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                                    229
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the division
   of  a  county  into  districts for the apportionment of members of its
   local legislative body

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 4 of section 34 of the municipal home rule law
 is  renumbered subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as
 follows:
   4.  ANY PLAN OF APPORTIONMENT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO A COUNTY CHARTER  OR
 CHARTER  LAW  RELATING  TO  THE  DIVISION OF ANY COUNTY, EXCEPT A COUNTY
 WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A CITY, INTO DISTRICTS FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  THE
 APPORTIONMENT  OR  REAPPORTIONMENT  OF  MEMBERS OF ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE
 BODY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL AND STATE  CONSTITUTIONAL  REQUIREMENTS
 AND SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS, WHICH SHALL HAVE PRIORITY
 IN THE ORDER SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE:
   A. DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION AS IS PRACTICABLE;
 THE  DIFFERENCE  IN  POPULATION BETWEEN MOST AND LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT
 SHALL NOT EXCEED FOUR PERCENT OF THE MEAN POPULATION OF  ALL  DISTRICTS;
 AND
   B.  DISTRICTS  SHALL NOT BE DRAWN WITH THE INTENT OR RESULT OF DENYING
 OR ABRIDGING THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF RACIAL  OR  LANGUAGE  MINORITY  TO
 PARTICIPATE  IN  THE  POLITICAL  PROCESS OR TO DIMINISH THEIR ABILITY TO
 ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE; AND
   C. NO VILLAGES OR CITIES OR TOWNS EXCEPT THOSE HAVING  MORE  THAN  ONE
 HUNDRED TEN PERCENT OF A FULL RATIO FOR EACH DISTRICT, SHALL BE DIVIDED;
 AND
   D. DISTRICTS SHALL BE COMPACT AND CONSIST OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01955-01-1

