SPONSOR: Rep. Schwartzkopf & Rep. Gilligan & Rep. Longhurst & Sen. DeLuca & Sen. Blevins & Sen. Henry Reps. Lavelle, Hocker HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 146th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE BILL NO. 250 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE: 1 Section 1. Amend § 821, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining and 2 deletions as shown by strike through as follows: 3 § 821. Boundaries of the General Assembly House of Representative Districts. 4 The boundaries of the General Assembly House of Representative districts shall be described as follows: 5 (1) First Representative District. -- The 1st Representative District shall comprise: all that portion of City of 6 Wilmington and New Castle County bounded by a line beginning at the point of intersection of Marsh Road and I-95, and 7 proceeding southerly along Marsh Road to Philadelphia Pike, and proceeding westerly along Philadelphia Pike to 8 Edgemoor Road, and proceeding easterly southerly along Edgemoor Road to Governor Printz Boulevard I-495, and 9 proceeding westerly along Governor Printz Boulevard I-495 to the Edgemoor/Wilmington census designated place/city 10 line, and proceeding northerly along the Edgemoor/Wilmington census designated place/city line, crossing over both lanes 11 of Governor Printz Boulevard twice, to Governor Printz Boulevard at a point just east of E. 35th Street and proceeding 12 westerly along Governor Printz Boulevard to E. 30th Street, and proceeding westerly along E. 30th Street to Danby Street, 13 and proceeding southerly along Danby Street to Jessup Street, and proceeding southerly along Jessup Street to Pine Street, 14 and proceeding westerly along Pine Street to Brandywine Creek, and proceeding northerly along Brandywine Creek to I-95 15 the Wilmington city line, and proceeding northerlyeasterly along the Wilmington city line to Concord Pike, and proceeding 16 northerly along Concord Pike to I-95, and proceeding easterly along I-95 to the point of beginning. 17 (2) Second Representative District. -- The 2nd Representative District shall comprise: all that portion of City of 18 Wilmington and New Castle County bounded by a line beginning at the point of intersection of the Brandywine Creek and 19 I-95 N. Van Buren Street, and proceeding southerly along the Brandywine Creek to Pine Street, and proceeding easterly 20 along Pine Street to Jessup Street, and proceeding northerly along Jessup Street to Danby Street, and proceeding northerly 21 along Danby Street to E. 30th Street, and proceeding easterly along E. 30th Street to Governor Printz Boulevard, and Page 1 of 80 LC : WGB : RAY Released: 01/18/2012 04:56 PM 1901460542 22 proceeding easterly along Governor Printz Boulevard to Edgemoor Road the Edgemoor/Wilmington census designated 23 place/city line, and proceeding southerly along the Edgemoor/Wilmington census designated place/city line southerly along 24 Edgemoor Road to I-495, and proceeding westerly along I-495 to shoreline of Shellpot Creek, and proceeding southerly 25 along shoreline of Shellpot Creek to the Edgemoor/Wilmington census designated place/city line, and proceeding easterly 26 along the Edgemoor/Wilmington census designated place/city line to the Wilmington city line, and proceeding easterly 27 along the Wilmington city line to the Delaware/New Jersey state line, and proceeding southerly along the Delaware/New 28 Jersey state line to nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #630667178, and proceeding westerly 29 along nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #630667178 to nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. 30 Census Tiger Line ID #630667177, and proceeding westerly along nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger 31 Line ID #630667177 to nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #629816975, and proceeding 32 westerly along nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #629816975 to Christina River, and 33 proceeding westerly along Christina River to I-95, and proceeding northerly along I-95 to Amtrak Railroad, and proceeding 34 westerly along Amtrak Railroad to nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #614583918, and 35 proceeding northerly along nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #614583918 to Lewis Circle, and 36 proceeding northerly along Lewis Circle to Middleboro Road, and proceeding westerly along Middleboro Road to 37 Boxwood Road, and proceeding westerly along Boxwood Road to Maryland Avenue, and proceeding easterly along 38 Maryland Avenue to N. Madison Street N., and proceeding northerly along N. Madison Street N. to W. 2nd Street, and 39 proceeding easterly along W. 2nd Street to N. Tatnall Street, and proceeding northerly along N. Tatnall Street to W. 8th 40 Street, and proceeding westerly along W. 8th Street to I-95, and proceeding northerly along I-95 to N. Van Buren Street, 41 and proceeding northerly along N. Van Buren Street to the point of beginning. 