A. As soon as practicable following each federal census, the municipal governing body shall review the wards and ward boundaries of the municipality. The governing body shall change the boundaries or number of wards, if necessary, in the manner provided by this article, so that the wards are formed of compact and contiguous territory and are substantially equal in population.
B. The municipal governing body, to the extent practicable, shall not subdivide precincts established by a county election board in establishing ward or council boundaries.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 20-101, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1993, c. 316, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.