 A. 229                              2
 
   E.  TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, A DISTRICT SHALL UNITE COMMUNITIES DEFINED
 BY ACTUAL  SHARED  INTERESTS,  TAKING  ACCOUNT  OF  GEOGRAPHIC,  SOCIAL,
 ECONOMIC, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INDICATE COMMONALITY OF INTEREST; AND
   F. NO COUNTY LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING PLAN OR DISTRICT SHALL BE DRAWN
 WITH  THE INTENT TO FAVOR OR DISFAVOR A POLITICAL PARTY OR AN INCUMBENT,
 NOR, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, PLACE THE RESIDENCES OF TWO OR MORE  INCUM-
 BENT LEGISLATORS IN THE SAME DISTRICT; AND
   G.  DISTRICTS  SHALL  BE FORMED SO AS TO PROMOTE THE ORDERLY AND EFFI-
 CIENT ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
   § 2. Clause (a.) of subparagraph 13 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section 10 of the municipal home rule law, as added by  chapter  834  of
 the  laws  of 1969 and subclause (i.) as amended by section 3 of part XX
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a.) A plan of apportionment adopted  under  this  subparagraph  shall
 comply  with  the  following standards, which shall have priority in the
 order herein set forth, to the extent applicable:
   (i.) [The plan shall provide substantially equal weight for the  popu-
 lation  of  that local government in the allocation of representation in
 the local legislative body.
   (ii.) In such plan adopted by a county, no town except a  town  having
 more  than  one hundred and ten per cent of a full ratio for each repre-
 sentative, shall be divided in the formation  of  representation  areas.
 Adjacent representation areas in the same town or city shall not contain
 a  greater  excess  in population than five per cent of a full ratio for
 each representative.
   (iii.) The plan shall provide substantially fair and effective  repre-
 sentation  for  the people of the local government as organized in poli-
 tical parties.
   (iv.) Representation areas  shall  be  of  convenient  and  contiguous
 territory  in  as  compact  form  as practicable.] DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS
 NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION AS IS PRACTICABLE; THE  DIFFERENCE  IN  POPU-
 LATION  BETWEEN  THE  MOST  AND LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT SHALL NOT EXCEED
 FOUR PERCENT OF THE MEAN POPULATION OF ALL DISTRICTS; AND
   (II.) DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE DRAWN WITH THE INTENT OR RESULT OF  DENY-
 ING  OR  ABRIDGING  THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF RACIAL OR LANGUAGE MINORITY
 VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL  PROCESS  OR  TO  DIMINISH  THEIR
 ABILITY TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE; AND
   (III.)  NO  VILLAGES  OR CITIES OR TOWNS EXCEPT THOSE HAVING MORE THAN
 ONE HUNDRED TEN PERCENT OF A FULL RATIO  FOR  EACH  DISTRICT,  SHALL  BE
 DIVIDED; AND
   (IV.)  DISTRICTS SHALL BE COMPACT AND CONSIST OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY;
 AND
   (V.) TO THE  EXTENT  POSSIBLE,  A  DISTRICT  SHALL  UNITE  COMMUNITIES
 DEFINED  BY  ACTUAL  SHARED  INTERESTS,  TAKING  ACCOUNT  OF GEOGRAPHIC,
 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INDICATE COMMONALITY OF  INTER-
 EST; AND
   (VI.)  NO  COUNTY  LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING PLAN OR DISTRICT SHALL BE
 DRAWN WITH THE INTENT TO FAVOR OR  DISFAVOR  A  POLITICAL  PARTY  OR  AN
 INCUMBENT,  NOR,  TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, PLACE THE RESIDENCES OF TWO OR
 MORE INCUMBENT LEGISLATORS IN THE SAME DISTRICT; AND
   (VII.) DISTRICTS SHALL BE FORMED SO AS  TO  PROMOTE  THE  ORDERLY  AND
 EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
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                                  229--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Local  Governments  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the division
   of a county into districts for the apportionment  of  members  of  its
   local legislative body
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 4 of section 34 of the municipal home rule law
 is renumbered subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 4 is added to read  as
 follows:
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PLAN OF APPOR-
 TIONMENT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO A COUNTY CHARTER OR CHARTER LAW RELATING TO
 THE DIVISION OF ANY COUNTY, EXCEPT A COUNTY WHOLLY  CONTAINED  WITHIN  A
 CITY,  INTO  DISTRICTS  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE APPORTIONMENT OR REAPPOR-
 TIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO
 FEDERAL  AND STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 FOLLOWING STANDARDS, WHICH SHALL HAVE PRIORITY IN THE ORDER SET FORTH IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE:
   A. DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION AS IS PRACTICABLE;
 THE DIFFERENCE IN POPULATION BETWEEN MOST AND  LEAST  POPULOUS  DISTRICT
 SHALL  NOT  EXCEED FOUR PERCENT OF THE MEAN POPULATION OF ALL DISTRICTS;
 AND
   B. DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE DRAWN WITH THE INTENT OR RESULT  OF  DENYING
 OR ABRIDGING THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF RACIAL OR LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS
 TO  PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS OR TO DIMINISH THEIR ABILITY TO
 ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE; AND
   C. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, NO VILLAGES OR CITIES OR TOWNS EXCEPT THOSE
 HAVING MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TEN  PERCENT  OF  A  FULL  RATIO  FOR  EACH
 DISTRICT, SHALL BE DIVIDED; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01955-03-1

