BSB/2/12
Sponsored by Owen McKenna, Jack Houston of Baylor School
This legislation was filed in the Finance and Administration category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1) Terms in this act shall be defined as follows: |
| 4 | a. Voting Day: The Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November, in every even numbered |
| 5 | year, as defined by US code Title 2 Chapter 1 |
| 6 | b. Essential workers: those whose jobs are critical to maintaining the infrastructure of the state |
| 7 | c. District: contiguous geographical are within the state of Tennessee that elects a representative |
| 8 | by popular vote |
| 9 | d. Population: the number of legally registered US citizens living in any given area as defined by |
| 10 | the US census |
| 11 | e. Common economic and political interests: a group of people living in a contiguous area who |
| 12 | share similar potential benefits or risk similar losses from any given piece of Tennessee legislation. |
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| 14 | Section 2) Voting Day shall be established as a holiday, with the State being required to give non- |
| 15 | essential workers paid leave to facilitate increased voting participation. |
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| 17 | Section 3) A bi-partisan committee, called Redraw Every District Requiring Actual Weighting |
| 18 | Committee, or REDRAW Committee, shall be established to draw district lines: |
| 19 | A. Districts for the following offices would be under the purview of this new committee: |
| 20 | i. representatives for the US House of Representatives |
| 21 | ii. representatives for the Tennessee House of Representatives |
| 22 | iii. senators for the Tennessee Senate |
| 23 | B. This committee will be made up of: |
| 24 | i. Four representatives from the most populous party in the Tennessee Senate |
| 25 | ii. Four representatives from the second most populous party in the Tennessee Senate |
| 26 | iii. One representative shall be the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee System |
| 27 | C. This committee shall meet as soon as is possible after the US Census is completed, with the |
| 28 | further meetings, if necessary, being scheduled at the discretion of the members on the committee |
| 29 | D. Decisions shall be made by simple majority vote |
| 30 | E. The committee will consider, or weight, the following when determining district lines |
| 31 | i. Population |
| 32 | ii. The common economic and political interests of the districts |
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| 34 | Section 4) The money for this act to fund this committee will come from the Tennessee General |
| 35 | Government Fund. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Section 5) All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 39 | Section 6) This act will take effect on April 30, 2024 |
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