Minnesota Legislature
HF 2487
as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution,
article IV, section 3; providing for multimember
senate and house districts that coincide with
congressional district boundaries; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, sections 2.021; 2.031, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
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An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV,
section 3, is proposed to the people. If the amendment is
adopted, the section will read:
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Sec. 3.
At its first session after each enumeration of the
inhabitants of this state made by the authority of the United
States, the legislature shall have the power to prescribe the
bounds of congressional and legislative districts. Senators
shall be chosen by deleted text begin single deleted text end new text begin multimember new text end districts of convenient
contiguous territory new text begin that coordinate with congressional
districtsnew text end . No representative district shall be divided in the
formation of a senate district. The senate districts shall be
numbered in a regular series.
Sec. 2. new text begin SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.
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The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at
the 2006 general election. The question submitted shall be:
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"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide for
multimember senate districts that coordinate with congressional
districts?
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Yes .......
No ........"
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, 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 67 deleted text end new text begin no fewer than 60 and no
more than 64 new text end members and the house of representatives is
composed of 134 members.
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In 2013 and thereafter, the senate must be composed of a
number of senators evenly divisible by the number of
representatives in Congress apportioned to the state.
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Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, 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 districts deleted text end new text begin the number of senate and house 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 deleted text begin one senator deleted text end new text begin eight senators new text end and each house
district is entitled to elect one representative.
Sec. 5. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Sections 3 and 4 are effective for any apportionment to be
effective in 2013 or thereafter, if the constitutional amendment
proposed by sections 1 and 2 is ratified by the voters.
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