 A. 229--A                           2
 
   D. DISTRICTS SHALL BE COMPACT AND CONSIST OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY; AND
   E.  TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, A DISTRICT SHALL UNITE COMMUNITIES DEFINED
 BY ACTUAL  SHARED  INTERESTS,  TAKING  ACCOUNT  OF  GEOGRAPHIC,  SOCIAL,
 ECONOMIC, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INDICATE COMMONALITY OF INTEREST; AND
   F. DISTRICTS SHALL BE DRAWN NOT TO DISCOURAGE COMPETITION FOR ELECTION
 OF  REPRESENTATIVES  THAT REFLECT A DISTRICT'S POLITICAL WILL. THE CORES
 OF EXISTING DISTRICTS AND PRE-EXISTING POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS  INCLUDING
 COUNTIES,  CITIES,  AND TOWNS, AND OF COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST SHALL ALSO
 BE CONSIDERED; AND
   G. DISTRICTS SHALL BE FORMED SO AS TO PROMOTE THE  ORDERLY  AND  EFFI-
 CIENT ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
   § 2. Clause (a.) of subparagraph 13 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of
 section  10  of  the municipal home rule law, as added by chapter 834 of
 the laws of 1969 and subclause (i.) as amended by section 3 of  part  XX
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (a.)  A  plan  of  apportionment adopted under this subparagraph shall
 comply with the following standards, which shall have  priority  in  the
 order herein set forth, to the extent applicable:
   (i.)  [The plan shall provide substantially equal weight for the popu-
 lation of that local government in the allocation of  representation  in
 the local legislative body.
   (ii.)  In  such plan adopted by a county, no town except a town having
 more than one hundred and ten per cent of a full ratio for  each  repre-
 sentative,  shall  be  divided in the formation of representation areas.
 Adjacent representation areas in the same town or city shall not contain
 a greater excess in population than five per cent of a  full  ratio  for
 each representative.
   (iii.)  The plan shall provide substantially fair and effective repre-
 sentation for the people of the local government as organized  in  poli-
 tical parties.
   (iv.)  Representation  areas  shall  be  of  convenient and contiguous
 territory in as compact form as  practicable.]  DISTRICTS  SHALL  BE  AS
 NEARLY  EQUAL  IN  POPULATION AS IS PRACTICABLE; THE DIFFERENCE IN POPU-
 LATION BETWEEN THE MOST AND LEAST POPULOUS  DISTRICT  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED
 FOUR PERCENT OF THE MEAN POPULATION OF ALL DISTRICTS; AND
   (II.)  DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE DRAWN WITH THE INTENT OR RESULT OF DENY-
 ING OR ABRIDGING THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF RACIAL  OR  LANGUAGE  MINORITY
 GROUPS  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  THE  POLITICAL PROCESS OR TO DIMINISH THEIR
 ABILITY TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE; AND
   (III.) TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, NO VILLAGES OR CITIES OR  TOWNS  EXCEPT
 THOSE  HAVING MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TEN PERCENT OF A FULL RATIO FOR EACH
 DISTRICT, SHALL BE DIVIDED; AND
   (IV.) DISTRICTS SHALL BE COMPACT AND CONSIST OF CONTIGUOUS  TERRITORY;
 AND
   (V.)  TO  THE  EXTENT  POSSIBLE,  A  DISTRICT  SHALL UNITE COMMUNITIES
 DEFINED BY  ACTUAL  SHARED  INTERESTS,  TAKING  ACCOUNT  OF  GEOGRAPHIC,
 SOCIAL,  ECONOMIC, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INDICATE COMMONALITY OF INTER-
 EST; AND
   (VI.)   DISTRICTS SHALL BE DRAWN NOT  TO  DISCOURAGE  COMPETITION  FOR
 ELECTION  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  THAT REFLECT A DISTRICT'S POLITICAL WILL.
 THE CORES OF EXISTING DISTRICTS AND PRE-EXISTING POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS
 INCLUDING  COUNTIES,  CITIES,  AND TOWNS, AND OF COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST
 SHALL ALSO BE CONSIDERED; AND
   (VII.) DISTRICTS SHALL BE FORMED SO AS  TO  PROMOTE  THE  ORDERLY  AND
 EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
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                                  229--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, HUNTER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
   again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered  reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the division
   of  a  county  into  districts for the apportionment of members of its
   local legislative body
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 4 of section 34 of the municipal home rule law
 is  renumbered subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as
 follows:
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY  PLAN  OF
 DISTRICTING  OR  REDISTRICTING  ADOPTED  PURSUANT TO A COUNTY CHARTER OR
 CHARTER LAW RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF  ANY  COUNTY,  EXCEPT  A  COUNTY
 WHOLLY  CONTAINED  WITHIN  A CITY, INTO DISTRICTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE
 APPORTIONMENT OR REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS  OF  ITS  LOCAL  LEGISLATIVE
 BODY  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
 AND SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS, WHICH SHALL HAVE PRIORITY
 IN THE ORDER HEREIN SET FORTH, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE:
   A. IF SUCH PLAN OF DISTRICTING OR REDISTRICTING INCLUDES ONLY  SINGLE-
 MEMBER  DISTRICTS, SUCH DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION
 AS IS PRACTICABLE; THE DIFFERENCE IN POPULATION  BETWEEN  THE  MOST  AND
 LEAST  POPULOUS DISTRICT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE PERCENT OF THE MEAN POPU-
 LATION OF ALL DISTRICTS. IF SUCH PLAN OF  DISTRICTING  OR  REDISTRICTING
 INCLUDES  MULTI-MEMBER  DISTRICTS,  THE PLAN SHALL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY
 EQUAL WEIGHT FOR THE POPULATION OF THAT  COUNTY  IN  THE  ALLOCATION  OF
 REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THAT COUNTY; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01955-11-1

