Section 1

Upon a new federal census, new statehood, large population shift, or lawful court order, the state or states within the United States shall each create a commission for state reapportionment and be overseen by the selected executives of the state thereof. The commission shall be composed of one leader of each political party within the state legislature, and each shall designate one member and the state chairmen of each political party. No member of the commission may be an elected or appointed official of the United States or any state or territory, or be a non-citizen of the United States.

Section 2

Representative districts shall represent an equal and fairly diverse set of political opinions and characteristics by the people within such political districts, and shall not be divided within any municipalities, nor shall districts include enclaves, exclaves, or long narrow strips of land between other districts, nor shall districts divide any buildings.

Section 3

The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Section 4

This amendment shall take effect upon the next federal census.