In re Petition of Reapportionment Commission Ex Rel. ( 2022 )

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IN RE PETITION OF REAPPORTIONMENT
COMMISSION EX REL.
(SC 20661)
Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria,
Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js.
Argued January 27—officially released February 10, 2022*
Procedural History
Submission by the special master appointed by this
court for the adoption of the special master’s report
and plan for the redistricting of the state’s congressional
districts pursuant to the constitutional requirement of
decennial reapportionment, brought to this court,
where the Republican members of the Connecticut
Reapportionment Commission and the Democratic
members of the Connecticut Reapportionment Com-
mission filed briefs.
Proloy K. Das, for the Republican members of the
Connecticut Reapportionment Commission.
Aaron S. Bayer, with whom was Paul Tuchmann,
for the Democratic members of the Connecticut Reap-
portionment Commission.
Opinion
PER CURIAM. Pursuant to the authority conferred
by article third, § 6, of the constitution of Connecticut,
as amended by articles XII, XVI, XXVI and XXX of the
amendments, the Court hereby adopts as the estab-
lished plan of congressional districting the plan depicted
and described in exhibits 1 and 4 of the Report and Plan
of the Special Master, Nathaniel Persily, dated January
18, 2022. The plan complies in every respect with our
Order Appointing and Directing the Special Master,
dated December 23, 2021.
Appended hereto is the Report and Plan of the Special
Master, including its appendix.1 The foregoing material,
along with the census block equivalency files, will be
filed with the Secretary of the State on or before Tues-
day, February 15, 2022. Upon publication, the plan of
congressional districting shall have the full force of law.
The Special Master has submitted to the Court an
itemization of the fees and costs incurred in producing
the report and plan. Those charges total $89,800, an
amount that this Court finds to be reasonable. Pursuant
to this Court’s order of December 23, 2021, the charges
of the Special Master are to be assessed against the
Reapportionment Commission. The Commission shall
promptly remit full payment directly to Special Mas-
ter Persily.
* February 10, 2022, the date that this order was issued, is the operative
date for all substantive and procedural purposes.
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The Report and Plan of the Special Master and its appendix are contained
in the file of this case in the Office of the Appellate Clerk and are provided
on the website of the Office of the Secretary of the State.