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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 25-1 (2025)

  Reapportionment commission

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     §25-1  Reapportionment commission.  (a)  A reapportionment commission shall be constituted before May 1 of each reapportionment year, and the members shall be appointed and certified to hold office until a general election is held under a reapportionment plan of the commission, or of a court of competent jurisdiction, or a new commission is constituted under article IV, section 2 of the state constitution, whichever event shall occur first.

     (b)  The reapportionment commission shall be placed within the office of elections for administrative purposes only.

     (c)  In each regular session of the legislature that immediately precedes a reapportionment year, the chief election officer shall request an appropriation that is separate from the office of elections' operating budget and sufficient to enable the commission to carry out its duties, to be effective in the year in which the reapportionment commission is constituted. [L 1969, c 79, §1; am L 1979, c 51, §2; am L 1982, c 249, §2; am L 1992, c 320, §2; am L 2012, c 223, §1]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1961–2015 · leading case: Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Indep. Redistricting Comm'n, 576 U.S. 787 (2015).
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Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Indep. Redistricting Comm'n, 576 U.S. 787 (2015). “IV, § 2, and Haw.Rev.Stat. §§ 25-1 to 25-9 (2009 and 2013 Cum.”
Chapman v. Brown, 198 F. Supp. 78 (D. Haw. 1961). “(i) §§ 25-1 to 25-9, enacted in 1945, providing for the regulation, labeling, etc.”
Kostick v. Nago, 878 F. Supp. 2d 1124 (D. Haw. 2012). · cites it 2× “-IV, § 2; Haw.Rev.Stat. § 25-1. The Defendants in this action are the members pf the Commission in their official capacities; the Commission itself; and Nago, who serves as secretary of the Commission in addition to his duties as Hawaii’s Chief Election Officer.”
Kostick v. Nago, 960 F. Supp. 2d 1074 (D. Haw. 2013). “(“HRS”) § 25-1 (2012). The Commission uses the Census’s “usual residents” figure as Hawaii’s total population for purposes of apportioning Hawaii’s federal congressional districts.”
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