As Amended
SEC. 5-1-3. Apportionment of senators.
(1) The number of senators shall be fifty-two (52) and shall be elected from fifty-two (52) districts, composed as:
PRECINCTS, BEATS OR
DISTRICT 1 CENSUS TRACTS
DeSoto County All except Lake Cormorant, Twin Lakes-Holly
Hills, Walls.
DISTRICT 2
Benton County All.
Marshall County All.
Tippah County Beat 1, Beat 2, that portion of Beat 3 outside
the corporate limits of Blue Mountain west of
State Highway 15 and north of State Highway 2.
DISTRICT 3
Pontotoc County All.
Tippah County That portion of Beat 3 not included in District
2, Beat 4, Beat 5.
Union County All.
DISTRICT 4
Alcorn County All.
Tishomingo County All except Belmont, Cotton Springs, East
Belmont, Golden, North Belmont.
DISTRICT 5
Itawamba County All.
Prentiss County All.
Tishomingo County Belmont, Cotton Springs, East Belmont, Golden,
North Belmont.
DISTRICT 6
Lee County All except the Precincts of Brewer, Kedron,
Nettleton, Old Union, Palmetto, Petersburg,
Pleasant Grove, Richmond, Shannon.
DISTRICT 7
Clay County East West Point, North West Point, Tibbee, Union
Star, Vinton.
Lowndes County That portion of the Airbase Precinct west and
north of a line commencing at the intersection
of Old Aberdeen Road and the southern boundary
of the Airbase Precinct, thence in a northerly
direction along the centerline of Old Aberdeen
Road to its intersection with State Highway 373,
thence in a southerly direction along the
centerline of State Highway 373 to its
intersection with Spur Line Road, thence in an
easterly direction along the centerline of Spur
Line Road to its intersection with U.S. Highway
45, thence in a northerly direction along the
centerline of U.S. Highway 45 to the
Lowndes-Monroe county line.
Monroe County All.
DISTRICT 8
Calhoun County All except Banner, Big Creek, Ellard, Herron,
Pleasant Hill, Sabougla, Sarepta, West Bruce.
Chickasaw County All.
Clay County All except East West Point, North West Point,
Tibbee, Union Star, Vinton
Lee County Brewer, Kedron, Nettleton, Old Union, Palmetto,
Petersburg, Pleasant Grove, Richmond, Shannon.
DISTRICT 9
Calhoun County Banner, Big Creek, Ellard, Herron, Pleasant
Hill, Sabougla, Sarepta, West Bruce.
Lafayette County All.
Yalobusha County All.
DISTRICT 10
Panola County All.
Tate County All.
DISTRICT 11
Coahoma County All except Bobo, Rena Lara, Roundaway, Cagle
Crossing, Clarksdale 4, Clarksdale 5.
DeSoto County Lake Cormorant, Twin Lakes-Holly Hills, Walls.
Quitman County All.
Tunica County All.
DISTRICT 12
Bolivar County All.
Coahoma County Bobo, Rena Lara, Roundaway.
DISTRICT 13
Coahoma County Cagle Crossing, Clarksdale 4, Clarksdale 5.
Sunflower County All except Boyer Linn, Fairview-Hale.
DISTRICT 14
Carroll County All except East Vaiden, West Vaiden.
Leflore County All.
DISTRICT 15
Grenada County All.
Montgomery County All except Kilmichael, Lodi, Nations, Poplar
Creek, Stewart.
Tallahatchie County All.
DISTRICT 16
Lowndes County Artesia, Crawford, Mayhew, West Lowndes.
Oktibbeha County All.
Webster County All except Fay, Tomnolen.
DISTRICT 17
Lowndes County All except Artesia, Crawford, Mayhew, West
Lowndes, and that portion of Airbase included in
District 7.
DISTRICT 18
Choctaw County Fentress, Mount Airy, North Ackerman, Panhandle,
South Ackerman, Weir.
Neshoba County All.
Winston County All.
DISTRICT 19
Attala County All.
Carroll County East Vaiden, West Vaiden.
Choctaw County All except Fentress, Mount Airy, North Ackerman,
Panhandle, South Ackerman, Weir.
