§ 120‑2.2.  Dividing precincts in Senate and House apportionment acts restricted.

(a)        An act of the General Assembly that apportions Senate or House districts after the return of a census may not divide precincts unless an act that apportioned Senate or House districts after the return of that same census has been rejected by the United States Department of Justice or the District Court for the District of Columbia under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

(b)        If an act that apportioned Senate or House districts has been rejected by the United States Department of Justice or the District Court for the District of Columbia under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, then a subsequent act may only divide the minimum number of precincts necessary to obtain approval of the act under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

(c)        This section does not prevent the General Assembly from taking any action to comply with federal law or the Constitution of the United States. (1995, c. 355, s. 1; c. 509, s. 135.2(h).)