In establishing congressional district boundaries:

1. No apportionment plan or individual district may shall be drawn with any the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent; and no district may districts shall not be drawn with any the intent to deny or abridge, or result in of denying or abridging, the equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to participate in the political process or to diminish their ability to elect representatives of their choice; and districts shall consist of contiguous territory.
2. Unless compliance with the standards in this subsection conflicts with the standards in subsection (a) or with federal law, districts shall be as nearly equal in population as is practicable; districts shall consist of contiguous territory, which, for purposes of this subsection, means all territory within the district shall be located within a single, continuous, and uninterrupted boundary; districts shall be compact, which for pusposes of this subsection, means the length of the district's boundary shall equal, to the greatest extent possible and practicable, the circumference of a circle the area of which equals the surface area of the district;; and districts shall, where feasible, use utilize existing political and geographical boundaries, which, for pusposes of this subsection are limited to municipalities and counties and watersheds.
3. The order in which the standards specified in within subsections (a) and (b) have equal of this section are set forth shall not be read to establish any priority of one standard over the other within that subsection.

In establishing legislative district boundaries:

1. No apportionment plan or district may shall be drawn with any the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent; and no district may districts shall not be drawn with any the intent to deny or abridge, or result in of denying or abridging, the equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to participate in the political process or to diminish their ability to elect representatives of their choice; and districts shall consist of contiguous territory.
2. Unless compliance with the standards in this subsection conflicts with the standards in subsection (a) or with federal law, districts shall be as nearly equal in population as is practicable; districts shall consist of contiguous territory, which, for purposes of this subsection, means all territory within the district shall be located within a single, continuous, and uninterrupted boundary; districts shall be compact, which, for pusposes of this subsection means the length of the district's boundary shall equal, to the greatest extent possible and practicable, the circumference of a circle the area of which equals the surface area of the district; and districts shall, where feasible, use utilize existing political and geographical boundaries, which for purposes of this subsection, are limited to muinicipalities and counties and watersheds.
3. The order in which the standards specified in within subsections (a) and (b) have equal of this section are set forth shall not be read to establish any priority of one standard over the other within that subsection.