§ 537Alterations After Period of Restriction

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this act, an
election district may be established, abolished, divided,
consolidated or altered if the boundary of each resulting
district is composed entirely of clearly visible physical

features conforming with census block lines from the most
recently completed Federal decennial census.
   (b) Within thirty (30) days of an alteration under
subsection (a), the county board of elections shall submit to
the bureau a report, including a map and a verbal description,
of the boundaries of each resulting district.
   (c) The bureau shall review each report submitted under
subsection (b) to determine whether the boundaries of all
resulting election districts included in the report comply with
the requirements of subsection (a). If the bureau determines
that the boundaries of any resulting election district included
in the report do not comply with the requirements of subsection
(a), the bureau shall send written notice of this determination
to the county board of elections within thirty (30) days of
receipt of the report. Within sixty (60) days of receipt of the
notice, the county board shall submit a subsequent report
regarding the election district or districts named in the
bureau's notice, indicating that changes have been made to the
boundaries of each such election district so as to comply with
the requirements of subsection (a). If the county board fails
to submit a subsequent report indicating that changes have been
made to the boundaries of each such election district so as to
comply with the requirements of subsection (a), the Department
of State shall withhold any reimbursements owed to the county
board under section 305 until the bureau receives the report.
   (537 amended Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1246, No.150)