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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 1907 (2026)

Senate apportionment

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(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 1907)

§ 1907. Senate apportionment

(a)(1) On or before July 1 of each year following the taking of a decennial census under the authority of Congress, the Board shall prepare a proposal for reapportionment of the Senate, apportioning the 30 senatorial seats among the counties or combinations of counties with a maximum of three members in each proposed district, and in such manner as to achieve substantial equality in the choice of members as guaranteed by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

(2) The Chair of the Board shall transmit such proposal to the Secretary of the Senate and it shall be referred to the appropriate committee.

(b) The General Assembly shall then accept the proposal and enact it into law or enact into law a substitute plan for reapportionment of the Senate that limits each senatorial district to a maximum of three members. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 7; amended 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 6e; 1991, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 22, 1992; 1999, No. 68 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2001, No. 36, § 3; 2019, No. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1993 · leading case: In Re Reapportionment of Town of Hartland, 624 A.2d 323 (Vt. 1993).

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In Re Reapportionment of Town of Hartland, 624 A.2d 323 (Vt. 1993). · cites it 4× “II, § 18 (in establishing senatorial districts, General Assembly shall seek to adhere to county boundaries); 17 V.S.A. § 1907 (board shall apportion the senatorial seats "among the counties or combinations of counties"); 17 V.”

In Re Senate Bill 177, 318 A.2d 157 (Vt. 1974). · cites it 2× “As authorized by 17 V.S.A. § 1907, it was treated as a bill and introduced.”

In Re Senate Bill 177, 294 A.2d 653 (1972). “” That legislation also included 17 V.S.A. § 1907 which provided for combining counties into combinations in order to comply with the requirements of the Equal Protection Clause.”

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 1907 (2026)

Senate apportionment