2005 Idaho Code - 50-707A — ELECTION OF COUNCILMEN BY DISTRICTS

                                  TITLE  50
                            MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
                                  CHAPTER 7
                                   COUNCIL
    50-707A.  ELECTION OF COUNCILMEN BY DISTRICTS. (1) Any city may, by
ordinance, provide for districts and the election of councilmen by districts.
Upon the adoption of such an ordinance and at least one hundred twenty (120)
days prior to each general election, the governing body of the city shall
establish the territory of council districts in accordance with this section.
    (2)  Each district shall consist of one or more contiguous election
precincts and each district shall, to the nearest extent possible, contain the
same number of people based upon the most recent federal census.
    (3)  Each city providing for the election of councilmen by districts shall
establish the number of districts corresponding to the number of council seats
determined by the city pursuant to section 50-701, Idaho Code, or for any city
having a governing body governed by the provisions of sections 50-801 through
50-812, Idaho Code, the number of council seats determined by the city
pursuant to section 50-805, Idaho Code.
    (4)  Upon adoption of such an ordinance, a council shall determine, not
less than ninety (90) days before the next general city election, if council
members are to be elected by electors from the entire city, or by the electors
of the said geographic district. The council shall also determine, not less
than ninety (90) days before the next general election, the method of the
implementation of this ordinance.