Leake County All.
Montgomery County Kilmichael, Lodi, Nations, Poplar Creek,
Stewart.
Webster County Fay, Tomnolen.
DISTRICT 20
Holmes County Ebenezer, Goodman, Pickens.
Madison County All.
Yazoo County Deasonville, Harttown.
DISTRICT 21
Holmes County All except Ebenezer, Goodman, Pickens.
Humphreys County All except Lake City, Louise.
Yazoo County All except Enola, Fairview, Holly Bluff,
Mechanicsburg, Phoenix, Sartartia, Valley, Ward
3, Deasonville, Harttown.
DISTRICT 22
Humphreys County Lake City, Louise.
Sharkey County All.
Sunflower County Boyer Linn, Fairview-Hale.
Washington County That portion of the American Legion 3/4 Precinct
east and north of a line beginning at the
intersection of the Riverside Main Canal with
the eastern boundary of American Legion 3/4
Precinct, thence north along Riverside Main
Canal to its intersection with Illinois Central
Gulf Railroad right-of-way, thence southwesterly
along the centerline of Illinois Central Gulf
Railroad right-of-way to the protection level,
thence southwesterly along the protection level,
thence northwesterly along the protection level
to its intersection with Broadway Street, thence
northeasterly along the centerline of Broadway
Street to its intersection with State Highway 1,
thence northerly along the centerline of State
Highway 1 to its intersection with a road
commonly known as Winterville Road, thence
westerly along the centerline of Winterville
Road to the Mississippi River; Arcola Town Hall
2/4, Bourbon Store 5/3, Darlove Baptist Church
5/2, Grace Methodist Church 5/4, Hollandale City
Hall 5/1, Leland Health Clinic 4/2, Leland Light
Plant 4/3, Wards Rec. Center 2/1.
Yazoo County Enola, Fairview, Holly Bluff, Mechanicsburg,
Phoenix, Satartia, Valley, Ward 3.
DISTRICT 23
Issaquena County All.
Warren County That portion of Census Tract 9902 not included
in District 24.
Washington County Avon 2/3, Brent Center 3/2, Community Center
2/2, County Garage 4/1, Episcopal Church 1/2,
Extension Bldg. 1/1, Glen Allen Health Clinic
1/4, Industrial College 5/5, Italian 3/1, Percy
Mem. Library 3/3, Swiftwater Store 1/3; that
portion of the American Legion 3/4 Precinct not
included in District 22.
DISTRICT 24
Warren County Census Tracts 9901, 9903, 9904, 9905, 9906,
9907, 9908, 9909, 9910, 9911, that portion of
9902 south of a line that begins at that point
where Ballground Creek intersects State Highway
3, thence in a westerly direction along
Ballground Creek to its intersection with the
Yazoo River, thence in a southwesterly direction
to that point where the MP & L power line
crosses the Yazoo River, thence southerly along
the MP & L power line to that point where such
power line intersects State Highway 3; and that
portion of 9902 east of a line beginning at the
intersection of a gravel road listed by the
State Highway Department as Inventory 18, thence
in a northerly direction along the centerline of
such tract to its intersection with an
unimproved road, thence in a westerly direction
upon the centerline of such unimproved road to
that point where a free ferry is located on the
Yazoo River Diversion Canal, thence in a
southerly direction along the Yazoo River
Diversion Canal to the Louisiana-Mississippi
state line, thence along the
Louisiana-Mississippi state line to the
Vicksburg city limits.
DISTRICT 25
Hinds County 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 78, 79,
80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86.
DISTRICT 26
Hinds County 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 32, 33, 34, 35,
47, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 93, 94,
95, 96.
DISTRICT 27
Hinds County 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62.
DISTRICT 28
Hinds County 2, 4, 19, 20, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, 63, 64,
66, 67, 68, 88, 89, 92.
DISTRICT 29
Hinds County Bolton, Brownsville, 26, Byram, Raymond 1,
Raymond 2, Edwards, 87, 90, 91, 97, Clinton 1,
Clinton 2, Clinton 3, Clinton 4, Cynthia, Old
Byram, Pine Haven, Pocahontas, Spring Ridge,
Terry, Tinnin.
