Section 9-10a of the Connecticut General Statutes
Sec. 9-10a. State
senators. Senatorial districts. The
Senate shall consist of thirty- six senators, and the state shall be
divided into thirty-six districts, in each of which one senator shall be
elected as follows:
(Districts omitted. See footnote*.)
(November, 1964, P.A. 2, S. 3.)
*The 1991 Reapportionment Commission appointed pursuant to the provisions
of Article XXVI., of the Amendments to the Constitution of Connecticut to
prepare a plan of districting for the state transmitted its plan of
districting for congressional districts, senatorial districts and assembly
districts to the secretary of the state on November 29, 1991. The plan
entitled "Reapportionment Commission 1991 Plan of Districting for the
State of Connecticut" is on file in the office of the secretary of
the state and was published by the secretary on December 16, 1991, and
distributed to the state library and to town clerks and courts throughout
the state.
History: 1964 act set forth boundaries of thirty-six
senatorial districts, effective November, 1966. Reapportionment required
under Sec. 6.a of Article Third of Connecticut Constitution. No plan of
districting adopted under Sec. 6.a., b., or c., of said Article. Plan of
districting submitted by board empaneled under Sec. 6.d., of said Article
to the secretary of the state on September 30, 1971, pursuant to Sec.
6.e., of said Article. Election of state senators and state
representatives on November 7, 1972, under said plan of districting
ordered by superior court for Hartford County in decision rendered August
23, 1972, in Miller et al v. Schaffer et al. Said decision
confirmed by the Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut in bench ruling
dated October 17, 1972. 164 C. 8−31.
Constitutionality of said plan was upheld by the Supreme Court of the
United States on June 18, 1973. (See Gaffney v. Meskill, 41 U.S.L.W.
4891.) See also judgment of the United States District Court, District of
Connecticut, dated April 4, 1972, in Cummings et al v. Meskill et al, 341 F. Supp. 139, (1972) and stay of judgment by the Supreme Court of the
United States dated June 12, 1972, in Gaffney v. Cummings et al, 407 U.S. 902 (1972).
Section 9-9:
Representatives in Congress. Districts.
Conn. Const. Art. III., Sec.
3: Senate, number, qualifications
Conn. Const. Art. III.,
Sec. 4: House of representatives, how constituted.
Conn. Const. Art. III., Sec. 5: Districts to be consistent with federal
standards.
Conn. Const. Art. III.,
Sec. 6: Decennial reapportionment
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