JACK REHBERG 2922 GLENWOOD LANE BILLINGS, MT 59102 HOME: 252-1350 e-mail: JRehberg@aol.com
Correspondence should be sent to:
Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission c/o Legislative Services Division attn: Susan Fox PO Box 201706 Helena MT 59620-1706
All correspondence will be copied and distributed to all Commission members.
Constitutional and Statutory Citation
Article V, section 14, Montana Constitution; 5-1-101 through 5-1-111, MCA
The Montana Constitution and Montana Code Annotated provide that a Districting and Apportionment Commission be appointed in the legislative session preceding each federal population census. Four members must be appointed by legislative leadership. The appointees were not able to select the fifth member who was appointed by the Montana Suprteme Court and who is the presiding officer. The Constitution directs the Commission to "prepare a plan for redistricting and reapportioning the state into legislative districts and a plan for redistricting the state into congressional districts." The Commission has specific deadlines for filing final plans for congressional and legislative districts once 2000 census figures are released during the first few months of 2001. Congressional districts must be filed within 90 days after receipt of official final decennial census data. Legislative districts must be presented to the Legislature in the session following receipt of the official final decennial data and filed within 30 days after the Legislature returns the plan with comments.
Staff: Susan Fox, Research Analyst John MacMaster, Attorney Legislative Services Division
