MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2019

By: Senator(s) Tollison To: Rules

JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 202

1 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND CHAPTER 2234, LAWS OF 2012, TO 2 REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF MISSISSIPPI STATE SENATE DISTRICTS 13 3 AND 22; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 4 WHEREAS, the United States District Court for the Southern 5 District of Mississippi ruled that Mississippi State Senate 6 District 22 as currently configured diluted the voting strength of

7 African-Americans and entered a final judgment to this effect; and 8 WHEREAS, in the case of Joseph Thomas, et al. v. Phil Bryant, 9 et al., No. 19-60133 (5th Cir. Mar. 15, 2019), a panel of the 10 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on the 11 defendant's motion for a stay and the motion for a stay was 12 granted in part and denied in part; and 13 WHEREAS, a majority of the panel concluded that the

14 Legislature should be afforded an opportunity to fix the vote 15 dilution found by the district court; and 16 WHEREAS, a stay was entered for that purpose until April 3, 17 2019, and the candidate deadline for any districts whose lines are 18 redrawn was extended to April 12, 2019:

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ N1/2 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 1 (tb\rc) 19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE 20 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, that Chapter 2234, Laws of 2012, is amended 21 as follows: 22 "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF 23 MISSISSIPPI, That the number of Senators shall be fifty-two (52) 24 and shall be elected from fifty-two (52) districts, composed as

25 follows:

26 DISTRICT 1 27 DeSoto County: *Aldens, Alphaba Cockrum, Bridgetown, DeSoto 28 Central, Endora, Hernando Central, Hernando East, Hernando West, 29 *Horn Lake South, Lake Cormorant, Lewisburg East, Lewisburg West, 30 Love, Nesbit East, Nesbit West, Oak Grove and Walls Precincts.

31 DISTRICT 2 32 DeSoto County: *Aldens, Cherry Valley, Elmore, Greenbrook 33 North, Greenbrook South, Horn Lake Central, Horn Lake East, Horn 34 Lake Intermediate School, Horn Lake North, *Horn Lake South, Horn 35 Lake West, Plum Point, Southhaven North, Southhaven South and 36 Southhaven West Precincts.

37 DISTRICT 3 38 Benton County: All.

39 Pontotoc County: Bankhead, Bethel, Buchanan, Cherry Creek, 40 Ecru, Friendship, Hoyle, Hurricane, Longview, Oak Hill, Pontotoc 41 1, Pontotoc 2, Pontotoc 3, Pontotoc 4, Pontotoc 5, Sherman, 42 Turnpike, Woodland and Zion Precincts. 43 Union County: All.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 2 (tb\rc) 44 DISTRICT 4 45 Alcorn County: All. 46 Tippah County: All.

47 DISTRICT 5 48 Itawamba County: Armory, Bounds, Clay, Copeland, Friendship, 49 Fulton District 1 Courthouse, Fulton District 4 American Legion,

50 Fulton District 5 Firestation, Mantachie, Mt. Gilead, Ozark, 51 Pineville, Pleasanton, Ryan and Tilden Precincts. 52 Prentiss County: All. 53 Tishomingo County: All.

54 DISTRICT 6 55 Itawamba County: Centerville, Fawn Grove, Kirkville and 56 Ratliff Precincts.

57 Lee County: Auburn, Baldwin, Beech Springs, Belden, 58 Birmingham Ridge, Bissell, Blair, Corrona, Davis Box, East 59 Heights, Eggville, Euclautubba, Fellowship, Flowerdale, 60 Friendship, Gilvo 1, Gilvo 5, Guntown, Hebron, Mooreville 1, 61 Mooreville 5, Oak Hill, *Palmetto A & B, Pratts, Richmond,

62 Saltillo, Tupelo 1, *Tupelo 2, *Tupelo 3, *Tupelo 4 North, Tupelo 63 5 and Unity Precincts.

64 DISTRICT 7 65 Itawamba County: Bigbee Fork, Cardsville, Carolina, Dorsey, 66 Evergreen, Greenwood, Hampton, James Creek, New Salem, Oakland, 67 Tremont, Turon and Wigginton Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 3 (tb\rc) 68 Lee County: Brewer, Kedron, Nettleton, *Palmetto A & B, 69 Petersburg, Plantersville, *Tupelo 2, *Tupelo 3, *Tupelo 4 North, 70 Tupelo 4 South and Verona Precincts. 71 Monroe County: Aberdeen 3, Amory 1, Amory 2, Amory 5, 72 Becker, Bigbee 1, Boyds, Central Grove, Darracott, Gibson, Hatley, 73 Nettleton, North Aberdeen 4, Parham, Prairie, Smithville, South

