CHAPTER 202
HOUSE Substitute for SENATE BILL No. 152
An Act concerning congressional districts; providing for the
redistricting thereof; repealing
K.S.A. 4-128, 4-133 and 4-135.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) As used in sections
1 through 7, and amendments
thereto, ``voting district,'' ``tract,'' ``block group'' or
``block'' means, re-
spectively, a voting district (VTD), tract, block group or block
identified
on the official United States 2000 decennial census maps.
(b) Voting districts, tracts, block
groups and blocks are referred to in
sections 1 through 7, and amendments thereto, by the alphanumeric
code
by which they are identified on the official United States 2000
decennial
census maps and data lists.
(c) The boundaries of counties, voting
districts, tracts, block groups
and blocks referred to in sections 1 through 7, and amendments
thereto,
are those boundaries as they exist and are identified on the
official United
States 2000 decennial census maps.
Sec. 2. (a) If a county, voting
district, tract, block group or block is
not included within a congressional district established by this
act, such
county, voting district, tract, block group or block shall be
attached to the
congressional district to which it is contiguous and, if contiguous
to more
than one congressional district, it shall be attached to the
contiguous
congressional district which has the least total population.
(b) If a county, voting district, tract,
block group or block is included
in two or more congressional districts established by this act,
such county,
voting district, tract, block group or block shall be attached to
and become
a part of the congressional district which has the least total
population.
Sec. 3. The provisions of this act
shall not affect the term of any
representative to congress elected to represent a district at the
general
election of 2000 or the term of any successor elected to succeed
such
representative for an unexpired term, and all such representatives
shall
continue to serve the districts from which elected until the
representatives
elected from the congressional districts established by this act
commence
their terms of office in January, 2003.
Sec. 4. Congressional district 1
shall consist of all of Barber county;
and all of Barton county; and all of Chase county; and all of
Cheyenne
county; and all of Clark county; and all of Clay county; and all of
Cloud
county; and all of Comanche county; and all of Decatur county; and
all
of Dickinson county; and all of Edwards county; and all of Ellis
county;
and all of Ellsworth county; and all of Finney county; and all of
Ford
county; and the following voting districts in Geary county:
(000010),
(000030), (000040), (000050), (000060), (00007A), (00007B),
(00007C),
(00007D), (000080), (000090), (000100), (000110), (00012A),
(00012B),
(00012C), (00012D), (00013A), (00013B), (000140), (000150),
(00016A),
(00016B), (00017A), (00017B), (00017C), (000180), (000190),
(00020A),
(00020B), (00021A), (00021B), (00022A), (00022B), (000230),
(000240),
(000250), (000270), (000280), (00029A), (00029B), (00029C),
(00029D);
and all of Gove county; and all of Graham county; and all of Grant
county;
and all of Gray county; and all of Greeley county; and the
following voting
districts in Greenwood county: (000070), (000080), (000090),
(000130),
(000150); and the following blocks in voting district (000160),
tract
9956.00, block group 1, in Greenwood county: block 260, block 427,
block
430, block 431, block 432, block 460, block 461, block 462, block
463,
block 465, block 466, block 467, block 468, block 470, block 471,
block
472, block 473, block 519, block 520, block 521, block 602, block
603,
block 608, block 609, block 610, block 611, block 612; and all of
Hamilton
county; and all of Haskell county; and all of Hodgeman county; and
all of
Jewell county; and all of Kearny county; and all of Kiowa county;
and all
of Lane county; and all of Lincoln county; and all of Logan county;
and
all of Lyon county; and all of McPherson county; and all of Marion
county;
and all of Marshall county; and all of Meade county; and all of
Mitchell
county; and all of Morris county; and all of Morton county; and the
fol-
lowing voting districts in Nemaha county: (000020), (000060),
(000070),
(000130), (000150), (000190), (00020B), (00020C), (000210),
(000220),
(00023A), (00023B), (000240), (000250), (000260), (000270),
(000280),
(000290); and all of Ness county; and all of Norton county; and all
of
Osborne county; and all of Ottawa county; and all of Pawnee county;
and
all of Phillips county; and all of Pratt county; and all of Rawlins
county;
and all of Reno county; and all of Republic county; and all of Rice
county;
and all of Rooks county; and all of Rush county; and all of Russell
county;
and all of Saline county; and all of Scott county; and all of
Seward county;
and all of Sheridan county; and all of Sherman county; and all of
Smith
county; and all of Stafford county; and all of Stanton county; and
all of
Stevens county; and all of Thomas county; and all of Trego county;
and
all of Wabaunsee county; and all of Wallace county; and all of
Washington
county; and all of Wichita county.
