Reapportionment by court upon petition - 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 904

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     § 904.  Reapportionment by court upon petition.
        (a)  Petition.--If there has not been a reapportionment by
     the governing body within the year following that in which the
     Federal census, decennial or special, is officially and finally
     reported, a petition signed by one or more electors who are
     residents of the entity may be submitted to the court of common
     pleas which may then reapportion in accordance with this
     chapter.
        (b)  Appointment of commissioners.--Upon receiving the
     petition to reapportion, the court may appoint three impartial
     persons as commissioners.
        (c)  Report to court.--The commissioners appointed by the
     court or any two of them shall make a report to the court within
     the time the court directs and shall include with it a plot
     showing the boundaries of the present districts and a plot
     showing the districts as proposed by them, along with pertinent
     information relating to population and area of the proposed
     districts.
        (d)  Action on report.--Upon presentation, the court shall
     confirm the report nisi and shall direct that notice of the
     filing of the report shall be given by publication once in a
     newspaper of general circulation stating that exceptions may be
     filed to the report within 30 days after the report was filed.
     If no exceptions are filed or if the court dismisses the
     exceptions, the court shall confirm the report absolutely and
     issue a decree. The court in its decree shall designate a number
     for each of the districts.

        Cross References.  Section 904 is referred to in section 906
     of this title.

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