A. The Virginia Redistricting Commission 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.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 30-391

  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Commission: means the Virginia Redistricting Commission established pursuant to this chapter. See Virginia Code 30-391
  • Committee: means the Redistricting Commission Selection Committee established pursuant to § 30-393. See Virginia Code 30-391
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255

B. As used in this chapter:

“Census data” means the population data received from the United States Bureau of the Census pursuant to P.L. 94-171.

“Commission” means the Virginia Redistricting Commission established pursuant to this chapter.

“Committee” means the Redistricting Commission Selection Committee established pursuant to § 30-393.

“Partisan public office” 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 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.

“Political party office” means an elective office in the national or state organization of a political party, as defined in § 24.2-101.

2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.