Constitution of Connecticut (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment XXX

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Amendment XXX Ratified amendment and publisher annotations.

ARTICLE XXX.*
*Adopted November 29, 2000.
(Sheriffs for the several counties.)
Section 1. Section 25 of article fourth of the Constitution is repealed.
(Reapportionment procedure. Reapportionment Committee.)
Sec. 2. Subsection a. of article twenty-sixth of the amendments to the Constitution
is amended to read as follows:
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a. The assembly and senatorial districts and congressional districts as now estab-
lished by law shall continue until the regular session of the general assembly next
after the completion of the taking of the next census of the United States. On or before
the fifteenth day of February next following the year in which the decennial census
of the United States is taken, the general assembly shall appoint a reapportionment
committee consisting of four members of the senate, two who shall be designated by
the president pro tempore of the senate and two who shall be designated by the minor-
ity leader of the senate, and four members of the house of representatives, two who
shall be designated by the speaker of the house of representatives and two who shall
be designated by the minority leader of the house of representatives, provided there
are members of no more than two political parties in either the senate or the house of
representatives. In the event that there are members of more than two political parties
in a house of the general assembly, all members of that house belonging to the parties
other than that of the president pro tempore of the senate or the speaker of the house
of representatives, as the case may be, shall select one of their number, who shall des-
ignate two members of the committee in lieu of the designation by the minority leader
of that house. Such committee shall advise the general assembly on matters of appor-
tionment. Upon the filing of a report of such committee with the clerk of the house of
representatives and the clerk of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives
and the president pro tempore of the senate shall, if the general assembly is not in
regular session, convene the general assembly in special session for the sole purpose
of adopting a plan of districting. Upon the request of the speaker of the house of rep-
resentatives and the president pro tempore of the senate, the secretary of the state shall
give notice of such special session by mailing a true copy of the call of such special
session, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to each member of
the house of representatives and of the senate at his or her address as it appears upon
the records of said secretary not less than ten nor more than fifteen days prior to the
date of convening of such special session or by causing a true copy of the call to be
delivered to each member by a constable, state policeman or indifferent person at least
twenty-four hours prior to the time of convening of such special session. Such general
assembly shall, upon roll call, by a yea vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of
each house, adopt such plan of districting as is necessary to preserve a proper appor-
tionment of representation in accordance with the principles recited in this article.
Thereafter the general assembly shall decennially at its next regular session or special
session called for the purpose of adopting a plan of districting following the comple-
tion of the taking of the census of the United States, upon roll call, by a yea vote of at
least two-thirds of the membership of each house, adopt such plan of districting as is
necessary in accordance with the provisions of this article.

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244 AMENDMENTS TO THE Art. XXXIII
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
1 Under former provisions: Completion of census means the figures broken down into counties, towns and wards and
officially released to the public and available for use by the General Assembly. The General Assembly convening next
after the completion of the federal census has the power, but not the duty, to alter senatorial districts and intervening
sessions have no continuing duty to redistrict. 141 C. 1. Sec. 6d, 6e cited. 163 C. 637. Plan used on interim basis by
court order, when. 164 C. 8. Cited. Id. Sec. 6a cited. Id. Sec. 6b cited. Id. The plan of apportionment adopted pursuant
to the provisions of this section does not violate the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the federal
constitution. 165 C. 316. Cited. 187 C. 721; 222 C. 166. Federal “one person one vote” principle, see Reynolds v. Sims,
377 U.S. 533, cited; federal constitutional requirements for fair voting standards cited; reconciliation of principle and
town integrity principle discussed. Id. Sec. 6c, 6d cited. Id. Cited. 230 C. 441; 231 C. 602.