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state tax money to defend law suits brought against it.

Sen. Wiley F. Mitchell Jr. (RAlexandria) served on the study subcommittee but dissented from its recommendation and spoke vociferously against the bill on the Senate floor.

The legislation. Sen. Mitchell wrote in dissent, “flies squarely in the face of the ‘one man, one vote’ predicate upon which our current electoral districts are based and, in so doing, ignores the reality of massive population shifts which are occurring in the more rapidly growing areas of the state.”

“I think this is an abominable bill,” said Del. Callahan, a former House Minority Leader, during committee debate.

“If these rapidly growing areas only reapportion every 10 years, there’s going to be some malapportionment,” Del. Dillard told a House committee. “I don’t understand whv

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