74 Aberdeen 4, Williams, Willis and Wren Precincts.

75 DISTRICT 8 76 Calhoun County: All. 77 Chickasaw County: All. 78 Lee County: Old Union, *Palmetto A & B, Pleasant Grove and 79 Shannon Precincts. 80 Pontotoc County: Algoma, Beckham, Judah, North Randolph,

81 Robbs, South Randolph, Springville, Thaxton, Toccopola and Troy 82 Precincts. 83 Yalobusha County: Coffeeville 4, One North, One South, Three 84 North West and Two Water Valley Precincts.

85 DISTRICT 9 86 Lafayette County: All. 87 Panola County: Batesville 3, Cold Springs, Coles Point, East

88 Batesville 4, East Batesville 5, East Sardis, North Batesville A, 89 North Springport and Pleasant Mount Precincts.

90 DISTRICT 10 91 Marshall County: Bethlehem, Chulahoma, Cornersville, Early 92 Grove, Hudsonville, Laws Hill, Marianna, Mt. Pleasant, North Holly

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 4 (tb\rc) 93 Springs District 1, North Holly Springs District 2, Potts Camp, 94 Redbanks, Slayden, South Holly Springs, Wall Hill, Warsaw, 95 Waterford, Watson and West Holly Springs Precincts. 96 Tate County: All.

97 DISTRICT 11 98 Coahoma County: Clarksdale 1-4, Clarksdale 2-4, Clarksdale

99 3-3, Clarksdale 3-4, Clarksdale 4-2, Clarksdale 4-3, Clarksdale 100 5-4, Jonestown and Lyons Precincts. 101 Panola County: Como, Courtland, Crenshaw, Curtis, Enon, 102 Longtown, Macedonia-Concord, North Batesville B, Pleasant Grove, 103 South Sardis, Tocowa and West Sardis Precincts. 104 Quitman County: All. 105 Tunica County: All.

106 DISTRICT 12 107 Bolivar County: Benoit, Beulah, Duncan/Alligator, East 108 Rosedale, Gunnison, Pace, Scott, Stringtown and West Rosedale 109 Precincts. 110 Coahoma County: Bobo, Cagle Crossing, Coahoma, Dublin,

111 Farrell, Friar's Point, Lula, Rena Lara, Roundaway and Sherard 112 Precincts.

113 Washington County: American Legion, Brent Center, Buster 114 Brown Community Center, Christ Wesleyan Methodist Church, Elks 115 Club, Extension Building, Grace Methodist Church, Greenville 116 Industrial College, Leland Rotary Club, Metcalfe City Hall, Potter

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 5 (tb\rc) 117 House Church, St. James Episcopal Church, Swiftwater Baptist 118 Church, Tampa Drive and Wards Recreation Center Precincts.

119 DISTRICT 13 120 Bolivar County: Boyle, Choctaw, Cleveland Courthouse, 121 Cleveland Eastgate, East Central Cleveland, East Cleveland, 122 Longshot, Merigold, Mound Bayou, North Cleveland, Northwest

123 Cleveland, Renova, Shaw, Shelby, Skene, South Cleveland, West 124 Central Cleveland, West Cleveland and Winstonville Precincts.

125 Sunflower County: * * * Boyer-Linn, Doddsville, Drew, 126 Fairview-Hale, Indianola 3 North, Indianola 3 Northeast, Indianola 127 3 South, Indianola Southeast, Moorhead, Rome, Ruleville, Ruleville 128 North, Sunflower 3, Sunflower 4 and Sunflower Plantation 129 Precincts.

130 Tallahatchie County: Brazil, Charleston Beat 2, Sumner Beat 131 2, Sumner Beat 5, Tutwiler, Webb Beat 2 and Webb Beat 5 Precincts.

