SENATE BILL No. 546
June 14, 2001, Introduced by Senator SCHUETTE and referred to the Committee on Reapportionment.
A bill to amend 1964 PA 282, entitled
"An act to divide the state into 19 congressional districts; to
provide for the nomination of candidates for representative in
congress to be elected at the 1964 November election; and to
repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 3.51) and by adding sec-
tions 3 and 4.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 TITLE
2 An act to divide the state
into 19 15 congressional dis-
3 tricts; to provide for the
nomination of candidates for repre-
4 sentative in congress to
be
elected at the 1964 November
5 election; TO
PRESCRIBE THE
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN STATE
6 DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS;
and to
repeal certain acts and parts
7 of acts.
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1 Sec. 1. The state is
divided into 19 15 congressional
2 districts pursuant to the ratio of representation fixed under an
3 act of congress for the
apportioning anew APPORTIONMENT of
the
4 representatives among the several states. Each district is enti-
5 tled to 1 representative. The districts are constituted and num-
6 bered as follows:
7 (A) (1)
The first
district. consists of the city of
8 Highland Park and that
part of
the city of Detroit enclosed in a
9 line beginning at the
intersection of Eight Mile road and
10 Livernois avenue, south
on
Livernois avenue to the
Pennsylvania
11 and Detroit Terminal
railroad,
west on the Pennsylvania and
12 Detroit Terminal
railroad to
Kentucky avenue, south on Kentucky
13 avenue to Fullerton
avenue, west
on Fullerton avenue to Meyers
14 road, south on Meyers
road to
Tireman avenue, east on Tireman
15 avenue to the Detroit
Terminal
railroad and the western boundary
16 of the city of Detroit,
south on
the western boundary of the city
17 of Detroit to Warren
avenue,
east on Warren avenue to West Grand
18 boulevard, north and
east on
West and East Grand boulevard to
19 Joseph Campau, north
on Joseph
Campau to the southern boundary of
20 the city of Hamtramck,
west and
north along the southern and
21 western boundaries of
the city
of Hamtramck to the southern
22 boundary of the city of
Highland
Park, west and north along the
23 southern and western
boundaries
of the city of Highland Park to
24 McNichols road, east on
McNichols road to the eastern
boundary of
25 the city of Highland
Park, south
along the eastern boundary of
26 the city of Highland
Park to
Davison avenue, east on Davison
27 avenue to Conant
avenue, north
on Conant avenue to Nevada avenue,
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1 east on Nevada avenue to
Fenelon
avenue, north on Fenelon avenue
2 to Seven Mile road, west
on
Seven Mile road to Eureka avenue,
3 north on Eureka avenue
to Eight
Mile road, west on Eight Mile
4 road to the point of
beginning,
in Wayne county.
5 (B) (2)
The second
district. consists of the counties
of
6 Lenawee, Livingston,
Monroe and
Washtenaw and the townships of
7 Plymouth and Northville
and the
city of Plymouth, in Wayne
8 county.
9 (C) (3)
The third
district. consists of the counties
of
10 Eaton, Calhoun, Barry,
Kalamazoo
and Clinton, except the town-
11 ships of Bath and
DeWitt.
12 (D) (4)
The fourth
district. consists of the counties
of
13 Allegan, Berrien, Cass,
St.
Joseph, Branch, Hillsdale and Van
14 Buren.
15 (E) (5)
The fifth
district. consists of the counties
of
16 Ionia and Kent.
17 (F) (6)
The sixth
district. consists of the counties
of
18 Ingham, Jackson,
Shiawassee and
the townships of Bath and DeWitt
19 in the county of Clinton.
20 (G) (7)
The seventh
district. consists of the counties
of
21 Genesee and Lapeer.
22 (H) (8)
The eighth
district. consists of the counties
of
23 Huron, Sanilac,
Saginaw, St.
Clair and Tuscola.
24 (I) (9)
The ninth
district. consists of the counties
of
25 Benzie, Lake, Leelanau,
Grand
Traverse, Manistee, Mason,
26 Muskegon, Newaygo,
Oceana,
Wexford and Ottawa.
