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A.<\/span> The Virginia Redistricting Commission<\/span> is established in the legislative branch of state government. It shall be convened in the year 2020 and every 10 years thereafter for the purpose of establishing districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> As used in this chapter:\n\t\t\t“Census data<\/span>” means the population data received from the United States Bureau of the Census pursuant to P.L. 94-171.\n\t\t\t“Commission<\/span>” means the Virginia Redistricting Commission<\/span> established pursuant to this chapter.\n\t\t\t“Committee<\/span>” means the Redistricting Commission<\/span> Selection Committee<\/span> established pursuant to § 30-393<\/a>.\n\t\t\t“Partisan public office<\/span>” means (i) an elective or appointive office in the executive or legislative branch or in an independent establishment of the federal government; (ii) an elective office in the executive or legislative branch of the government of the Commonwealth, or an office that is filled by appointment and is exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.); or (iii) an office of a county, city, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth that is filled by an election process involving nomination and election of candidates on a partisan basis.\n\t\t\t“Political party office<\/span>” means an elective office in the national or state organization of a political party, as defined in § 24.2-101<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA REDISTRICTING COMMISSION (\u00a7 30-391)\n\nA. The Virginia Redistricting Commission is established in the legislative\nbranch of state government. It shall be convened in the year 2020 and every 10\nyears thereafter for the purpose of establishing districts for the United States\nHouse of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the\nGeneral Assembly.\n\nB. As used in this chapter:\n\t\t\t“Census data” means the population data received from the United\nStates Bureau of the Census pursuant to P.L. 94-171.\n\t\t\t“Commission” means the Virginia Redistricting Commission\nestablished pursuant to this chapter.\n\t\t\t“Committee” means the Redistricting Commission Selection\nCommittee established pursuant to § 30-393.\n\t\t\t“Partisan public office” means (i) an elective or appointive\noffice in the executive or legislative branch or in an independent establishment\nof the federal government; (ii) an elective office in the executive or\nlegislative branch of the government of the Commonwealth, or an office that is\nfilled by appointment and is exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act (§\n2.2-2900 et seq.); or (iii) an office of a county, city, or other political\nsubdivision of the Commonwealth that is filled by an election process involving\nnomination and election of candidates on a partisan basis.\n\t\t\t“Political party office” means an elective office in the national\nor state organization of a political party, as defined in § 24.2-101.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}