132 DISTRICT 14 133 Attala County: Berea, Carmack, Ethel, Hesterville, Liberty 134 Chapel, McCool, Providence, Thompson, Williamsville and Zama

135 Precincts. 136 Carroll County: All.

137 Grenada County: Elliott, Futheyville, Geeslin, Gore Springs, 138 Grenada Box 1, Hardy, Mt. Nebo, Pleasant Grove, Providence and Tie 139 Plant Precincts. 140 Leflore County: Money and *North Greenwood Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 6 (tb\rc) 141 Montgomery County: Alva, Duck Hill, Mt. Pisgah, North Duck 142 Hill, North Mt. Pisgah - Sweethome, North Winona, South Winona, 143 Southeast Winona and West Winona Precincts. 144 Panola County: Eureka, Pope and South Springport Precincts. 145 Tallahatchie County: Cascilla, Charleston Beat 1, Charleston 146 Beat 3, Enid, Leverette, Murphreesboro, Paynes, Rosebloom,

147 Springhill and Teasdale Precincts. 148 Yalobusha County: Coffeeville 5, Oakland, Scobey, 149 Skuna-Vanns, Sylva Rena and Tillatoba Precincts.

150 DISTRICT 15 151 Choctaw County: All. 152 Montgomery County: East Winona, Kilmichael, Lodi, Nations, 153 North Kilmicheal, Poplar Creek and Stewart Precincts.

154 Oktibbeha County: Bradley, Central Starkville, Craig 155 Springs, Double Springs, East Starkville, *Gillespie Street 156 Center, Maben, North Longview, Northeast Starkville, Self Creek, 157 South Adaton, South Longview, South Starkville, Sturgis and West 158 Starkville Precincts.

159 Webster County: All.

160 DISTRICT 16 161 Clay County: All. 162 Lowndes County: Coleman A, Coleman B, Fairgrounds A, 163 Fairgrounds D, Hunt A, Hunt B, Mitchell A, Mitchell B, Plum Grove 164 C, Propst Park Community Hut, Union Academy A and *West Lowndes B 165 Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 7 (tb\rc) 166 Noxubee County: Brooksville, Central District 3, 167 Cliftonville, Noxubee County Vo-Tech Center and Prairie Point 168 Precincts. 169 Oktibbeha County: Bell Schoolhouse, Center Grove, *Gillespie 170 Street Center, Hickory Grove, North Adaton, North Starkville 2, 171 North Starkville 3, Oktoc, Osborn, Sessums and Southeast Oktibehha

172 Precincts.

173 DISTRICT 17 174 Lowndes County: Air Base A, Air Base B, Air Base C, Air Base 175 D, Air Base E, Artesia, Brandon A, Brandon B, Brandon C, Brandon 176 D, Caledonia, Columbus High School A, Columbus High School B, 177 Columbus High School C, Columbus High School D, Crawford A, Dowdle 178 Gas Training Center B, Fairgrounds F, Fairgrounds G, Fairgrounds

179 B, Fairgrounds C, Fairgrounds E, Hunt C, Lee Middle School, New 180 Hope A, New Hope B, New Hope C, New Hope D, New Hope E, New Hope 181 F, Plum Grove A, Plum Grove B, Rural Hill A, Rural Hill B, Rural 182 Hill C, Sale A, Sale B, Sale C, Steens A, Steens B, Steens C, 183 Trinity A, Trinity B, Union Academy B, Union Academy C, University

184 A, University B, West Lowndes A and *West Lowndes B Precincts. 185 Monroe County: Athens, Bartahatchie, Greenwood Springs,

186 Hamilton and Lackey Precinct.

187 DISTRICT 18 188 Leake County: East Carthage, Ebenezer, Edinburg, Freeny, 189 Madden, North Carthage, Renfroe, Salem, Singleton, South Carthage, 190 Sunrise and Walnut Grove Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 8 (tb\rc) 191 Neshoba County: All. 192 Winston County: East Winston, *Lovorn Tractor, Mars Hill, 193 Nanih Waiya, New National Guard Armory, Noxapater, Shilioh, 194 *Wathall and Zion Ridge Precincts.

195 DISTRICT 19 196 DeSoto County: Fairhaven, Hack's Cross, Ingram's Mill,

197 Miller, Mineral Wells, Olive Branch North, Olive Branch South, 198 Olive Branch West, Pleasant Hill North and Pleasant Hill South 199 Precincts. 200 Marshall County: Barton, Byhalia, Cayce, North Cayce and 201 Victoria Precincts.

