1.2relating to redistricting; adopting a legislative districting plan for use in 2012
1.3and thereafter;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 2.031, subdivision
1.41; 2.91, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 2.031,
1.5subdivision 2; 2.444; 2.484.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 2.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8    Subdivision 1. Legislative districts. (a) The representatives in the senate and house
1.9of representatives are apportioned throughout the state in 67 senate districts and 134 house
1.10of representatives districts. Each senate district is entitled to elect one senator and each
1.11house of representatives district is entitled to elect one representative.
1.12(b) Legislative redistricting plan L...., on file with the Geographic Information
1.13Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its Web site
1.14on ......., 2011, describes the legislative districts within this state. Each senate district is
1.15composed of the two house districts, A and B, of the same number.

1.16    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 2.91, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.17    Subdivision 1. Distribution. Upon enactment of a redistricting plan for the
1.18legislature or for Congress, the Legislative Coordinating Commission shall deposit the
1.19plan with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall provide copies of the relevant
1.20portions of the redistricting plan to each county auditor, who shall provide a copy of the
1.21relevant portions of the plan to each municipal clerk within the county. The secretary of
1.22state, with the cooperation of the commissioner of administration, shall make copies of the
1.23plan file, maps, and tables available to the public for the cost of publication. The revisor of
1.24statutes shall code a metes and bounds description of the districts in Minnesota Statutes.

2.1    Sec. 3. REPEALER.
2.2Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 2.031, subdivision 2; 2.444; and 2.484, are
2.3repealed.

2.4    Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.5This act is effective for the state primary election in 2012 and thereafter.