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8.0001  Definitions.--In accordance with s. 8(a), Article X of the State Constitution, the United States Decennial Census of 1990 is the official census of the state for the purposes of congressional redistricting.

(1)  The following delineation of areas to be included in each congressional district employs the official census county divisions, tracts, block numbering areas, block groups, and blocks used by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, in compiling the United States Decennial Census of 1990 in this state. The populations within these census geographic units are the population figures in the counts of the United States Decennial Census of 1990 provided to the state in accordance with Pub. L. No. 94-171.

(2)  As used in this act, the term:

(a)  "Block" means the smallest geographic unit for which population was ascertained in taking the 1990 census.

(b)  "Block group" means the combination of blocks within a single track or block numbering area the numbers of which begin with the same digit.

(c)  "Tract" means the combination of blocks within a county which is delineated as a tract by local committee according to Census Bureau guidelines.

(d)  "Block numbering area" or "BNA" means the combination of blocks within a county which are not included in a tract.

(e)  "Census county division" means an administrative division of a county which contains tracks or block numbering areas.

History.--s. 1, ch. 96-192.