202 DISTRICT 20 203 Rankin County: Castlewoods, Castlewoods West, Crossroads,

204 East Crossgates, Fannin, Flowood, Grant's Ferry, Holbrook, 205 Leesburg, Mullins, Northeast Brandon, Northshore, Oakdale, 206 Pelahatchie, Pisgah, Reservoir East, Reservoir West, South 207 Crossgates and West Crossgates Precincts.

208 DISTRICT 21 209 Attala County: Aponaug, East, McAdams, Newport, North 210 Central, Northeast, Northwest, Possumneck, Sallis, South Central

211 and Southwest Precincts. 212 Holmes County: Beat 4 Walden Chapel, Coxburg, Durant, 213 Ebenezer, Goodman, Pickens and West Precincts. 214 Leake County: Conway, Good Hope, Lena, Ofahoma, Thomastown, 215 West Carthage and Wiggins Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 9 (tb\rc) 216 Madison County: *Bear Creek, Bible Church, Camden, Cameron, 217 Canton Precinct 1, Canton Precinct 2, Canton Precinct 3, Canton 218 Precinct 4, Canton Precinct 5, Canton Precinct 7, Cedar Grove, 219 Couparle, Liberty, Luther Branson School, Madison County Baptist 220 Family Life Center, New Industrial Park, Ratliff Ferry and Sharon 221 Precincts.

222 Yazoo County: Deasonville, East Midway, Harttown and West 223 Midway Precincts.

224 DISTRICT 22 225 * * * 226 Humphreys County: Gooden Lake, Isola, Lake City, Louise, 227 Midnight, Putnam, Silver City, Southeast Belzoni and Southwest 228 Belzoni Precincts.

229 Madison County: *Bear Creek, Flora, *Gluckstadt, Magnolia 230 Heights, Smith School, Virlilia and Yandell Road Precincts. 231 Sharkey County: All. 232 Sunflower County: Indianola 2 East, Indianola 2 West and 233 Inverness Precincts.

234 Washington County: Arcola City Hall, Darlove Baptist Church, 235 Glen Allan Health Clinic, Hollandale City Hall and Leland Health

236 Department Clinic Precincts. 237 Yazoo County: 3-1 West, 3-2 East, 3-3 Jonestown, 3-4 South, 238 Benton, Carter, Eden, Fairview, Free Run, Fugates, Holly Bluff, 239 Lake City, Valley, Ward 4, Ward 5 and Zion Precincts.

240 DISTRICT 23

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 10 (tb\rc) 241 Issaquena County: All. 242 Warren County: All. 243 Yazoo County: Center Ridge, District 4 Ward 2, Dover, East 244 Bentonia, Mechanicsburg, Robinette, Satartia, Tinsley, Ward 2 and 245 West Bentonia Precincts.

246 DISTRICT 24 247 Grenada County: Grenada Box 2, Grenada Box 3, Grenada Box 4, 248 Grenada Box 5, Holcomb and Sweethome Precincts. 249 Holmes County: Acona, Cruger, Lexington Beat 1, Lexington 250 Beat 4, Lexington Beat 5, Lexington East, Sandhill, Tchula and 251 Thornton Precincts. 252 Humphreys County: Central Belzoni, Four Mile, North Belzoni 253 and Northwest Belzoni Precincts.

254 Leflore County: Central Greenwood, East Greenwood, Minter 255 City, Morgan City/Swiftown, MVSU, *North Greenwood, North Itta 256 Bena, Northeast Greenwood, Rising Sun, Schlater, Sidon, South 257 Greenwood, South Itta Bena, Southeast Greenwood, Southwest 258 Greenwood and West Greenwood Precincts.

259 Tallahatchie County: Blue Cane, Glendora, Philipp, Tippo and 260 Webb Beat 4 Precincts.

261 DISTRICT 25 262 Hinds County: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45 and 78 Precincts. 263 Madison County: *Bear Creek, Cobblestone, *Gluckstadt, 264 Highland Colony Baptist Church, Madison 1, Madison 2, Madison 3,

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 11 (tb\rc) 265 Main Harbor, NorthBay, Ridgeland Tennis Center, SunnyBrook, Trace 266 Harbor, Victory Baptist Church and Whispering Lake Precincts.

267 DISTRICT 26 268 Hinds County: 41, 43, 46, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 269 Bolton, Brownsville, Cynthia, Edwards, *Pinehaven, Pocahontas and 270 Tinnin Precincts.

271 Madison County: Lorman-Cavalier, Ridgeland 1, Ridgeland 3, 272 Ridgeland 4, Ridgeland First Methodist Church and Tougaloo 273 Precincts.