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1 (J) (10)
The tenth
district. consists of the counties
of
2 Antrim, Alcona, Arenac,
Bay,
Clare, Crawford, Gratiot, Gladwin,
3 Isabella, Iosco, Kalkaska,
Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee,
Montcalm,
4 Osceola, Ogemaw,
Oscoda and
Roscommon.
5 (K) (11)
The eleventh
district. consists of the counties
6 of Alger, Alpena, Baraga,
Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa,
Delta,
7 Dickinson, Emmet,
Gogebic,
Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce,
8 Mackinac, Marquette,
Menominee,
Montmorency, Ontonagon, Otsego,
9 Presque Isle and
Schoolcraft.
10 (l)
(12) The twelfth
district. consists of the county
of
11 Macomb and that
portion of the
city of Detroit enclosed in a line
12 beginning at the
intersection of
Eight Mile road and Redmond
13 avenue, south on
Redmond avenue
to Seven Mile road, east on Seven
14 Mile road to Kelly
avenue, north
on Kelly avenue to Eight Mile
15 road, west on Eight Mile
road to
the point of beginning, in Wayne
16 county.
17 (M) (13)
The thirteenth
district. consists of that part
18 of the city of Detroit
enclosed
in a line beginning at the
19 Detroit river and West
Grand
boulevard, north on West Grand bou-
20 levard to Myrtle avenue,
west on
Myrtle avenue to West Grand bou-
21 levard, north and east on
West
and East Grand boulevard to
22 Griffin avenue, east on
Griffin
avenue to Moran avenue, south on
23 Moran avenue to
Milwaukee
avenue, east on Milwaukee avenue to
24 Mt. Elliott avenue, south
on Mt.
Elliott avenue to Harper avenue,
25 east on Harper avenue to
Conner
avenue, south on Conner avenue to
26 Jefferson avenue, east
on
Jefferson avenue to Piper avenue,
south
27 on Piper avenue to
Essex avenue,
east on Essex avenue to the
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1 eastern boundary of the
city of
Detroit, south on the eastern
2 boundary of the city of
Detroit
to the southern boundary of the
3 city of Detroit, west on
the
southern boundary of the city of
4 Detroit to the point of
beginning, in Wayne county.
5 (N) (14)
The fourteenth
district. consists of the cities
6 of Grosse Pointe, Grosse
Pointe
Farms, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse
7 Pointe Woods,
Hamtramck and
Harper Woods, and the township of
8 Grosse Pointe in Wayne
county,
and that part of the city of
9 Detroit enclosed in a line
beginning at the intersection of
Eight
10 Mile road and Eureka
avenue,
south on Eureka avenue to Seven
Mile
11 road, east on Seven Mile
road to
Fenelon avenue, south on Fenelon
12 avenue to Nevada
avenue, west on
Nevada avenue to Conant avenue,
13 south on Conant avenue
to
Davison avenue, west on Davison
avenue
14 to the eastern boundary
of the
city of Highland Park, south on
15 the eastern boundary of
the city
of Highland Park to the northern
16 boundary of the city of
Hamtramck, east and south on the
northern
17 and eastern boundaries
of the
city of Hamtramck to the southern
18 boundary of the city of
Hamtramck, west on the southern
boundary
19 of the city of
Hamtramck to
Joseph Campau, south on Joseph
Campau
20 to East Grand boulevard,
east on
East Grand boulevard and Griffin
21 avenue to Moran
avenue, south on
Moran avenue to Milwaukee
22 avenue, east on
Milwaukee avenue
to Mt. Elliott avenue, south on
23 Mt. Elliott avenue to
Harper
avenue, east on Harper avenue to
24 Conner avenue, south on
Conner
avenue to Jefferson avenue, east
25 on Jefferson avenue to
Piper
avenue, south on Piper avenue to
26 Essex avenue, east on
Essex
avenue to the eastern boundary of
the
27 city of Detroit, north on
the
eastern boundary of the city of
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1 Detroit to Kelly avenue,
south
on Kelly avenue to Seven Mile
2 road, west on Seven Mile
road to
Redmond avenue, north on Redmond
3 avenue to Eight Mile
road, west
on Eight Mile road to the point
4 of beginning, in Wayne
county.