42 (3) Third Representative District. -- The 3rd Representative District shall comprise: all that portion of City of 43 Wilmington and New Castle County bounded by a line beginning at the point of intersection of W. 8th Street and N. Tatnall 44 Street, and proceeding southerly along N. Tatnall Street to W. 2nd Street, and proceeding westerly along W. 2nd Street to 45 N. Madison Street N., and proceeding southerly along N. Madison Street N. to Maryland Avenue, and proceeding westerly 46 along Maryland Avenue to the Wilmington city line, and proceeding northerly along the Wilmington city line to S. Broom 47 Street, and proceeding northerly along S. Broom Street to Oak Street, and proceeding westerly along Oak Street to S. 48 Lincoln Street, and proceeding northerly along S. Lincoln Street to Wilmington Avenue, and proceeding westerly along 49 Wilmington Avenue to crossover to S. Union Street and proceeding northerly on along crossover to S. Union Street, and 50 proceeding westerly along S. Union Street to Barry Street, and proceeding northerly along Barry Street to nonvisible 51 boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #634304965, and proceeding westerly on along nonvisible boundary Page 2 of 80 LC : WGB : RAY Released: 01/18/2012 04:56 PM 1901460542 52 designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID # 634304965 to the Elsmere/Wilmington town/city line, and proceeding northerly 53 along the Elsmere/Wilmington town/city line to the Wilmington city line, and proceeding northerly along the Wilmington 54 city line to CSX RR, and proceeding northerly along CSX RR to Lancaster Avenue, and proceeding westerly along 55 Lancaster Avenue to the Wilmington city line, and proceeding westerly and then easterly along the Wilmington city line to 56 W. 7th Street, and proceeding easterly along W. 7th Street to CSX RR, and proceeding easterly along CSX RR to unnamed 57 local road nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #187255178, and proceeding easterly along 58 unnamed local road nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line ID #187255178 to W. 8th Street, and 59 proceeding easterly along W. 8th Street to the point of beginning. 60 (4) Fourth Representative District. -- The 4th Representative District shall comprise: all that portion of City of 61 Wilmington and New Castle County bounded by a line beginning at the point of intersection of Powder Mill Road and 62 Concord Pike, and proceeding southerly along Concord Pike to the Wilmington city line, and proceeding westerly along the 63 Wilmington city line to Brandywine Creek, and proceeding southerly along Brandywine Creek to N. Van Buren Street, and 64 proceeding southerly along N. Van Buren to I-95, and proceeding westerly southerly along I-95 to W. 8th Street, and 65 proceeding westerly along W. 8th Street to unnamed local road nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger Line 66 ID #187255178, and proceeding westerly along unnamed local road nonvisible boundary designated as U.S. Census Tiger 67 Line ID #187255178 to CSX RR, and proceeding westerly along CSX RR to W. 7th Street, and proceeding westerly along 68 W. 7th Street to the Wilmington city line, and proceeding westerly and then easterly along the Wilmington city line to S. 69 Dupont Road, and proceeding southerly along S. Dupont Road to Faulkland Road, and proceeding westerly along 70 Faulkland Road to Newport Gap Pike, and proceeding northerly along Newport Gap Pike to Millcreek Road, and 71 proceeding westerly along Millcreek Road to McKennans Church Road, and proceeding northerly along McKennans 72 Church Road to Loveville Road, and proceeding northerly along Loveville Road to Lancaster Pike, and proceeding easterly 73 along Lancaster Pike to W. Rolling Mill Road, and proceeding northerly along W. Rolling Mill Road to Barley Mill Road, 74 and proceeding easterly along Barley Mill Road to the Greenville census designated place line, and proceeding easterly 75 along the Greenville census designated place line to Octoraro Railway, and proceeding northerly along Octoraro Railway to 76 Montchanin Road, and proceeding northerly along Montchanin Road to Kirk Road, and proceeding easterly along Kirk 77 Road to Rockland Road, and proceeding easterly along Rockland Road to Powder Mill Road, and proceeding easterly along 78 Powder Mill Road to the point of beginning. 79 (5) Fifth Representative District. -- The 5th Representative District shall comprise: