Vermont § 1891 - Statement of policy The order of the U.S

§ 1891. Statement of policy The order of the U.S

• . District Court for the district of Vermont entered August 3,
  1964, modified and affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, January 12, 1965 (Parsons v. Buckley, 85 S.Ct. 503, 379 U.S. 359, 13 L.Ed.2d 352) requires that both houses of the General Assembly of Vermont be apportioned and
  districted on a basis other than the manner provided for in the Constitution of this
  State. Such order further provides that if reapportionment legislation is not enacted
  by July 1, 1965, the district court shall reapportion the General Assembly so as to
  comply with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In the light of this order, the General Assembly of Vermont declares that apportioning
  and districting is primarily a responsibility of the Legislature at this time to be
  accomplished by this chapter, and in such a manner as to achieve substantial equality
  in the choice of members of the General Assembly as guaranteed by the Constitution
  of the United States of America. It is further declared to be the policy of the State
  of Vermont that the constitutional basis of apportionment of the House of Representatives
  can best be measured in this State by population. (Added 1965, No. 98, § 2; amended 1981, No. 30, § 1, eff. April 16, 1981.)