The following districts became law on July 2, 2003, and the Commission is dissolved. These districts were adopted on February 5, 2003, by the Commission and were renumbered and amended since the December 6, 2002 version.
State Plan Overview(February 5, 2003, updated February 4, 2004) includes descriptions of each district, population figures, holdover Senate assignments, and other information (w/corrections).
Legislative Services House Districts Map (As of February 5, 2003) regional maps below
Legislative Services Senate Districts Map(As of February 5, 2003) regional maps below
Commission-adopted Senate Districts -- Pairing of House Districts into Senate Districts and the Assignment of Holdover Senators (February 5, 2003: minutes). (Attempt to repeal by SB 445 was overturned as was Legislatively-adopted Holdover Senate District Pairings in SJR 23and authority in SB 258 (Legislative Administration Committee January 27,2003: minutes). See Litigation updates above!
NRIS website: for metadata, shapefiles, and map files
A shapefile or text file of the New House and Senate Districts is available for download. The files are in a zip file created with WinZip. (For a thorough explanation of downloading zip files and shapefiles see http://nris.mt.gov/gis/download.html)
