Mississippi § 5-3-101 - Guidelines and standards for apportionment.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 5-3-101 — Guidelines and standards for apportionment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-3-101. Guidelines and standards for apportionment.
In accomplishing the apportionment, the committee shall follow such constitutional standards as may apply at the time of the apportionment and shall observe the following guidelines unless such guidelines are inconsistent with constitutional standards at the time of the apportionment, in which event the constitutional standards shall control: Every district shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory and the boundary shall cross governmental or political boundaries the least number of times possible; and Districts shall be structured, as far as possible and within constitutional standards, along county lines; if county lines are fractured, then election district lines shall be followed as nearly as possible.
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Section 5-3-101 ("Guidelines and standards for apportionment.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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