274 DISTRICT 27 275 Hinds County: 11, 12, 13, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, *26, 27, 28, 276 29, 30, 31, 38, 39, 40, 42, 54, 55, *56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 86, 277 Clinton 1, Clinton 2, Clinton 3, Clinton 4, Clinton 5 and

278 *Pinehaven Precincts.

279 DISTRICT 28 280 Hinds County: 18, 19, 20, 25, *26, 50, 51, 52, 53, *56, 58, 281 59, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 87, 88, 89, 282 90, 92, 93, Clinton 6 and Jackson State Precincts.

283 DISTRICT 29 284 Hinds County: 1, 10, 14, 15, 17, 2, 37, 4, 47, 5, 6, 72, 77,

285 8, 9, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97, Byram 1, *Byram 2, Old Byram, Spring 286 Ridge and Terry Precincts.

287 DISTRICT 30 288 Rankin County: Crest Park, Cunningham Heights, East Brandon, 289 Eldorado, Liberty, *Monterey, North Brandon, North McLaurin, North

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 12 (tb\rc) 290 Pearson, North Richland, Park Place, Patton Place, Pearl, South 291 Brandon, South McLaurin, South Pearson, *South Richland, 292 Springhill, West Brandon and West Pearl Precincts.

293 DISTRICT 31 294 Lauderdale County: Center Hill, Collinsville, Martin, 295 Obadiah and West Lauderdale Precincts.

296 Newton County: All. 297 Scott County: All.

298 DISTRICT 32 299 Kemper County: All. 300 Lauderdale County: 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 301 9, Center Ridge, Daleville, East Lauderdale, East Marion, Marion 302 and West Dalewood Precincts.

303 Noxubee County: Earl Nash Gym, Mashulaville, Savannah, 304 Shuqualak and Sommerville Precincts. 305 Winston County: American Legion, County Agent, Fairground, 306 *Lovorn Tractor, Mill Creek and *Walthall Precincts.

307 DISTRICT 33 308 Clarke County: All. 309 Lauderdale County: 1, 13, 16, 17, 18, 2, Alamucha, Andrews

310 Chapel, Bailey, Causeyville, Clarkdale, Culpepper, East Bonita, 311 Kewanee, Meehan, Mt. Gilead, New Lauderdale, Odom, Pickard, 312 Prospect, Russell, Sageville, South Nellieburg, South Russell, 313 Suqualena, Toomsuba, Valley, Vimville, Whynot and Zero Precincts.

314 DISTRICT 34

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 13 (tb\rc) 315 Forrest County: Davis School, Eaton School, Eatonville, 316 Glendale, Jones School, Lillie Burney School, North Heights, Rowan 317 School, Salvation Army, Walthall School and *Westside Precincts. 318 Jasper County: All. 319 Jones County: Blackwell, Bruce, Centerville, Cooks Avenue 320 Community Center, Gitano, Hebron, Kingston Church, Lamar School,

321 Laurel Courthouse, *Mauldin Community Center, National Guard 322 Armory, *Nora Davis School, *North Laurel, Oak Park School, Old 323 Health Department, *Pendorf, Rainey, Sandhill, Shelton, Soso and 324 *Stainton Precincts.

325 DISTRICT 35 326 Copiah County: *Crystal Springs East Precinct. 327 Rankin County: Antioch, Cato, Clear Branch, Cleary, Dry

328 Creek, East Steens Creek, Johns, Mayton, *Monterey, Mountain 329 Creek, Puckett, Shiloh, *South Richland, Star and West Steens 330 Creek Precincts. 331 Simpson County: All.

332 DISTRICT 36 333 Claiborne County: All. 334 Copiah County: Beauregard, Carpenter, Centerpoint, *Crystal

335 Springs East, Crystal Springs North, Crystal Springs South, 336 Crystal Springs West, Dentville, Gallman, Georgetown North, 337 Hazlehurst East, Hazlehurst North, Hazlehurst South, Hazlehurst 338 West and Martinsville Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 14 (tb\rc) 339 Hinds County: *Byram 2, Cayuga, Chapel Hill, Dry Grove, 340 Learned, Raymond 1, Raymond 2, St. Thomas, Utica 1 and Utica 2 341 Precincts. 342 Jefferson County: All.

