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11-44A-31
Section 11-44A-31 Boundaries of districts. The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe
the territory composing each district and its boundary line shall be the centerline of streets
or other well-defined boundaries. (Acts 1988, No. 88-556, p. 872, §1.)...
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11-44F-2
Section 11-44F-2 Boundaries of districts. The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe
the territory composing each district and its boundary line shall be the centerline of streets
or other well-defined boundaries. (Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council
of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to
state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by
ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards).
Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality
may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration.
The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where
the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district
(ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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11-46-23
Section 11-46-23 Authority and procedure for adjustment of boundary lines of wards, division
of wards into voting districts, etc. The boundaries of wards within municipalities which have
been divided into wards as now defined shall so remain until changed by ordinance. Hereafter
the municipal governing body may, in its discretion, readjust the boundary lines of wards
and may divide or consolidate any number of wards and resubdivide the same into voting districts;
provided, that no such adjustment shall be made within three months of any election unless
such adjustment is made during calendar year 1984 for the purpose of complying with the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 as amended. Whenever the municipal governing body readjusts any ward lines
or divides a ward into voting districts, the ordinance whereby the ward is established or
subdivided into voting districts shall describe the territory composing the ward, and when
the ward has been subdivided, the territory composing each district...
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11-43B-16
Section 11-43B-16 Redistricting of boundaries after publication of census or change in corporate
limits. After the publication of a federal census of population or a substantial change in
the corporate limits, if any council district contains a population which is 10 percent more
or less than the total population of the city divided by the number of council districts,
then the council shall redistrict the boundaries in the following manner: (1) Within six months
after the publication of such a census or after such a change in the corporate limits, the
mayor shall file with the council a report recommending a plan for redistricting of the boundaries
in accordance with the following standards: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous
and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be
the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries; b. Each district shall contain
as nearly as possible the same population, but shall not vary by...
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11-43C-90
Section 11-43C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the five districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted...
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11-44C-90
Section 11-44C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the seven districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be...
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11-43D-5
Section 11-43D-5 Effect of change of population; manner of reapportionment of council districts.
Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established,
evidenced by a federal census of population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate
limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter
provided: (1) The mayor shall within six months after the publication of each federal census
of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial
change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing
a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the
following specifications: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent
reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of
streets or other well-defined boundaries; b. Each...
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11-44A-6
Section 11-44A-6 Reapportionment of council districts. Whenever there shall be a change in
population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of
population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a
reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor
shall, within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the
municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the
corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact
territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well-defined
boundaries; b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is...
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11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended
plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial limits of any
municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter
shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population
or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population
of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there
shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided. (1)
The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population
for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change
in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district...
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