Sec. 5. Opportunities to Respond to Proposed Final Congressional Redistricting Plan Adopted by Redistricting Entity

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Not later than 10 days prior to adopting a final Congressional redistricting plan for the State, the State redistricting entity shall post on the Internet site established under section 3 (and, if practicable, cause to have published in newspapers of general circulation throughout the State) the following information: A detailed version of the proposed final plan, including— a map showing each Congressional district established under the plan; a statement of the voting age population by race and membership in a language minority group of each such district; and a statement of the number of registered voters in each such district, broken down by political party affiliation to the extent that such information is available under State law.

A statement explaining the entity’s reasons for adopting the proposed final plan and the reasons why the adoption of the plan will best serve the public interest. Any dissenting statement of any member of the entity who did not approve the proposed final plan. A statement that members of the public may submit comments regarding the proposed final plan through the Internet site, together with information on how members of the public may submit such comments to the entity through other methods.

Not later than 7 days prior to adopting the final Congressional redistricting plan for the State, the State redistricting entity shall hold at least one hearing in the State at which members of the public may provide comments on the plan and members of the entity may explain the reasons why the adoption of the plan will best serve the public interest. The entity shall publish and post the transcript of each such hearing, or post a link to a video recording of each such hearing, on the Internet site established under section 3.

If, in response to public comment or for any other reason, the State redistricting entity posts an amended version of the proposed final Congressional redistricting plan which is posted on the Internet site under subsection

(a)or posts a new proposed final Congressional redistricting plan, subsections

(a)and

(b)shall apply with respect to the amended version of the plan or the new plan in the same manner as such subsections apply with respect to the proposed final plan which is first posted under subsection (a), except to the extent that the application of such subsections would require the entity to violate a deadline established by State law for the submission of a final Congressional redistricting plan to the State legislature.