The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 1903)
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§ 1903. Periodic reapportionment; standards
(a) The House of Representatives and the Senate shall be reapportioned and redistricted
on the basis of population during the biennial session after the taking of each decennial
census of the United States, or after a census taken for the purpose of such reapportionment
under the authority of this State.
(b) The standard for creating districts for the election of Representatives to the General
Assembly shall be to form representative districts with minimum percentages of deviation
from the apportionment standard for the House of Representatives. The standard for
creating districts for the election of Senators on a county basis to the General Assembly
shall be to form senatorial districts with minimum percentages of deviation from the
apportionment standard for the Senate. The representative and senatorial districts
shall be formed consistent with the following policies insofar as practicable:
(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. (Added 1965, No. 97, § 3; amended 1973, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 3, 1974; 1981, No. 30, §§ 3, 7, eff. April 16, 1981; 1991, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Feb. 13, 1992.)