1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to redistricting; adopting a legislative districting plan for use in 2012 
1.3 	and thereafter;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 2.031, subdivision 
1.4 	1; 2.91, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 2.031, 
1.5 	subdivision 2; 2.444; 2.484.
1.6 	BE 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 
1.9 	of representatives are apportioned throughout the state in 67 senate districts and 134 house 
1.10 	of representatives districts. Each senate district is entitled to elect one senator and each 
1.11 	house of representatives district is entitled to elect one representative.
1.12 	(b) Legislative redistricting plan L...., on file with the Geographic Information 
1.13 	Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its Web site 
1.14 	on ......., 2011, describes the legislative districts within this state. Each senate district is 
1.15 	composed 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 
1.18 	legislature or for Congress, the Legislative Coordinating Commission shall deposit the 
1.19 	plan with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall provide copies of the relevant 
1.20 	portions of the redistricting plan to each county auditor, who shall provide a copy of the 
1.21 	relevant portions of the plan to each municipal clerk within the county. The secretary of 
1.22 	state, with the cooperation of the commissioner of administration, shall make copies of the 
1.23 	plan file, maps, and tables available to the public for the cost of publication. The revisor of 
1.24 	statutes shall code a metes and bounds description of the districts in Minnesota Statutes.

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2.3 	repealed.

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