Prince George's County, MD - Government, Legislative Branch : Prince George's County Redistricting Commission

The 2011 Redistricting Commission was appointed pursuant to the prescriptions of Section 305 of the County Charter, which states, in pertinent part, that "[T]he boundaries of Council districts shall be reestablished in 1982 and every tenth year thereafter. Whenever district boundaries are to be reestablished the Council shall appoint, not later than February 1 of the year prior to the year in which redistricting is to be effective, a commission on redistricting".

Thusly, the Council adopted CR-2-2011, appointing the 2011 members of the Redistricting Commission and charging this public body with the mission to "prepare, publish, and make available a plan of Council districts and shall present that plan, together with a report explaining it, to the Council on or before September 1, 2011 ..." and further prescribed in accordance with law that "the plan shall provide for Council districts that are compact, contiguous, and equal in population".