WISCONSIN CONSTITUTION


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                                               ARTICLE IV.
                                               LEGISLATIVE

    Legislative power.       SECTION    1.  The legislative power shall be
vested in a senate and
assembly.
    Legislature, how constituted. SECTION 2. The number of the members of
the assembly shall
never be less than fifty-four nor more than one hundred. The senate shall
consist of a number not
more than one-third nor less than one-fourth of the number of the members
of the assembly.
    Apportionment.      SECTION    3. [As amended November 19821 At its first
session after each enumera-
tion made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall apportion
and district anew
the members of the senate and assembly, according to the number of inhabitants.
[1979 AJR-76; 1981
AJR-35; submit: May'82 Spec.Sess. AJR-11
   Apportionment. SECTION 3. [As amended November         the authority of
the United States, the legislature shall ap-
19621 At their first session after each enumeration made by  portion and
district anew the members of the senate and as-
the authority of the United States, the legislature shall ap-  sembly, according
to the number of inhabitants, excluding
portion and district anew the members of the senate and as-  Indians not
taxed, soldiers, and officers of the United States
sembly, according to the number of inhabitants, excluding army and navy.
[1907 SJR-18; 1909 SJR-35; 1909 c. 478]
soldiers, and officers of the United States army and navy.
[1959 SJR-12; 1961 SJR- 11]                                  Census and apportionment.
SECTION 3. [Originalform]
   Senate district area factor. SECTIONS 3, 4 and 5. [Ap- The legislature
shall provide by law for an enumeration of
proved by voters April 1953] An amendment to Art. IV, secs.  the inhabitants
of the state in the year one thousand eight
3, 4, 5, relating to senate apportionment based on area and  hundred and
fifty-five, and at the end of every ten years
population, was approved by 1951 SJR-50 and 1953 AJR-7.   thereafter; and
at their first session after such enumeration,
However, the Supreme Court held the amendment not validly and also after
each enumeration made by the authority of
submitted to the voters in State ex rel. Thomson v. Zimmer-  the United States,
the legislature shall apportion and district
man, 264 W. 644, 60 NW (2d) 416.                          anew the members
of the senate and assembly, according to
    Apportionment. SECTION 3. [As amended November         the number of
inhabitants, excluding Indians not taxed, and
 19101 At their first session after each enumeration made by  soldiers and
officers of the United States army and navy.

     Representatives to the assembly, how chosen.         SECTION 4. [As
amended November 19821 The mem-
 bers of the assembly shall be chosen biennially, by single districts, on
the Tuesday succeeding the
 first Monday of November in even-numbered years, by the qualified electors
of the several dis-
 tricts, such districts to be bounded by county, precinct, town or ward lines,
to consist of contigu-
 ous territory and be in as compact form           as practicable. [1979
AJR-76; 1981 AJR-35; submit: May'82
 Spec.Sess. AJR-11
    Representatives to the assembly, how chosen. SECTION 4.             
                        [Original form]
 [As amended November 18811 The members of the assembly    The members of
the assembly shall be chosen annually by
 shall be chosen biennially, by single districts, on the Tuesday  Ten emersof
theTa y shlbeechosenManuay
 succeeding the first Monday of November after the adoption single districts,
on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday
                                                           of November, by
the qualified electors of the several dis-
 of this amendment, by the qualified electors of the several  tricts. Such
districts to be bounded by county, precinct,
 districts, such districts to be bounded by county, precinct,  town, or ward
lines, to consist of contiguous territory, and
 town or ward lines, to consist of contiguous territory and be  be in as
compact form as practicable.
 in as compact form as practicable. [1880 SJR-9; 1881
 AJR-7;:1881 c. 262]

     Senators, how chosen.      SECTION    5. [As amended November 1982]
The senators shall be elected by
 single districts of convenient contiguous territory, at the same time and
in the same manner as
 members of the assembly are required to be chosen; and no assembly district
shall be divided in
 the formation of a senate district. The senate districts shall be numbered
in the regular series,
 and the senators shall be chosen alternately from the odd and even-numbered
districts for the
 term  of 4 years. [1979 AJR-76; 1981 AJR-35; submit: May'82 Spec.Sess. AJR-1]


   Senators, how chosen. SECTION 5. [As amended Novem-
ber 1881] The senators shall be elected by single districts of
convenient contiguous territory, at the same time and in the
same manner as members of the assembly are required to be
chosen, and no assembly district shall be divided in the for-
mation of a senate district. The senate districts shall be
numbered in the regular series, and the senators shall be
chosen alternately from the odd and even-numbered dis-
tricts. The senators elected or holding over at the time of
the adoption of this amendment shall continue in office till
their successors are duly elected and qualified; and after the
adoption of this amendment all senators shall be chosen for
the term of four years. [1880 SJR-9;:1881 AJR-7;:1881 c.
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   Senators, how chosen. SECTION 5. [Originalform] The
senators shall be chosen by single districts of convenient
contiguous territory, at the same time and in the same man-
ner as members of the assembly are required to be chosen,
and no assembly district shall be divided in the formation of
a senate district. The senate districts shall be numbered in
regular series, and the senators chosen by the odd-num-
bered districts shall go out of office at the expiration of the
first year, and the senators chosen by the even-numbered
districts shall go out of office at the expiration of the second
year, and thereafter the senators shall be chosen for the
term of two years.