SF 2664

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to reapportionment of the legislature and 
  1.3             congressional districts; proposing an amendment to the 
  1.4             Minnesota Constitution, article IV, sections 2 and 3, 
  1.5             and by adding an article, to provide for congressional 
  1.6             and legislative apportionments by a commission; 
  1.7             implementing the proposed amendment by providing by 
  1.8             law for the duties, powers, and operation of the 
  1.9             commission; appropriating money; imposing a penalty; 
  1.10            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.11            chapter 2A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
  1.12            sections 2.043; 2.053; 2.063; 2.073; 2.083; 2.093; 
  1.13            2.103; 2.113; 2.123; 2.133; 2.143; 2.153; 2.163; 
  1.14            2.173; 2.183; 2.193; 2.203; 2.213; 2.223; 2.233; 
  1.15            2.243; 2.253; 2.263; 2.273; 2.283; 2.293; 2.303; 
  1.16            2.313; 2.323; 2.333; 2.343; 2.353; 2.363; 2.373; 
  1.17            2.383; 2.393; 2.403; 2.413; 2.423; 2.433; 2.443; 
  1.18            2.453; 2.463; 2.473; 2.483; 2.493; 2.503; 2.513; 
  1.19            2.523; 2.533; 2.543; 2.553; 2.563; 2.573; 2.583; 
  1.20            2.593; 2.603; 2.613; 2.623; 2.633; 2.643; 2.653; 
  1.21            2.663; 2.673; 2.683; 2.693; 2.703; 2.731; 2.742; 
  1.22            2.752; 2.762; 2.772; 2.782; 2.792; 2.802; and 2.812.  
  1.23  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.24     Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.] 
  1.25     An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
  1.26  the people.  If the amendment is adopted, article IV, section 2, 
  1.27  will read: 
  1.28     Sec. 2.  The number of members who compose the senate and 
  1.29  house of representatives shall be prescribed by the legislature 
  1.30  by law.  The representation in both houses shall be apportioned 
  1.31  equally throughout the different sections of the state in 
  1.32  proportion to the population thereof. 
  1.33     article IV, section 3, will read: 
  1.34     Sec. 3.  At its first session after each enumeration of the 
  2.1   inhabitants of this state made by the authority of the United 
  2.2   States, the legislature shall have the power to prescribe the 
  2.3   bounds of congressional and legislative districts.  Senators 
  2.4   shall be chosen by single districts of convenient contiguous 
  2.5   territory.  No representative district shall be divided in the 
  2.6   formation of a senate district.  The senate districts shall be 
  2.7   numbered in a regular series The legislature shall make no law 
  2.8   dividing the state into districts either for senators and 
  2.9   representatives or for representatives in the congress of the 
  2.10  United States. 
  2.11     and a new article will be added to the Minnesota 
  2.12  Constitution to read: 
  2.13                            ARTICLE XV
  2.14                    REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION
  2.15     Section 1.  [REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION.] In each year 
  2.16  ending in the number one, or when required by court order, a 
  2.17  reapportionment commission shall be established to draw the 
  2.18  boundaries of legislative and congressional districts. 
  2.19     The commission shall consist of nine members who are 
  2.20  eligible voters of the state.  One member shall be appointed by 
  2.21  the speaker of the house and one by the members of the house 
  2.22  representing political parties other than the party represented 
  2.23  by the speaker.  One member shall be appointed by the president 
  2.24  of the senate and one by the members of the senate representing 
  2.25  political parties other than the party represented by the 
  2.26  president.  Article IV, section 5, shall not apply to the 
  2.27  appointment of these four members of the reapportionment 
  2.28  commission.  The term "political party" as used in this section 
  2.29  shall have the meaning provided by law. 
  2.30     The remaining five members shall be appointed by unanimous 
  2.31  agreement of the legislative appointees.  The qualifications of 
  2.32  these members shall be provided by law. 
  2.33     Members of the commission shall be appointed within the 
  2.34  time provided by law but not later than March 15 when the 
  2.35  commission is established in a year ending in the number one.  