DISTRICT 30
Rankin County Castlewoods, Crossgates, Cunningham Heights,
East Brandon, Fannin, Flowood, Henry Grady,
Holbrook, Leesburg, North Brandon, North
McLaurin, North Pearson, North Richland,
Oakdale, Patton Place, Pearl, Pisgah, Reservoir,
Shotot, Skyway Hills, South McLaurin, South
Pearson, Springhill, West Brandon, West Pearl,
West Pearson, Whitfield.
DISTRICT 31
Lauderdale County Meehan, Nellieburg, Schamberville, South
Nellieburg, Suqualena.
Newton County All.
Scott County All.
DISTRICT 32
Kemper County All.
Lauderdale County Alamucha, Causeyville, East Lauderdale, City
Hall, Court House, Kewanee, Long Creek, Odom,
Russell, Magnolia Park, Senior Citizens Center,
Toomsuba, Council of Organizations Building,
Vimville, Whynot, Zero.
Noxubee County All.
DISTRICT 33
Lauderdale County Andrews Chapel, Bailey, Center Hill, Clarkdale,
Collinsville, Covington, Culpepper, Daleville,
Dalewood, East Bonita, East Marion, Junior
College, Tuxedo, Village Fair Mall, Jones,
Lauderdale, Lizelia, Lockhart, Marion, Martin,
Oakland, Obadiah, Pickard, Pine Springs, Ponta,
Post, Prospect, Sageville, School Gap, Cockran,
Bonita Community Center, Shucktown, Crestwood,
South Gap, Mount Barton, Valley, West
Lauderdale, Poplar Springs, Meridian High
School, Northwest School, Marion Park School,
Magnolia Junior High.
DISTRICT 34
Clarke County All.
Jasper County All except Claiborne, Moss.
Smith County All.
DISTRICT 35
Copiah County Crystal Springs East, Georgetown, Stronghope,
Union.
Rankin County Antioch, Cato, Clear Branch, Clearly, County
Line, Crossroads, Dobson, Dry Creek, East Steen
Creek, Johns, Mayton, Monterey, Mountain Creek,
North Pelahatchie, Puckett, Shiloh, South
Pelahatchie, South Richland, Star, West Steen
Creek.
Simpson County All.
DISTRICT 36
Claiborne County All.
Copiah County All except Crystal Springs East, Georgetown,
Stronghope, Union.
Hinds County Cayuga, Chapel Hill, Dry Grove, Learned, Utica
1, Utica 2.
Jefferson County All.
DISTRICT 37
Adams County All.
Wilkinson County All.
DISTRICT 38
Amite County All.
Franklin County All.
Pike County 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
DISTRICT 39
Lawrence County All.
Lincoln County All.
Pike County 2, 11, 12, 18.
DISTRICT 40
Lamar County Oloh, Rocky Branch, Sumrall.
Marion County All.
Pike County 1, 25, 26, 27.
Walthall County All.
DISTRICT 41
Covington County All.
Jefferson Davis
County All.
Jones County Blackwell, Bruce, Centerville, County Barn,
Ellisville Courthouse, Hebron, Johnson, Landrum,
Moselle, Ovett, Pendorf, Pine Grove, Rainey,
Sand Hill, Shelton, Soso, South Jones, Union.
DISTRICT 42
Jasper County Claiborne, Moss.
Jones County Anthony's Florist, Bruce, Calhoun, City Barn,
Erata, Fairgrounds, Gitano, Glade, Harper's
Transfer, Lamar School, Laurel Courthouse,
Maddox School, Mason School, Matthews, Myrick,
Nora Davis School, Northeast School, Northwest,
Oakpark, Pleasant Ridge, Prentiss School,
Rustin, Sandersville Civic Center, Sandersville
School, Sandy Gavin School, Shady Grove, Sharon,
Stone Deavours, Tuckers, 26th Street Fire
Station.
Wayne County Beat 4 School, Pleasant Grove.
DISTRICT 43
George County All.
Greene County All.
Jackson County Hurley, Wade.
Wayne County All except Beat 4 School, Pleasant Grove.
