Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes

HF 13

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 01/10/2011 10:38am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
Version List Authors and Status
Pdf Rtf

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 01/10/2011

Current Version - as introduced

Line numbers 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14
1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21
1.22 2.1 2.2

A bill for an act
 relating to the legislature; coordinating legislative districts and congressional
districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 2.021; 2.031, subdivision
1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 2.021, is amended to read:


2.021 NUMBER OF MEMBERS.

For each legislature, until a new apportionment shall have been made, the senate
is composed of deleted text begin 67deleted text end new text begin 64new text end members new text begin if Minnesota has eight congressional districts and
63 members if Minnesota has seven or nine congressional districts new text end and the house of
representatives is composed of deleted text begin 134deleted text end new text begin 128new text end membersnew text begin if Minnesota has eight congressional
districts and 126 members if Minnesota has seven or nine congressional districtsnew text end .

new text begin In 2013 and thereafter, each senate must be composed of a number of senators
evenly divisible by the number of representatives in Congress apportioned to the state.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 2.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Legislative districts.

The representatives in the senate and house
of representatives are apportioned throughout the state in deleted text begin 67 senate districts and 134
house of representatives districtsdeleted text end new text begin the number of senate and house of representatives
districts provided by law. No congressional district boundary may be crossed in forming a
senate districtnew text end . Each senate district is entitled to elect one senator and each house of
representatives district is entitled to elect one representative.

Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Sections 1 and 2 are effective for members of the senate and the house of
representatives to be elected at the 2012 general election to take office in January 2013.
 new text end