343 DISTRICT 37 344 Adams County: Airport, Beau Pre, Bellemont, Carpenter,

345 Concord, Convention Center, Courthouse, Duncan Park, Kingston, 346 Liberty Park, Maryland, Morgantown, Oakland, Palestine and 347 Washington Precincts. 348 Amite County: Crosby, East Fork, East Gloster, East Liberty, 349 Homochitto, Liberty, New Zion, Oneil, Smithdale, South Liberty, 350 Tangipahoa and Zion Hill Precincts. 351 Franklin County: All.

352 Pike County: 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 3 and 4 353 Precincts.

354 DISTRICT 38 355 Adams County: By-Pass Firestation, Foster Mound, Northside 356 School, Pine Ridge and Thompson Precincts.

357 Amite County: Amite River, Ariel, Berwick, East Centreville, 358 Gloster, Riceville, Street, Tickfaw and Walls Precincts.

359 Pike County: 1, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2, 24, 28, 29, 360 30, 31, 32, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Precincts. 361 Walthall County: Dexter, Dinan, District 3 Tylertown, 362 Improve, Lexie, Mesa, Midway, North Kirklin, North Knoxo, Saint 363 Paul, South Kirklin, South Knoxo and West Tylertown Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 15 (tb\rc) 364 Wilkinson County: All.

365 DISTRICT 39 366 Copiah County: Georgetown South, Shady Grove, Strong 367 Hope-Union and Wesson Precincts. 368 Lawrence County: All. 369 Lincoln County: All.

370 Walthall County: Darbun, District 4 Tylertown, District 4 371 West, East Tylertown, Enon, Hope, Sartinville and Varnell 372 Precincts.

373 DISTRICT 40 374 Marion County: All. 375 Pearl River County: Anchor Lake/West Union, Buck Branch, 376 Carriere, Ford's Creek, Henleyfield, Hide-A-Way North Hills,

377 McNeill 3, McNeill 5, Mill Creek, Nicholson, Ozona, Picayune 1 378 East, Picayune 2, Picayune 4 West, Picayune 5, Pine Grove and 379 Sycamore Precincts.

380 DISTRICT 41 381 Covington County: All.

382 Forrest County: Rawls Springs Precinct. 383 Jefferson Davis: All.

384 Lamar County: Rocky Branch and Sumrall Precincts. 385 Smith County: All.

386 DISTRICT 42 387 Forrest County: Barrontown-Macedonia, Leeville, Petal 388 Masonic Lodge and West Petal Precincts.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 16 (tb\rc) 389 Jones County: Antioch, Calhoun, Cameron Center, County Barn, 390 Currie, Ellisville Court House, Erata, Glade School, Johnson, 391 Landrum Community Center, Matthews, *Mauldin Community Center, 392 Moselle, Myrick, *Nora Davis School, *North Laurel, Ovett, 393 *Pendorf, Pinegrove, Pleasant Ridge, Powers Community Center, 394 Roosevelt, Rustin, Sandersville Civic Center, Shady Grove, Sharon,

395 South Jones, *Stainton, Tuckers and Union Precincts.

396 DISTRICT 43 397 George County: All. 398 Greene County: All. 399 Wayne County: All.

400 DISTRICT 44 401 Lamar County: Arnold Line, Baxterville, Bellevue, Breland,

402 Greenville, Lake Serene, Lamar Park, Lumberton, Midway, Northeast 403 Lamar, Oak Grove, Okahola, Oloh, Pine Grove, Purvis, Richburg, 404 South Purvis, Wesley Manor and Yawn Precincts. 405 Pearl River County: Byrd Line, Gum Pond, Hickory Grove, Oak 406 Hill and *Poplarville 3 Precincts.

407 DISTRICT 45 408 Forrest County: Blair High School, Brooklyn, Camp School,

409 Carnes, Dantzler, Dixie, Dixie Pine-Central, East Petal, Highland 410 Park, Maxie, Mclaurin, Pinecrest, Sunrise, Thames School, 411 Timberton, USM Golf Course, *Westside and Woodley School 412 Precincts. 413 Perry County: All.

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 17 (tb\rc) 414 DISTRICT 46 415 Hancock County: All. 416 Harrison County: 201, 212, 301, 304, 305, 306 and 315 417 Precincts.

