| Section 2. Number of Representatives; terms; division of the |
State into districts for House of Representatives. The House of |
Representatives shall consist of 151 members, to be elected by |
the qualified electors, and hold their office 2 4 years from the |
day next preceding the first Wednesday in December following the |
general election. A member may not serve more than 3 consecutive |
terms as a member of the House of Representatives. The |
Legislature which convenes in 1983 and every 10th year thereafter |
shall cause the State to be divided into districts for the choice |
of one Representative for each district. The number of |
Representatives shall be divided into the number of inhabitants |
of the State exclusive of foreigners not naturalized according to |
the latest Federal Decennial Census or a State Census previously |
ordered by the Legislature to coincide with the Federal Decennial |
Census, to determine a mean population figure for each |
Representative District. Each Representative District shall be |
formed of contiguous and compact territory and shall cross |
political subdivision lines the least number of times necessary |
to establish as nearly as practicable equally populated |
districts. Whenever the population of a municipality entitles it |
to more than one district, all whole districts shall be drawn |
within municipal boundaries. Any population remainder within the |
municipality shall be included in a district with contiguous |
territory and shall be kept intact. |