4-137. Attachment of territory to district.
(a) If a county, voting district, tract, block group or block is not included within a congressional district established by this act, such county, voting district, tract, block group or block shall be attached to the congressional district to which it is contiguous and, if contiguous to more than one congressional district, it shall be attached to the contiguous congressional district which has the least total population.
(b) If a county, voting district, tract, block group or block is included in two or more congressional districts established by this act, such county, voting district, tract, block group or block shall be attached to and become a part of the congressional district which has the least total population.
History: L. 2002, ch. 202, § 2; June 6.
Section is applicable to new districts set forth in K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 4-143, which were established by the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in Essex v. Kobach, case no. 12-4046-KHV-JWL, dated June 7, 2012.