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2020 Mississippi Code
Title 5 - Legislative Department
Chapter 3 - Legislative Committees
Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment
§ 5-3-93. Committee to draw plan to apportion Mississippi Legislature

Universal Citation:
MS Code § 5-3-93 (2020)
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The members of the committee shall draw a plan to apportion, according to constitutional standards, the membership of the Mississippi Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled adjournment of the next regular session of the Legislature following the delivery of the 2000 decennial census data to the state and every ten (10) years thereafter and at such other times as they may be directed by joint resolution of the Mississippi Legislature.

Provided, however, the committee shall not be required to present a plan to the Legislature prior to four (4) months after the publication of census data.

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