 A. 229--B                           2
 
   B.  DISTRICTS  SHALL NOT BE DRAWN WITH THE INTENT OR RESULT OF DENYING
 OR ABRIDGING THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF RACIAL OR LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS
 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS OR TO DIMINISH THEIR ABILITY  TO
 ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE; AND
   C. DISTRICTS SHALL CONSIST OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY; AND
   D. DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS COMPACT IN FORM AS PRACTICABLE; AND
   E.  TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  DISTRICTS  SHALL  UNITE COMMUNITIES
 DEFINED BY  ACTUAL  SHARED  INTERESTS,  TAKING  ACCOUNT  OF  GEOGRAPHIC,
 SOCIAL,  ECONOMIC, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INDICATE COMMONALITY OF INTER-
 EST; AND
   F. DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE DRAWN TO DISCOURAGE COMPETITION OR  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE OF FAVORING OR DISFAVORING INCUMBENTS OR OTHER PARTICULAR CANDI-
 DATES  OR  POLITICAL  PARTIES.  THE  MAINTENANCE  OF  CORES  OF EXISTING
 DISTRICTS, OF  PRE-EXISTING  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS  INCLUDING  CITIES,
 VILLAGES,  AND  TOWNS,  AND  OF  COMMUNITIES  OF  INTEREST SHALL ALSO BE
 CONSIDERED. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE,  NO  VILLAGES,  CITIES  OR  TOWNS
 EXCEPT  THOSE  HAVING  MORE  THAN FORTY PERCENT OF A FULL RATIO FOR EACH
 DISTRICT SHALL BE DIVIDED; AND
   G. DISTRICTS SHALL BE FORMED SO AS TO PROMOTE THE  ORDERLY  AND  EFFI-
 CIENT ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
   §  2. The opening paragraph and clauses (a.) and (b.)  of subparagraph
 13 of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 10 of the  municipal  home
 rule  law,  the  opening paragraph and subclause (i.) of clause (a.)  as
 amended by section 3 of part XX of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of  2010,
 clauses  (a.) and (b.)  as added by chapter 834 of the laws of 1969, are
 amended to read as follows:
   The apportionment of its legislative body and, only in connection with
 such action taken pursuant to this  subparagraph,  the  composition  and
 membership  of  such  body,  the terms of office of members thereof, the
 units of local government or other areas from which representatives  are
 to  be chosen and the voting powers of individual members of such legis-
 lative  body.  Except  for  the  equal  apportionment  requirements   in
 subclause  (i.)  of  clause  (a.)  and clause (c.) of this subparagraph,
 which shall apply generally to any local government, the  power  granted
 by this subparagraph shall be in addition to and not in substitution for
 any other power and the provisions of this subparagraph shall apply only
 to  local  governments which adopt a plan of [apportionment] DISTRICTING
 OR REDISTRICTING thereunder.
   (a.) A plan of [apportionment] DISTRICTING  OR  REDISTRICTING  adopted
 under this subparagraph shall comply with the following standards, which
 shall  have priority in the order herein set forth, to the extent appli-
 cable:
   (i.) [The plan shall provide substantially equal weight for the  popu-
 lation  of  that local government in the allocation of representation in
 the local legislative body.
   (ii.) In such plan adopted by a county, no town except a  town  having
 more  than  one hundred and ten per cent of a full ratio for each repre-
 sentative, shall be divided in the formation  of  representation  areas.
 Adjacent representation areas in the same town or city shall not contain
 a  greater  excess  in population than five per cent of a full ratio for
 each representative.
   (iii.) The plan shall provide substantially fair and effective  repre-
 sentation  for  the people of the local government as organized in poli-
 tical parties.
   (iv.) Representation areas  shall  be  of  convenient  and  contiguous
 territory  in as compact form as practicable.] IF SUCH PLAN OF DISTRICT-