DISTRICT 44
Forrest County Brooklyn, Carnes, Dixie, Dixie Pine, Dixie Sub
A, Eatonville, Forrest Co. Agricultural High
School, Glendale, Macedonia, Maxie, McCallum,
McLaurin, Petal-Harvey, Petal-Leeville, Petal
High, Rawls Springs, Sunrise, that portion of
Thames School south of the centerline of the
right-of-way of the Southern Railroad.
Lamar County Baxterville, Greenville, Lumberton, Midway, Oak
Grove, Okahola, Pine Grove, Purvis, South
Purvis, Yawn.
Perry County All.
DISTRICT 45
Forrest County Blair High, Camp School, Central School, Davis
School, East Bouie, Eaton School, Grace
Christian, Hawkins Junior High, Hawkins Sub A,
Jones School, Lillie Burney, Pinecrest, Rowan
High, Walthall School, Westside, William Carey,
Woodley School, Woodley School Sub A; that
portion of Thames School not included in
District 44.
Lamar County Arnold Line, Breland, Lamar Park, Richburg.
DISTRICT 46
Hancock County All except Crane Creek, Lee Town.
Harrison County Delisle, East Lyman, Ladner, Lizana, New Hope,
Peace, Vadalia, West Lyman, White Plains; that
portion of East Orange Grove North of line
beginning at a point where O'Neal Road
intersects the western boundary of East Orange
Grove, thence in an easterly direction along the
centerline of O'Neal Road to its intersection
with U.S. Highway 49, thence in a southerly
direction along the centerline of U.S. Highway
49 to its intersection with Edeaux Road, thence
in an easterly direction along the centerline of
Edeaux Road to its intersection with Flat
Branch, thence in a northerly direction along
Flat Branch to that point where it intersects
with O'Neal Road, thence in an easterly
direction along the centerline of O'Neal Road to
the eastern boundary of East Orange Grove.
Jackson County Gulf Hills, Langley Point, Ocean Springs 2,
Ocean Springs 3, Ocean Springs 4, Saint Martin,
that portion of Latimer west and south of a line
that begins at the intersection of Daisy Vestry
Road with the northern boundary of the precinct,
thence in a southerly direction along the
centerline of Daisy Vestry Road to the point
where Daisy Vestry Road intersects with the
United Gas pipeline right-of-way, thence
easterly along the centerline of the United Gas
pipeline right-of-way to the eastern boundary of
the precinct.
DISTRICT 47
Hancock County Crane Creek, Lee Town.
Harrison County Advance, East Saucier, Poplar Head, Riceville,
West Saucier.
Pearl River County All.
Stone County All.
DISTRICT 48
Harrison County East Long Beach, East North Gulfport, East Pass
Christian, Green Acres, Gulfport 1, Gulfport 2,
Gulfport 3, Gulfport 4, Gulfport 9, Gulfport 10,
Gulfport 13, Gulfport 14, Outside Long Beach,
Pineville, West Long Beach, West North Gulfport,
West Orange Grove, West Pass Christian.
DISTRICT 49
Harrison County Biloxi 10, Biloxi 11, East Handsboro, East
Mississippi City, Gulfport 5, Gulfport 6,
Gulfport 7, Gulfport 8, Gulfport 11, Gulfport
12, Gulfport 15, Holly Hills, North Bel Aire,
South Bel Aire, West Handsboro, West Mississippi
City, that portion of the East Orange Grove
Precinct not included in District 47.
DISTRICT 50
Harrison County Biloxi 1, Biloxi 2, Biloxi 3, Biloxi 4, Biloxi
5, Biloxi 6, Biloxi 7, Biloxi 8, Biloxi 9,
Biloxi 7-A, D'Iberville, Howard Creek, North
Bay, Stonewall.
DISTRICT 51
Jackson County Big Point, Carterville, East Escatawpa,
Eastside, Griffins Heights, Helena, Jefferson
Street, Kreole, Lake School, Larue, Moss Point
1, Moss Point 2, Moss Point 3, Moss Point 4,
North Fountainbleau, North Gautier, North
Vancleave, Orange Grove, Pine Island, Satellite,
South Vancleave, West Escatawpa, that portion of
Latimer not included in District 47.