5 (O) (15)
The fifteenth
district. consists of the town-
6 ships of Canton,
Dearborn,
Huron, Nankin, Romulus, Sumpter,
7 Taylor and Van Buren
and the
cities of Allen Park, Belleville,
8 Dearborn Heights,
Garden City,
Lincoln Park, Melvindale and
9 Wayne, in Wayne
county.
10 (16) The sixteenth
district
consists of the townships of
11 Brownstown and Grosse
Ile and
the cities of Dearborn, Ecorse,
12 Gibraltar, River Rouge,
Riverview, Southgate, Trenton and
13 Wyandotte and that part
of the
city of Detroit south and west of
14 a line beginning at the
eastern
boundary of the city of Dearborn
15 and Warren avenue, east
on
Warren avenue to West Grand
boulevard,
16 south on West Grand
boulevard to
Myrtle avenue, east on Myrtle
17 avenue to West Grand
boulevard,
south on West Grand boulevard to
18 the Detroit river, in
Wayne
county.
19 (17) The seventeenth
district consists of that part of
the
20 city of Detroit west of a
line
beginning at the intersection of
21 Eight Mile road and
Livernois
avenue, south on Livernois avenue
22 to the Pennsylvania and
Detroit
Terminal railroad, west on the
23 Pennsylvania and
Detroit
Terminal railroad to Kentucky
avenue,
24 south on Kentucky
avenue to
Fullerton avenue, west on Fullerton
25 avenue to Meyers road,
south on
Meyers road to the southern
26 boundary of the city of
Detroit,
in Wayne county.
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1 (18) The eighteenth
district consists of the cities of
2 Berkley, Birmingham,
Bloomfield
Hills, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel
3 Park, Huntington Woods,
Lathrup
Village, Madison Heights, Oak
4 Park, Pleasant Ridge,
Royal Oak,
Southfield and Troy and the
5 townships of Addison,
Avon,
Bloomfield, Oakland, Pontiac, Royal
6 Oak and Southfield in
Oakland
county.
7 (19) The nineteenth
district consists of the townships
of
8 Brandon, Commerce,
Farmington,
Groveland, Highland, Holly,
9 Independence, Lyon,
Milford,
Novi, Orion, Oxford, Rose,
10 Springfield, Waterford,
West
Bloomfield and White Lake, and the
11 cities of Farmington,
Keego
Harbor, Pontiac, South Lyon, Sylvan
12 Lake, Walled Lake and
Wixom in
Oakland county, and that portion
13 of the city of Northville
lying
in Oakland county, and the town-
14 ship of Redford and the
city of
Livonia in Wayne county and that
15 portion of the city of
Northville lying in Wayne county.
16 SEC. 3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL PREPARE A MAP AND A
17 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH DISTRICT CONSTITUTED UNDER THIS ACT.
18 THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION SHALL BE IN TERMS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
19 SIONS, SUCH AS COUNTIES, CITIES, AND TOWNSHIPS; MAN-MADE FEA-
20 TURES, SUCH AS STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND RAILROADS; AND NATU-
21 RAL FEATURES, SUCH AS WATERWAYS, WHICH POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND
22 MAN-MADE AND NATURAL FEATURES FORM THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
23 DISTRICT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL CONVEY THE MAP AND LEGAL
24 DESCRIPTION OF EACH DISTRICT TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
25 GOVERNOR.
26 SEC. 4. AS USED IN THIS ACT:
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1 (A) "BLOCK" MEANS BLOCK AS THAT TERM IS USED BY THE UNITED
2 STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IN CONDUCTING
3 THE 2000 DECENNIAL CENSUS.
4 (B) "ED" MEANS ENUMERATION DISTRICT AS THAT TERM IS USED BY
5 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IN
6 CONDUCTING THE 2000 DECENNIAL CENSUS.
7 (C) "TRACT" MEANS TRACT AS THAT TERM IS USED BY THE UNITED
8 STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IN CONDUCTING
9 THE 2000 DECENNIAL CENSUS.
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