4-4,453. Attachment of territory to district.
(a) If a county, voting district, tract, block group or block is not included within a senatorial district established by this act, such county, voting district, tract, block group or block shall be attached to the state senatorial district to which it is contiguous and, if contiguous to more than one state senatorial district, it shall be attached to the contiguous state senatorial district which has the least total population.
(b) If a county, voting district, tract, block group or block is included in two or more state senatorial districts established by this act, such county, voting district, tract, block group or block shall be attached to and become a part of the state senatorial district which has the least total population.
History: L. 2002, ch. 39, § 3; Apr. 11.
Section is applicable to new districts set forth in K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 4-4,494, 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.