418 DISTRICT 47 419 Jackson County: Gulf Hills, Larue, Latimer and St. Martin

420 Precincts. 421 Pearl River County: Caesar, Derby, Picayune 1 South, 422 Picayune 4 East, Poplarville 1, Poplarville 2, *Poplarville 3, 423 Progress, Salem, Savannah, Steep Hollow, Whitesand 1 and Whitesand 424 2 Precincts. 425 Stone County: All.

426 DISTRICT 48 427 Harrison County: 206, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 428 312, 313, 314, *401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411 429 and 412 Precincts.

430 DISTRICT 49 431 Harrison County: 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210,

432 211, 213, 214, 215, *401, 406, 503, 504, 505 and *510 Precincts.

433 DISTRICT 50 434 Harrison County: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 435 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 501, 502, 506, 507, 508, 509 and 436 *510 Precincts.

437 DISTRICT 51

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 18 (tb\rc) 438 Jackson County: Big Point, Carterville, Chico, Chico A, East 439 Central, Eastside, Escatawpa, Escatawpa A, Escatawpa B, 440 *Fountainbleau, Gautier A, Griffin Heights, Gulf Hills A, Gulf 441 Hills B, Helena, Hickory Hills A, Hwy 57, Hwy 57A, Jefferson 442 Street, North Pascagoula, North Vancleave, North Vancleave A, 443 Ocean Springs Civic Center, Orange Grove, Orange Grove A, Rec

444 Center, Rec Center A, Red Hill, Red Hill A, South Vancleave, South 445 Vancleave A, Sue Ellen, Union Hall, Wade A and YMBC/Dantzler 446 Precincts.

447 DISTRICT 52 448 Jackson County: American Legion, Arlington, Arlington A, 449 Eastlawn, Fair, Fair A, Fair B, *Fountainbleau, Gautier, Gautier 450 B, Gautier C, Girl Scout, Girl Scout A, Gulf Park Estates, Gulf

451 Park Estates A, Hickory Hill, Nazarene, Ocean Springs Armory, 452 Ocean Springs Civic Center A, Ocean Springs Community Center, 453 Pinecrest, Pinecrest A, Presbyterian, Presbyterian A, Presbyterian 454 B, Sacred Heart and Villia Maria Precincts. 455 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That partial or split precincts

456 contained in this resolution are identified in this joint 457 resolution by an asterisk (*) which shall precede its designation

458 within the description of a district. 459 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, except as otherwise provided in 460 this resolution, the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Standing 461 Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment shall file with the 462 Secretary of State the Split Precinct Block List developed in

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 19 (tb\rc) 463 conjunction with the plan contained in this joint resolution that 464 details the portions of the partial or split precincts that are 465 contained within a district by census tract and block number, and 466 such document duly filed with the Secretary of State is hereby 467 incorporated into and shall be construed to be an integral part of 468 this joint resolution.

469 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the staff of the Standing Joint 470 Legislative Committee on Reapportionment shall file with the 471 Secretary of State the Split Precinct Block List developed in 472 conjunction with the amendments Districts 13 and 22 contained in 473 this joint resolution that details the portions of the partial or 474 split precincts, if any, that are contained within the districts 475 by census tract and block number, and such document duly filed

476 with the Secretary of State is hereby incorporated into and shall 477 be construed to be an integral part of this joint resolution. 478 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the boundaries of the senatorial 479 districts described above shall be: 480 (a) The boundaries of the counties listed above as such

481 boundaries existed as of January 1, 2010; and 482 (b) The boundaries of the precincts, census tracts and

483 blocks listed above as such boundaries are contained in the Census 484 2010 Tiger/Line Shapefiles released November 2010. 485 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution shall be 486 liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof and to

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 20 (tb\rc) 487 redistrict the Senate of this state in compliance with 488 constitutional requirements. 489 It is intended that this resolution and the districts 490 described herein completely encompass all the area within the 491 state. It is also intended that such districts contain all the 492 inhabitants in this state. It is further intended that the

493 redistricting provided for in this resolution result in the 494 creation of districts which are substantially equal in population. 495 It is also intended that no district shall include any of the area 496 included within the description of any other district. 497 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the districts described in 498 this resolution do not carry out the purposes thereof, because of 499 unintentional omissions; duplications; overlapping areas;

500 erroneous nomenclature; lack of adequate maps or descriptions of 501 political subdivisions, wards or other divisions thereof, or of 502 their boundary lines, then the Secretary of State, at the request 503 of the Chair of the Senate Elections Committee shall, by order, 504 correct such omissions, overlaps, erroneous nomenclature or other

505 defects in the description of districts so as to accomplish the 506 purposes and objectives of this resolution.

