Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  811

BY: Senator(s) England

     AMEND on lines 239 and 575 by adding the following language after the period:

However, if a candidate who votes in an election that he or she was properly registered for is then subsequently redistricted into the jurisdiction that he or she is currently seeking to represent, then he or she shall not be disqualified as a candidate due to voting in an election outside of his or her current jurisdiction during the required residency period.

     AMEND on line 587, by adding the following language after the comma:

and is not subject to a redistricting exception as stated in paragraph (a)(v) of this subsection,

     FURTHER, AMEND on line 29, by adding the following after the semicolon:

TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO THE CANDIDATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT WHEN REDISTRICTING HAS CHANGED A CANDIDATES JURISDICTION AND WOULD OTHERWISE MAKE HIM OR HER INELIGIBLE TO RUN AS A CANDIDATE IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE HE OR SHE CURRENTLY RESIDES;