 A. 229--B                           3
 
 ING  OR  REDISTRICTING  INCLUDES  ONLY  SINGLE-MEMBER  DISTRICTS,   SUCH
 DISTRICTS  SHALL BE AS NEARLY EQUAL IN POPULATION AS IS PRACTICABLE; THE
 DIFFERENCE IN POPULATION BETWEEN THE MOST AND  LEAST  POPULOUS  DISTRICT
 SHALL  NOT  EXCEED FIVE PERCENT OF THE MEAN POPULATION OF ALL DISTRICTS.
 IF SUCH PLAN  OF  DISTRICTING  OR  REDISTRICTING  INCLUDES  MULTI-MEMBER
 DISTRICTS,  THE  PLAN  SHALL  PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL WEIGHT FOR THE
 POPULATION OF THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE ALLOCATION OF  REPRESENTATION
 IN THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY; AND
   (II.)  DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE DRAWN WITH THE INTENT OR RESULT OF DENY-
 ING OR ABRIDGING THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF RACIAL  OR  LANGUAGE  MINORITY
 GROUPS  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  THE  POLITICAL PROCESS OR TO DIMINISH THEIR
 ABILITY TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE; AND
   (III.) DISTRICTS SHALL CONSIST OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY; AND
   (IV.) DISTRICTS SHALL BE AS COMPACT IN FORM AS PRACTICABLE; AND
   (V.) TO THE EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  DISTRICTS  SHALL  UNITE  COMMUNITIES
 DEFINED  BY  ACTUAL  SHARED  INTERESTS,  TAKING  ACCOUNT  OF GEOGRAPHIC,
 SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INDICATE COMMONALITY OF  INTER-
 EST; AND
   (VI.)    DISTRICTS SHALL NOT BE DRAWN TO DISCOURAGE COMPETITION OR FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF FAVORING OR DISFAVORING INCUMBENTS  OR  OTHER  PARTICULAR
 CANDIDATES  OR  POLITICAL  PARTIES. THE MAINTENANCE OF CORES OF EXISTING
 DISTRICTS, OF  PRE-EXISTING  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS  INCLUDING  CITIES,
 VILLAGES,  AND  TOWNS,  AND  OF  COMMUNITIES  OF  INTEREST SHALL ALSO BE
 CONSIDERED. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, NO VILLAGES OR  CITIES  OR  TOWNS
 EXCEPT  THOSE  HAVING  MORE  THAN FORTY PERCENT OF A FULL RATIO FOR EACH
 DISTRICT SHALL BE DIVIDED; AND
   (VII.) DISTRICTS SHALL BE FORMED SO AS  TO  PROMOTE  THE  ORDERLY  AND
 EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
   (b.) A plan of [apportionment] DISTRICTING OR REDISTRICTING adopted by
 a  county  under  this subparagraph may provide that mayors of cities or
 villages, supervisors of towns or members of the legislative  bodies  of
 cities,  towns,  or villages, who reside in the county shall be eligible
 to be elected as members of the county legislative body.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.