Section 36-1-101.5 - Utah State Senate - District boundaries(1) The Utah State Senate shall consist of 29 members, with one member to be elected from each Utah State Senate district.(2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 2020 national decennial census as the official data for establishing Senate district boundaries.(3)(a) The Legislature enacts the district numbers and boundaries of the Senate districts designated in the Senate block equivalency file and resulting Senate shapefile that is the electronic component of Laws of Utah 2021, Second Special Session, Chapter 11: (i) for purposes of nominating and electing certain members of the Utah State Senate beginning January 1, 2022; and(ii) for all other purposes beginning January 1, 2023.(b) The Legislature shall ensure that the Senate shapefile, and the Senate district boundaries generated from the Senate shapefile, are accessible on the Utah Legislature's website.Amended by Chapter 11, 2021SP2 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 11/16/2021.Amended by Chapter 345, 2021 General Session ,§ 127, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by Chapter 454, 2013 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/14/2013.Amended by Chapter 3, 2012 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 1/30/2012.Added by Chapter 7, 2011sp3 General Session,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2012. See Chapter 7, 2011sp3 General Session, § 9.