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2012 -- S 2178 Substitute a State of Rhode Island 2012 -- S 2178 SUBSTITUTE A ======= LC00810/SUB A ======= STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO REDISTRICTING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Bates, Lanzi, Pichardo, and Goodwin Date Introduced: January 19, 2012 Referred To: Senate Judiciary It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 22-1-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 22-1 entitled "Composition 2 of Senate" is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 22-1-2. Districts. -- The state is hereby divided into thirty-eight (38) senatorial districts 4 bounded and described as follows: 5 (1) It is understood and intended that for the purpose of this section a line described as 6 running on, along, to or through any street (including road, avenue, lane, way, parkway, 7 expressway, divided highway, state route or interstate route, or trail), stream or river, is intended 8 to mean the center line of that street, stream or river, and a line described as the shoreline is 9 intended to mean the line along the mean low water level, and a feature extension is intended to 10 mean the imaginary straight-line extension from the end of a map feature, usually a street or road, 11 to another feature, as for example, from the end of a dead-end street to a nearby river, in all 12 instances, unless it shall be otherwise specified. 13 (2) It is further understood and intended that for the purpose of this section, the districts 14 described in this section shall be composed of United States census geography (tracts and blocks), 15 as defined by the 2000 2010 version of the "TIGER" files from the United States Census Bureau, 16 whose boundaries correspond to the below metes and bounds set forth in this section and which 17 are hereby made a part of this chapter. A listing of which census blocks are contained within each 18 district shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference. 19 (3) (i) It is further understood and intended that for the purpose of this section, the 1 districts will be depicted on thirty-nine (39) maps, compiled by Election Data Services, Inc. for 2 each city and town, and hereinafter may be referred to as town maps. 3 (ii) The secretary of state shall keep a copy of each set of the foregoing maps and a copy 4 of the census tract and block listing available for inspection during ordinary business hours at his 5 or her office. The secretary of state shall furnish each city and town a copy of the town map 6 covering that particular city or town within ten (10) days from the passage of this act. 7 (iii) For purposes of this title, references to "tract" or "CT" shall mean "census tract", as 8 that demographic unit is established by the United States Bureau of the Census for the 2000 2010 9 census as described by maps and publications of the bureau. References to "block", "blocks", or 10 "block groups", "enumeration district", or "enumeration districts", refer to those demographic 11 units as established by the United States Census Bureau for the 2000 2010 census as described by 12 maps and publications of the bureau. 13 (iv) Any reference to a "city or town", "city or town boundaries", or "city or town limits" 14 shall refer to the boundaries or limits of the particular city or town as they existed on January 1, 15 2000 as defined by the 2010 version of the “TIGER” files from the United States Census Bureau . 16 (v) In the census tract and block listing, the first two (2) digits of a census description 17 shall refer to the state of Rhode Island (44), the next three (3) digits of a census description shall 18 refer to the county in which the district lies. Bristol county carries the code 001; Kent county 19 carries the code 003; Newport county carries the code 005; Providence county carries the code 20 007 and Washington county carries the code 009. The next six (6) digits refer to the census tract 21 within the county set forth in the description. The last four (4) digits refer to the census block 22 within the census tract. "TIGER" is an acronym for the computer readable geographic data base 23 that automates the mapping and related geographic activities required to support the United 24 States' Census Bureau's census and survey programs and stands for "Topologically Integrated 25 Geographic Encoding and Referencing." 26 (vi) If any census tract, block, block group, or enumeration district is omitted, listed 27 more than once, or is only partially provided for, it is intended that the districts be defined in such 28 a manner as to not omit any area of Rhode Island from a district and to comply with the standard 29 of Articles VII and VIII of the Rhode Island Constitution requiring that districts be reasonably 30 equal. In order to carry out the intent of the general assembly as expressed in this section the 31 secretary of state, shall if necessary, undertake measures to insure compliance with this section. 