5-1-116. Assignment of holdover senators. (1) In the session in which the legislative redistricting plan is submitted to the legislature for recommendations, the legislature, by joint resolution, shall assign holdover senators to districts for the remainder of those senators' terms. The districting and apportionment commission may not assign holdover senators to districts for the remainder of those senators' terms. The assignments must occur after the plan becomes law.
     (2) In making the assignments provided for in subsection (1), the legislature, if possible, shall assign a holdover senator to a district based upon the greatest percentage of population in the new district that voted for the senator in the prior election and the senator's residence.
     (3) For the purposes of this section, a holdover senator is a senator who is not required to seek election at the general election held immediately following the districting plan becoming law.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 4, L. 2003.