Opinion ID: 2028236
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: failure to follow county lines

Text: Appellants allege that L.B. 7 violates Neb. Const. art. III, § 5, in that it does not follow county lines where practicable. We have disposed of this issue in Hlava v. Nelson, 247 Neb. 482, ___ N.W.2d ___ (1995). In that case, we stated that except for those counties with populations of the ideal size for a single legislative district, the Legislature has the discretion to determine which counties are to be divided in the redistricting process. We specifically held in Hlava that L.B. 614, as amended by L.B. 7 and 1992 Neb.Laws, L.B. 15, was not unconstitutional. We decline to further revisit the issue, and we adopt the rationale and holding of the court in Hlava. This assignment of error is without merit.