Pleasants County |
7,605 |
Preston County |
33,520 |
Ritchie County |
10,449 |
Taylor County |
16,895 |
Tyler County |
9,208 |
Wetzel County |
16,583 |
Wirt County |
5,717 |
Wood County |
86,956 |
District 1 Subtotal |
617,665 |
(2) The Second District consists of:
|
Population |
Berkeley County |
104,169 |
Clay County |
|
VTD: 12 |
491 |
VTD: 17 |
|
Block: 540159580002162 |
5 |
Block: 540159580002164 |
3 |
Block: 540159580002182 |
4 |
Block: 540159580002183 |
11 |
Block: 540159580002214 |
20 |
Block: 540159580003008 |
69 |
Block: 540159580003010 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003043 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003044 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003046 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003047 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003048 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003049 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003050 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003051 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003052 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003053 |
0 |
Block: 540159580003054 |
1 |
Block: 540159580003061 |
8 |
Block: 540159580003062 |
2 |
Block: 540159580003063 |
0 |
VTD 17 Subtotal |
123 |
VTD: 30 |
|
Block: 540159581003065 |
3 |
VTD 30 Subtotal |
3 |
VTD: 33 |
965 |
VTD: 37 |
|
Block: 540159580001136 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001137 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001138 |
37 |
Block: 540159580001139 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001142 |
17 |
Block: 540159580001143 |
2 |
Block: 540159580001145 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001147 |
8 |
Block: 540159580001148 |
1 |
Block: 540159580001149 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001150 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001151 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001152 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001172 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001173 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001178 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001021 |
0 |
VTD 37 Subtotal |
65 |
Clay County Subtotal |
1,647 |
Fayette County |
46,039 |
Grant County |
11,937 |
Greenbrier County |
35,480 |
Hampshire County |
23,964 |
Hardy County |
14,025 |
Jefferson County |
53,498 |
Mercer County |
62,264 |
Mineral County |
28,212 |
Monroe County |
13,502 |
Morgan County |
17,541 |
Nicholas County |
26,233 |
Pendleton County |
7,695 |
Pocahontas County |
8,719 |
Raleigh County |
78,859 |
Randolph County |
29,405 |
Summers County |
13,927 |
Tucker County |
7,141 |
Upshur County |
24,254 |
Webster County |
9,154 |
District 2 Subtotal |
617,665 |
(3) The Third District consists of:
|
Population |
Boone County |
24,629 |
Cabell County |
96,319 |
Clay County |
|
VTD: 17 |
|
Block: 540159580001004 |
85 |
Block: 540159580001005 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001007 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001008 |
16 |
Block: 540159580001009 |
10 |
Block: 540159580001014 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001015 |
3 |
VTD 17 Subtotal |
114 |
VTD: 29 |
742 |
VTD: 30 |
|
Block: 540159581001019 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001020 |
2 |
Block: 540159581001024 |
142 |
Block: 540159581001025 |
10 |
Block: 540159581001026 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001027 |
7 |
Block: 540159581001028 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001029 |
1 |
Block: 540159581001031 |
12 |
Block: 540159581001032 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001033 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001034 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001035 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001036 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001037 |
13 |
Block: 540159581001038 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001039 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001040 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001042 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001043 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001044 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001045 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001046 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001048 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001049 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001052 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001053 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001058 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001060 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001061 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001062 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001064 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001065 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001066 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001069 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001070 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001071 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001072 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001073 |
0 |
Block: 540159581001075 |
1 |
Block: 540159581001081 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002002 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002007 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002008 |
126 |
Block: 540159581002009 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002010 |
2 |
Block: 540159581002011 |
5 |
Block: 540159581002012 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002013 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002014 |
95 |
Block: 540159581002015 |
8 |
Block: 540159581002016 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002026 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002034 |
1 |
Block: 540159581002035 |
54 |
Block: 540159581002036 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002037 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002038 |
3 |
Block: 540159581002039 |
2 |
Block: 540159581002040 |
6 |
Block: 540159581002041 |
119 |
Block: 540159581002042 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002043 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002044 |
11 |
Block: 540159581002045 |
0 |
Block: 540159581002046 |
2 |
Block: 540159581002048 |
8 |
Block: 540159581003058 |
24 |
Block: 540159581003061 |
0 |
Block: 540159581003064 |
5 |
Block: 540159581003069 |
0 |
Block: 540159581003070 |
1 |
VTD 30 Subtotal |
660 |
VTD: 36 |
952 |
VTD: 37 |
|
Block: 540159579002044 |
60 |
Block: 540159579002045 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002046 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002047 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002048 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002049 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002050 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002051 |
12 |
Block: 540159579002052 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002053 |
7 |
Block: 540159579002054 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002055 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002056 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002057 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002058 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002059 |
0 |
Block: 540159579002061 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001006 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001010 |
15 |
Block: 540159580001011 |
4 |
Block: 540159580001012 |
49 |
Block: 540159580001013 |
19 |
Block: 540159580001016 |
6 |
Block: 540159580001017 |
44 |
Block: 540159580001018 |
4 |
Block: 540159580001019 |
4 |
Block: 540159580001020 |
11 |
Block: 540159580001021 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001022 |
28 |
Block: 540159580001023 |
24 |
Block: 540159580001024 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001025 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001027 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001030 |
8 |
Block: 540159580001032 |
108 |
Block: 540159580001033 |
1 |
Block: 540159580001034 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001035 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001037 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001038 |
9 |
Block: 540159580001039 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001040 |
20 |
Block: 540159580001041 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001042 |
8 |
Block: 540159580001043 |
1 |
Block: 540159580001044 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001045 |
1 |
Block: 540159580001046 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001048 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001051 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001052 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001053 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001054 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001055 |
7 |
Block: 540159580001056 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001057 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001064 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001065 |
13 |
Block: 540159580001077 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001078 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001079 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001080 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001081 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001082 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001083 |
2 |
Block: 540159580001084 |
46 |
Block: 540159580001085 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001140 |
27 |
Block: 540159580001141 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001144 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001181 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001182 |
0 |
Block: 540159580001183 |
8 |
VTD 37 Subtotal |
546 |
Clay County Subtotal |
3,014 |
Jackson County |
29,211 |
Kanawha County |
193,063 |
Lincoln County |
21,720 |
Logan County |
36,743 |
Mason County |
27,324 |
McDowell County |
22,113 |
Mingo County |
26,839 |
Putnam County |
55,486 |
Roane County |
14,926 |
Wayne County |
42,481 |
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.