507 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That in promulgating such orders, the 508 Secretary of State, in addition to achieving equality in the 509 population of districts and insuring that all areas of the state 510 are completely and accurately encompassed in such districts, shall 511 be guided by the following standards:

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 21 (tb\rc) 512 (a) In any instance in which there is a conflict 513 between the description of a district as set out in this

514 resolution and the map of the Senate Districts developed * * * in 515 conjunction with the adopted redistricting plan, the map shall 516 control; however, in instances in which the map is inconclusive, 517 the criteria set out in paragraphs (b) through (f) shall control

518 the resolution of any dispute or issue regarding the composition 519 of any Senate District; 520 (b) Gaps in the description of any district shall be 521 completed in a manner which results in a total description of that 522 district in a manner which is consonant with the description of 523 adjacent districts and results in complete contiguity of 524 districts;

525 (c) Areas of the state included within the descriptions 526 of more than one (1) district shall be allocated to the district 527 having the lowest population; 528 (d) Areas of the state not included within the 529 descriptions of any district shall be allocated to the adjacent

530 district having the lowest population; 531 (e) In the event that the area subject to corrected

532 description or allocation as provided in paragraphs (b), (c) and 533 (d) of this clause is of such size or contains such population 534 that its inclusion as a unit in any district would result in 535 substantial disparity in the size, shape or population of such

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 22 (tb\rc) 536 district, then the Secretary of State may allocate portions of 537 such area to two (2) or more districts; and 538 (f) In any allocation of area or correction of 539 descriptions made pursuant to this resolution, the Secretary of 540 State shall, consistent with the foregoing standards, preserve the 541 contiguity and compactness of districts and avoid the unnecessary

542 division of political subdivisions. 543 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of such orders shall be 544 filed by the Secretary of State in his own office and in the 545 offices of the affected commissioners of election and registrars. 546 The Secretary of State may adopt reasonable rules regulating the 547 procedure for applications for orders under this resolution in the 548 manner of serving and filing any notice or copy of orders relating

549 thereto. Upon the filing of such an order, the description of any 550 affected district shall be deemed to have been corrected in the 551 manner provided in such order to the full extent as if such 552 correction had been contained in the original description set 553 forth in this resolution.

554 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, except as otherwise provided in 555 this resolution, the Standing Joint Legislative Committee on

556 Reapportionment is directed to provide all information necessary 557 to assist the counties in identifying the boundaries of the 558 districts described in this resolution. 559 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the staff of the Standing Joint 560 Legislative Committee on Reapportionment is directed to provide

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 23 (tb\rc) 561 all information necessary to assist the counties in identifying 562 the boundaries of the districts described in amended Districts 13 563 and 22. 564 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the qualifying deadline for 565 Districts 13 and 22 as amended by this resolution shall be April 566 12, 2019, unless otherwise ordered by the court in the case of

567 Joseph Thomas, et al. v. Phil Bryant, et al., No. 19-60133 (5th 568 Cir. Mar. 15, 2019). 569 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the redistricting contained in 570 this resolution shall supersede any prior redistricting, and any 571 prior redistricting shall be null and void upon the date this 572 resolution is effectuated. 573 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution shall be placed

574 in the editor's notes that follow Section 5-1-3, Mississippi Code 575 of 1972. 576 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if any paragraph, sentence, 577 clause, phrase or any part of this resolution is declared to be 578 unconstitutional or void or if for any reason is declared to be

579 invalid or of no effect, the remaining paragraphs, sentences, 580 clauses, phrases or parts thereof shall be in no manner affected

581 thereby but shall remain in full force and effect. 582 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution shall take 583 effect and be in force from and after its passage; however, in the 584 event that the appellants prevail in the appeal of the case of 585 Joseph Thomas, et al. v. Phil Bryant, et al., No. 19-60133 (5th

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 PAGE 24 (tb\rc) 586 Cir. Mar. 15, 2019), this resolution shall be repealed and the 587 districts as originally configured in Chapter 2234, Laws of 2012, 588 shall take effect."

J. R. No. 202 *SS36/R1463* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 19/SS36/R1463 ST: Mississippi State Senate; revise PAGE 25 (tb\rc) composition of Senate Districts 13 and 22.