State Lawmakers To Meet In Special Session For Congressional Redistricting

By JIM TURNER News Service of Florida, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Mon, 07/20/2015 - 5:54pm

TALLAHASSEE - August will be back-to-Tallahassee time for state lawmakers.Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli sent a joint memo to lawmakers Monday announcing that a court-ordered special session to redraw eight of the state's 27 congressional districts will begin Aug. 10 and run until Aug. 21 or until completion of the new map.Gardiner, R-Orlando, and Crisafulli R-Merritt Island, also directed staff from the new House Select Committee on Redistricting and the new Senate Committee on Reapportionment to work with legislative attorneys to initially draft a "base map" that complies with a July 9 ruling from the state Supreme Court."This map proposal will be drafted solely by staff in collaboration with counsel, without our participation or the participation of any other member, and will be provided simultaneously to all members and the public prior to the convening of the special session," Gardiner and Crisafulli wrote.

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