Sec. 5. Congressional district 2
shall consist of all of Allen county;
and all of Anderson county; and all of Atchison county; and all of
Bourbon
county; and all of Brown county; and all of Cherokee county; and
all of
Coffey county; and all of Crawford county; and all of Doniphan
county;
and the following voting districts in Douglas county: (000010),
(000030),
(00006A), (00006B), (00006C), (00006D), (00010B), (00010C),
(00012B),
(000170), (000180), (000200), (000210), (000220), (000230),
(000240),
(000250), (000280), (000290), (000300), (00050A), (00050C),
(00052A),
(00052B), (00053A), (00053B), (000540), (000560), (000570),
(000580),
(000590), (00061A), (00061D), (000620), (000630), (000640),
(00067B),
(000680); and all of Franklin county; and the following voting
districts in
Geary county: (00002A), (00002B), (00002C), (00002D), (00002E),
(00002F), (00002G), (00002H), (00002I), (00002J), (00002K),
(00002L),
(00002M), (00002N), (00002O), (00002P), (00002Q), (00002R),
(000260); and all of Jackson county; and all of Jefferson county;
and all
of Labette county; and all of Leavenworth county; and all of Linn
county;
and all of Miami county; and the following voting districts in
Nemaha
county: (000010), (000030), (000040), (00005A), (00005B),
(00005C),
(000080), (000090), (000100), (000110), (000120), (000140),
(000160),
(000170), (000180), (00020A), (000300); and all of Neosho county;
and
all of Osage county; and all of Pottawatomie county; and all of
Riley
county; and all of Shawnee county; and all of Wilson county; and
all of
Woodson county.
Sec. 6. Congressional district 3
shall consist of the following voting
districts in Douglas county: (000020), (000040), (000050),
(00007A),
(00007B), (00007C), (000080), (000090), (00010A), (00010D),
(000110),
(00012A), (000130), (000140), (000150), (000160), (000190),
(000260),
(000270), (000310), (000320), (000330), (000340), (000350),
(000360),
(000370), (000380), (000400), (000410), (000420), (000430),
(00044A),
(00044B), (00044C), (00044D), (00044E), (000450), (000460),
(000470),
(00048A), (00048B), (00048C), (00048D), (00049A), (00049B),
(00050B),
(00050D), (000600), (00061B), (00061C), (000650), (000660),
(00067A);
and all of Johnson county; and all of Wyandotte county.
Sec. 7. Congressional district 4
shall consist of all of Butler county;
and all of Chautauqua county; and all of Cowley county; and all of
Elk
county; and the following voting districts in Greenwood county:
(000010),
(000020), (000030), (000040), (000050), (000060), (000100),
(000110),
(000120), (000140); and the following blocks in voting district
(000160),
tract 9956.00, block group 1, in Greenwood county: block 256, block
257,
block 258, block 259, block 469, block 522, block 523, block 524,
block
525, block 526, block 527, block 528, block 529, block 530, block
531,
block 532, block 533, block 534, block 535, block 536, block 537,
block
538, block 539, block 540, block 541, block 542, block 543, block
544,
block 545, block 546, block 547, block 548, block 549, block 550,
block
551, block 552, block 553, block 554, block 555, block 556, block
557,
block 558, block 559, block 560, block 561, block 562, block 563,
block
564, block 565, block 566, block 567, block 568, block 569, block
570,
block 571, block 572, block 573, block 574, block 575, block 576,
block
577, block 578, block 587, block 598, block 599, block 600, block
601,
block 604, block 605, block 606, block 607, block 616, block 977,
block
981; and the following voting districts in Greenwood county:
(000170),
(000180); and all of Harper county; and all of Harvey county; and
all of
Kingman county; and all of Montgomery county; and all of
Sedgwick
county; and all of Sumner county.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 4-128, 4-133 and
4-135 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
Approved May 31, 2002.
Published in the Kansas Register June 6, 2002.
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