Vermont § 1906b - Division of two-member representative districts

§ 1906b. Division of two-member representative districts

• (a) An initial district entitled to two Representatives under section 1893 of this title may be divided into single-member representative districts as provided in this section. (b) As soon as practical after enactment of a final plan for initial districts under section 1906 of this title, the boards of civil authority of the town or towns that constitute 25 percent or
  more of the population of the initial district may call a meeting of the boards of
  civil authority of the town or towns of the initial district for the purpose of preparing
  a proposal for division of the district. Each board shall have one vote, provided
  that the proposal shall not provide for a representative district line to be drawn
  through a town if the board of civil authority of that town objects. (c) In making a proposal under this section, the boards of civil authority shall consider: (1) preservation of existing political subdivision lines; (2) recognition and maintenance of patterns of geography, social interaction, trade, political
  ties, and common interests; (3) use of compact and contiguous territory; (4) incumbencies. (d) In no initial district divided under this section shall the percentage of deviation
  result in a representative district that extends the limits of the overall range of
  the percentage of deviation in the initial district plan for reapportionment enacted
  by the General Assembly under section 1906 of this title. (e) On or before April 1 of the year of the general election next after enactment of the
  final plan under section 1906 of this title, the boards of civil authority of the town or towns within each initial district
  proposing division under this section shall present a proposal for division to the
  Clerk of the House, and the proposal shall be referred to the appropriate committee.
  If the boards of civil authority desire to divide the initial district but are unable
  to obtain a majority vote on a proposed division, they may notify the Clerk of the
  House on or before April 1 of their failure to agree on a proposal and request that
  the General Assembly divide the initial district, and the General Assembly may divide
  the initial district into single-member representative districts. (f) Representative districts proposed under this section shall become effective when approved
  by the General Assembly before adjournment sine die. The General Assembly shall approve
  representative districts proposed by the boards of civil authority if they are consistent
  with the standards set forth in this section. (Added 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Feb. 13, 1992.)