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Proposed Constitutional Amendment. The 1959 18613-
leture met Ee reapporfionment prole by pass Senate
Joint Resolution No. 660, which proposes to amen Article
VII of the Florida Constitution. By declaring that an
emergency exists, the Legislature caused this resolution
to be voted on in November 1959.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 6&0 increases the member-
Ship of the Florida Senate from 38 to 4L members, and the
membership of the House of Representatives from 95 to.lo3.
No county may be in more than one senatorial district.
and no district may be composed of more than three oountiea.
under the proposed amendment, the most populous county
will have five representetivee.in the House; the next two
most populous counties will have four each; the next six
counties will have three each; the next 1L counties will
have two each; and the remaining #4 counties will have
one representative each. Presently, the five largest
counties have three representatives each, the next 18
have two each, and the other #4 have one each.
Senate A ortionment. The allocation of the A Senate
seats was fixg'Ih Senate Bill No. 658, which upon enactment
became Chapter 59131. The map on page 52, next following,
shows this allocation. No existing one-county district is
affected, and the following are the additional proposed
one-county districts: Bay, Manatee,.nonroe, Sarasota,
Okalooea, Seminole, Brevard, and Santa Rosa. If the amend~
ment is approved or the votere,'the new Senators will be
elected in 1960. Those frommatricts no, I42, 'and 1m ohall
be elected for initial two-yearterma. but four-year terms
will be the'rule thereafter. Reapportionment is to take
place again in 1971.
(Continued on page 53)
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is adop u e ouee seats will be allocated in accord-
ance with House Bill No. luls, which became Chapter 59153.
Under this bill, based on the 1950 Federal-oenaue, the 1961
House of Representatives, to be elected in November 1960.
will be composed as follows:
Dede County - - - - - - - o 5 seats
Duval and Hillsborough Counties a ~ ~ 4 each
Pinelles, Polk, Ore Palm Beech,
Eecanbia, and Brewer Counties - - - 3.92s
Veluaia, Alachua, Econ, Bay, merion, _
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Monroe, Sarasota, Cknlooen, Seminole
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Forty-four remaining counties - - - 1 each
The bill, like Senate Joint Reeolution No. 660}
requires-the 1951 regular session of the Legislature to
reapportion the House according to the 1960 census.
Changes in population indicate that in 1965 St. Johns
and Jackson Counties will each lose a seat in the House.
while Leo and.Brevard Will gain one. This result is not
affected by Senate Joint Resolution No. 663, except that
under Senate Joint Resolution No. 660 this will occur-1n
1962. i130, 'rowerd County is expected to gain a House
seat fromPolk County, but both will have three House
seats under Senate Joint Resolution No. 669.
Changes in Representation. Any county that gains a
seat In Ee House or gate 3 enetcr of its own (which is
new in a district comprising more than one caunty):will
have more representation. How these changes in represen-
tation will work out if Senate Joint Resolution NO. 660
is adopted. is indicated on the map.on page 55. However,
oath of the 51 counties in the 31 senatorial districts
which are unchanged will have proportionally lees repre-
sentation in the Senate, and each or the 60 oountiee*
whose House seats are unchanged will have pro ortionelly
lees voice in the House Timetable on page 5 gives the
number of seats in each House for eeoh county under both
the present and the proposed apport1onment. '
Under the exi'in legislative apportionment,_one
Representative is i. per cent of the 95 House members,
two are.2.ll per cent, and three are 3.16 per cent. One
Senator is 2.63 per cent of the 38 total; each county in
a tWO-ccunty district mey be said to hava 1.32 per cent
or the Senate; in three-county districts, .8 per cent;
and in four-county dietricts, each county has .66 per
cent or thn Senate. Under the proposed amendment,.one
Representative is .97 per cent of tetotel of 103 seats;
tun are 1.9:1 per cent; three are 2.91 per cent; roun ere
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'ROPOSED REIPPORTIOHEKT i THE FLORIDA LEGISLITURE, 1959
Changes in hnnse and Sen:tn
seats proposed in SenhtP sitl
658 And in Senate Joint Resolu-
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November, 3959).
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3.88 per cent; and five are n.85 per cent of 103. For
the Senate. a county with its own Senator will have 2.
per cent of the Senate total of 4; each county or a two
ocunty district will have 1.1a per cent; and each county
in a three-county district will have .76 per.oent of the
Senate total of nu. _ p
All of the additional House seats go to the nine
largest counties, all of which have their own Senators
now. These nine counties will have 31 Representatives,
or 30 per cent of the total of 103. Now they have 83
seats. or 2k per cent of 95.
A majority in the House at the present time requires
the votes of the 22 largest counties. As all the add1~~'
tional House seats so to large counties, under Senate
Joint Resolution No. 660 only 20 counties would be neces
sary for a majority.
Mtlticounty districts complicate this question in
the Senate, but the balance is similar to that in the
House, and senate Joint Resolution No. 660 will alter
it about as muoh as it alters the balance in the House.
Four of the six additional Senate seats go to the top
20 counties.
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3.88 per cent; and five are 4,85 pwr r:erit of 133. Pcr the Sc.ate, a county with its own Senator will flave 2.27 per cent of the ser.s.tc total of 4-'1; each county of a twocounty aistrict will have 1.14 per cent; and each county in a three-county district wil] have .76 per .aer.t of the Ser.ato tats.1 of 45. All of the additloral House seats so to the nine .'.argest counties, all of which have their own Senatore ruow. These nine counties will have 31 Representatives.. or 30 per cent of the to-.al of 103. New they have 23 seats, or 24 per centof 95. A nisjority ir: the House at the preser.t time requires the votes of the & largest countb;s. As 311 the additi onal Ecuse seats so to large counties., ur.der Se.ate Joint Ecsolution No. 660 only 20 counties -aould be r.ceessary for a ma1erity. PLlti-cour.ty districts complicate this weati en J n the senate, but the talance is similar to that in the Mosc, ar.d Borg.tc Joint Resclation No. 660 will alteiit about as muet as it alters the balance in tae Haus.e. Four et' the sai additirnal Ser-ate seata go tc the top 20 counties. -56-
