§ 1906 - -Initial districts; final proposal; final plan - Vermont Statutes

§ 1906. -Initial districts; final proposal; final plan

Upon receiving recommendations made under section 1905 of this title, the board shall consider the same, and shall, not later than August 15, prepare a final proposal for dividing the state into initial districts for the election of 150 representatives. The chair of the board shall, on or before August 15, transmit such proposal to the clerk of the house, and the proposal shall then be referred to the appropriate committee. The general assembly shall then accept the proposal and enact it into law or substitute another plan for reapportionment; provided, however, that

(1) The plan for initial districts finally approved shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter; and

(2) Be duly enacted during the said biennial legislative session. (1965, No. 97, § 6; amended 1973, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 3, 1974; 1981, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 23, 1982; 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 6d; 1991 No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Feb. 13, 1992; 1999, No. 68 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2001, No. 36, § 2.)