SF 303

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the legislature; specifying the size of 
  1.3             the legislature; coordinating legislative districts 
  1.4             and congressional districts; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 2002, sections 2.021; 2.031, subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 2.021, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      2.021 [NUMBER OF MEMBERS.] 
  1.10     For each legislature, until a new apportionment shall have 
  1.11  been made, the senate is composed of 67 64 members and the house 
  1.12  of representatives is composed of 134 128 members. 
  1.13     In 2013 and thereafter, each senate must be composed of a 
  1.14  number of senators evenly divisible by the number of 
  1.15  representatives in Congress apportioned to the state. 
  1.16     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 2.031, 
  1.17  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.18     Subdivision 1.  [LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.] The 
  1.19  representatives in the senate and house of representatives are 
  1.20  apportioned throughout the state in 67 senate districts and 134 
  1.21  house districts the number of senate and house districts 
  1.22  provided by law.  No congressional district boundary may be 
  1.23  crossed in forming a senate district.  Each senate district is 
  1.24  entitled to elect one senator and each house district is 
  1.25  entitled to elect one representative. 
  2.1      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.2      This act is effective for any apportionment to be effective 
  2.3   in 2013 or thereafter.