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SF 1935 Senate Long Description

Relating to redistricting

ARTICLE 1 - REDISTRICTING

Prescribing the number of legislative districts for the senate and house of representatives and specifying restrictions, requirements, and prohibitions for the districts; establishing an intermittent redistricting commission and prescribing duties, membership, and expiration; specifying a precinct boundary reestablishment deadline

ARTICLE 2 - LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION COUNCIL

Establishing a legislative compensation council and an executive and judicial council for purposes of determining compensation, specifying membership

ARTICLE 3 - CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS

Requiring continuing appropriations, statutory spending reductions, and revenue increases in odd-numbered years predicting budget deficits for the next budget biennium, providing appropriations continuance at base level, exceptions, adjustments, automatic spending cuts and tax increase

ARTICLE 4 - UNALLOTMENT

Requiring a general fund balance analysis with forecast after legislative session that modify general fund revenues or expenditures, allowing unallotments and specifying a limit

ARTICLE 5 - LEGISLATIVE INTEGRITY

Requiring legislative meetings to be open to the public; prohibiting legislative employment of persons serving as officers of the statewide organization of a major political party; requiring web posting of senate and house of representatives record retention and access procedures; expanding campaign finance and public disclosure economic interest forms to include spousal information and independent contract disclosure
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