1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; changing certain procedures in
1.3 	cases of annexations affecting precinct boundaries;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204B.14,
1.5 	subdivision 5.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204B.14,
1.8 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 5.Precinct boundaries; description; maps. When If 
1.10 	a precinct boundary has been changed,or an annexation has
1.11 	occurred affecting a precinct boundary,the municipal clerk
1.12 	shall immediately notify the county auditor and secretary of
1.13 	state.  The municipal clerk shall file a corrected base map with
1.14 	the secretary of state and county auditor within 30 days after
1.15 	the boundary change was made or, in the case of an annexation,
1.16 	the later of:  (1) 30 days after the approval of the annexation
1.17 	order; or (2) the effective date of the annexation order.  Upon
1.18 	request, the secretary of state county auditor shall provide a
1.19 	base map and precinct finder to the municipal clerk. The
1.20 	secretary of state shall update the precinct boundary database,
1.21 	prepare a corrected precinct map, and provide the corrected
1.22 	precinct map to the county auditor and the municipal clerk who
1.23 	shall make them available for public inspection.The municipal
1.24 	clerk shall prepare a corrected precinct map and provide the
1.25 	corrected map to the county auditor, who shall correct the
2.1 	precinct finder in the statewide voter registration system and
2.2 	make the corrected map and precinct finder available for public
2.3 	inspection, and to the secretary of state, who shall update the
2.4 	precinct boundary database.The county auditor shall prepare
2.5 	and file precinct boundary maps for precincts in unorganized
2.6 	territories in the same manner as provided for precincts in
2.7 	municipalities.  For every election held in the municipality the
2.8 	election judges shall be furnished precinct maps as provided in
2.9 	section 201.061, subdivision 6.  If a municipality changes the
2.10 	boundary of an election precinct, or if an annexation affecting
2.11 	a precinct boundary occurs,the county auditor shall notify each
2.12 	school district with territory affected by the boundary change
2.13 	at least 30 days before the effective date of the change.