DISTRICT 52
Jackson County American Legion, Bayou Cassotte 1, Bayou
Cassotte 2, Bayou Cassotte 3, Bayou Cassotte 4,
Beaugez Fire Station, Central School, Country
Club, Courthouse, Eastlawn, Eleventh Street 1,
Eleventh Street 2, Ingalls Avenue, Jackson
Avenue, Lake Avenue Fire Station, North
Pascagoula, Ocean Springs 1, Ocean Springs East,
Pinecrest, South Fountainbleau, South Gautier,
South Pascagoula.
(2) The boundaries of the senatorial districts described in subsection (1) of this section shall be the counties, precincts, beats or census tracts listed in subsection (1) as such boundaries existed on July 1, 1981.
(3) This section shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof and to apportion and district the senate of this state in compliance with constitutional requirements.
It is intended that this section and the districts described herein completely encompass all the area within the state. It is also intended that such districts contain all the inhabitants in this state. It is further intended that the apportionment and districting provided for in this section result in the creation of districts which are substantially equal in population. It is also intended that no district shall include any of the area included within the description of any other district.
The apportionment of representative districts and senate districts shall be deemed to be separate from each other. The invalidity of the districts of one (1) house shall not affect or require the redistricting of the other house when the districts of the other house have been found to be valid by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4)
(a) If the districts described in this section do not carry out the purposes thereof, because of unintentional omissions; duplications; overlapping areas; erroneous nomenclature; lack of adequate maps or descriptions of political subdivisions, wards or other divisions thereof, or of their boundary lines; street closings, changes in names of streets, or other changes of public places; alteration of the boundary or courses of waters or waterways, filling in of lands under water, accretion or other changes in shorelines; or alteration of courses, rights-of-way, or lines of public utilities or other conditions, then the secretary of state, at the request of the standing joint legislative committee on reapportionment shall, by order, correct such omissions, overlaps, erroneous nomenclature or other defects in the description of districts so as to accomplish the purposes and objectives of this section.
(b) In promulgating such orders, the secretary of state, in addition to achieving equality in the population of districts and insuring that all areas of the state are completely and accurately encompassed in such districts, shall be guided by the following standards:
(i) Gaps in the description of any district shall be completed in a manner which results in a total description of that district in a manner which is consonant with the description of adjacent districts and results in complete contiguity of districts;
(ii) Areas of the state included within the descriptions of more than one (1) district shall be allocated to the district having the lowest population;
(iii) Areas of the state not included within the descriptions of any district shall be allocated to the adjacent district having the lowest population;
(iv) In the event that the area subject to corrected description or allocation as provided in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph is of such size or contains such population that its inclusion as a unit in any district would result in substantial disparity in the size, shape or population of such district, then the secretary of state may allocate portions of such area to two (2) or more districts; and
(v) In any allocation of area or correction of descriptions made pursuant to this section, the secretary of state shall, consistent with the foregoing standards, preserve the contiguity and compactness of districts and avoid the unnecessary division of political subdivisions.
(c) Copies of such orders shall be filed by the secretary of state in his own office and in the offices of the affected commissioners of election and registrars. The secretary of state may adopt reasonable rules regulating the procedure for applications for orders under this section in the manner of serving and filing any notice or copy of orders relating thereto.
(d) Upon the filing of such an order, the description of any affected district shall be deemed to have been corrected in the manner provided in such order to the full extent as if such correction had been contained in the original description set forth in this section.
SOURCES: Codes, 1930, Sec. 5330; 1942 Secs. 3327, 3327.1; Laws, 1963, 1st Ex Sess. ch. 34, Sec. 1; 1966 Ex Sess, ch. 41, Sec. 1; 1971, ch. 394 Sec. 2; 1973, ch. 305, Sec. 1; 1973, ch. 457, Sec. 1; 1975, ch. 484, Sec. 1; 1977 2d Ex Sess, ch. 26, Sec. 1; 1978, ch. 535, Sec. 1; 1982, ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff from and after November 22, 1982 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment).