Section 17-14-70 - Congressional districts; official maps(a) The State of Alabama is divided into seven congressional districts as provided in subsection (b).(b) The numbers and boundaries of the districts are designated and established by the map prepared by the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and identified and labeled as Livingston Congressional Plan 3-2023, including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, and are incorporated by reference as part of this section.(c) The Legislature shall post for viewing on its public website the map referenced in subsection (b), including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, and any alternative map, including the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties, introduced by any member of the Legislature during the legislative session in which this section is added or amended.(d) Upon enactment of the act amending this section and adopting the map identified in subsection (b), the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as appropriate, shall transmit the map and the corresponding boundary description provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties identified in subsection (b) for certification and posting on the public website of the Secretary of State.(e) The boundary descriptions provided by the certified map referenced in subsection (b) shall prevail over the boundary descriptions provided by the census tracts, blocks, and counties generated for the map.Ala. Code § 17-14-70 (1975)
Amended by Act 2023SP2-563,§ 2, eff. 7/21/2023, app. for the election of members of the state's U.S. Congressional districts at the General Election of 2024 and thereafter, until the state's U.S. Congressional districts are reapportioned and redistricted after the 2030 decennial census.Added by Act 2021SP2-555,§ 2, eff. 11/4/2021.Repealed by Act 2021SP2-555,§ 1, eff. 11/4/2021.Amended by Act 2012-363,§ 1, eff. 5/14/2012.Code 1852, §31; Code 1867, §34; Code 1876, §29; Code 1886, §29; Code 1896, §969; Code 1907, §99; Acts 1915, No. 7501/2, p. 875; Code 1923, §154; Acts 1931, No. 59, p. 98; Code 1940, T. 17, §425; Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 21, p. 42, §1; Acts 1965, No. 564, p. 1050; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 120, p. 4359; Acts 1981, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 81-929, p. 78, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-63, p. 96, §1; repealed by Act 2002-57, p. 79, §1; added by Act 2002-57, p. 79, §2; §17-20-1; repealed by Act 2011-518, § 1; added by Act 2011-518, § 2.