32 (vii) In the event of a discrepancy between the metes and bounds description, the 33 description of census tracts and blocks, and the maps which shall be on file with the secretary of 34 state, then the listing of census tracts and blocks shall take precedence and be controlling. LC00810/SUB A - Page 2 1 First district: The first senatorial district shall consist of all of that part of the city of 2 Providence bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the Providence-North Providence 3 boundary line and Woodward Rd; thence southeasterly on Woodward to Branch Ave; thence 4 westerly on Branch Ave to Douglas Ave; thence southeasterly on Douglas Ave to Easton St; 5 thence southwesterly on Easton St to Veazie St; thence southeasterly on Veazie St to Douglas 6 Ave; thence southerly on Douglas Ave to Eaton St; thence westerly on Eaton St to Tyndall Ave; 7 thence southerly on Tyndall Ave to Smith St; thence westerly on Smith St to River Ave; thence 8 southerly on River Ave to Whitford Ave; thence westerly on Whitford Ave to Academy Ave; 9 thence southerly on Academy Ave to Molloy St; thence westerly on Molloy St to Rowan St; 10 thence southerly on Rowan St to Chalkstone Ave; thence westerly on Chalkstone Ave to Carleton 11 St; thence southerly on Carleton St to Roanoke St; thence easterly on Roanoke St to Academy 12 Ave; thence southerly on Academy Ave to Regent Ave; thence easterly on Regent Ave to Harold 13 St; thence southerly on Harold St to Allston St; thence westerly on Allston St continuing on the 14 boundary line between census block 40070022003000 and census blocks 440070022002012, 15 440070022002013, 440070022002014, 440070022002017, 440070022002018, and 16 440070022003006 to Academy Ave; thence southerly on Academy Ave to Atwells Ave; thence 17 easterly on Atwells Ave to US Highway 6; thence easterly on US Highway 6 to I- 95; thence 18 northerly on I-95 to Providence Place; thence easterly on Providence Place to the 19 Woonasquatucket River; thence easterly on the Woonasquatucket River to Exchange St; thence 20 northwesterly on Exchange St to Stillman St; thence northeasterly on Stillman St to Park Row W; 21 thence easterly on Park Row W to the Moshassuck River; thence northerly on the Moshassuck 22 River to Smith St; thence westerly on Smith St to the New York, New Haven and Hartford 23 Railroad; thence northerly on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to I- 95; thence 24 northeasterly on I- 95 to the Providence-Pawtucket boundary line; thence westerly on the 25 Providence-Pawtucket boundary line to the Providence-North Providence boundary line; thence 26 westerly on the Providence-North Providence Boundary Line to the point of origin. 27 Second district: The second senatorial district shall consist of all of that part of the city of 28 Providence bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Niantic Ave and Cranston St; 29 thence easterly on Cranston St to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; thence 30 westerly on the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad to State Highway 10; thence 31 northerly on State Highway 10 to Westminster St; thence easterly on Westminster St to Messer 32 St; thence southerly on Messer St to Chapin Ave; thence easterly on Chapin Ave to the 33 intersection of Parade St thence southeasterly along the line between census blocks 34 440070013002004 and 440070013002006 to Cranston St; thence northeasterly on Cranston St to LC00810/SUB A - Page 3 1 Dexter St; thence southerly on Dexter St to Lester St; thence easterly on Lester St to Bridgham 2 St; thence easterly on Bridgham St to Elmwood Ave; thence southwesterly on Elmwood Ave to 3 Parkis Ave; thence easterly on Parkis Ave to Broad St; thence southeasterly on Broad St to 4 Hawthorne Ave; thence southwesterly on Hawthorne Ave to Fredrick C. Greene Memorial Blvd; 5 thence easterly on Fredrick C. Greene Memorial Blvd to Natural History Ave; thence southerly 6 on Natural History Ave to census block 44007001022010; thence easterly on the boundary line 7 between census block 440070001022010 and census blocks 440070001024007 and 8 44070001023016 to Verndale Ave; thence northeasterly on Verndale Ave to Montgomery Ave; 9 thence easterly on Montgomery Ave to the Providence-Cranston boundary line; thence southerly, 10 westerly, and northerly on the Providence-Cranston boundary line to the point of origin.
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