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MISSISSIPPI STATUTES AND CODES
5-3-99 - Procedure for determining norm to be represented by senators and representatives.
§ 5-3-99. Procedure for determining norm to be represented by senators and representatives.
(1) The committee shall divide the number of members of the senate that it recommends within constitutional limitations into the total population of the state as reported in each census to determine the number of persons which constitutes the norm to be represented by a senator.
(2) The committee shall divide the number of members of the house of representatives that it recommends within constitutional limitations into the total population of the state as reported in each census to determine the number of persons which constitutes the norm to be represented by a representative.
Sources: Laws, 1977 2d Ex Sess, ch 23, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 304, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved February 2, 1981).