  2.36  The supreme court shall fill any vacancy caused by failure to 
  3.1   appoint a member within the time required by law. 
  3.2      Sec. 2.  [APPORTIONMENT STANDARDS.] The commission shall 
  3.3   draw the boundaries of legislative and congressional districts 
  3.4   in accordance with the requirements of this section.  There 
  3.5   shall be one district for each representative, senator, and 
  3.6   representative in congress.  No state representative district 
  3.7   shall be divided in the formation of a senate district. 
  3.8      All districts of the same kind shall be as equal in 
  3.9   population as practicable.  Population shall be the controlling 
  3.10  factor in drawing the district boundaries. 
  3.11     The districts shall be composed of compact and contiguous 
  3.12  territory.  To the extent consistent with other standards, the 
  3.13  boundaries of the districts shall follow the boundaries of local 
  3.14  governmental units and, wherever practicable, natural and 
  3.15  artificial physical boundaries.  No apportionment plan shall be 
  3.16  drawn for the purpose of favoring any person or political party. 
  3.17     Sec. 3.  [APPORTIONMENT PLAN.] The commission shall adopt 
  3.18  an apportionment plan within the time provided by law but no 
  3.19  later than December 1 when the commission is established in a 
  3.20  year ending in the number one.  The plan shall set forth all of 
  3.21  the new legislative and congressional districts.  An 
  3.22  apportionment plan is adopted by the commission when it is 
  3.23  approved by a vote of at least six of its members. 
  3.24     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; ELECTIONS GOVERNED BY NEW 
  3.25  DISTRICTS.] An apportionment plan is effective when it is 
  3.26  adopted and any judicial proceedings under section 5 have been 
  3.27  completed.  The districts set forth in an apportionment plan 
  3.28  shall govern elections of state senators, state representatives, 
  3.29  and representatives in congress beginning with the first general 
  3.30  election after the plan is effective. 
  3.31     Sec. 5.  [JUDICIAL REVIEW; COURT DRAWN PLAN.] The supreme 
  3.32  court shall exercise original jurisdiction in any matter 
  3.33  relating to apportionment in the manner provided by law.  If the 
  3.34  commission fails to adopt an apportionment plan within the time 
  3.35  provided by law, the supreme court shall adopt its own plan in 
  3.36  accordance with the requirements of section 2 of this article.  
  4.1   If an apportionment plan for legislative districts is adopted by 
  4.2   the supreme court later than April 1 of a general election year, 
  4.3   the time for establishing residency for legislative candidates 
  4.4   as set forth in article IV, section 6, is extended to either 45 
  4.5   days after the effective date of the plan or to the last day 
  4.6   provided by law for filing for office at the general election, 
  4.7   whichever is earlier. 
  4.8      Sec. 6.  [IMPLEMENTATION.] The legislature may enact the 
  4.9   laws necessary to implement this article provided that 
  4.10  reapportionment shall be governed by the law in effect on 
  4.11  January 1 of the year in which a reapportionment commission is 
  4.12  established. 
  4.13     Sec. 2.  [QUESTION.] 
  4.14     The amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 1996 
  4.15  general election.  The question proposed shall be: 
  4.16     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to transfer 
  4.17  from the legislature to a bipartisan commission the power to 
  4.18  draw the boundaries of legislative and congressional districts? 
  4.19                                     Yes .......
  4.20                                     No ........" 
  4.21     Sec. 3.  [2A.01] [CITATION.] 
  4.22     Sections 3 to 14 may be cited as the "reapportionment 
  4.23  implementation act."  
  4.24     Sec. 4.  [2A.02] [APPOINTMENT.] 
  4.25     Subdivision 1.  [POLITICAL PARTY.] For the purpose of 
  4.26  article XV, section 1, of the Minnesota Constitution, "political 
  4.27  party" means the political party or political principle by which 
  4.28  a legislator was designated on the general election ballot when 
  4.29  the legislator was last elected.  
  4.30     Subd. 2.  [RESIDENCE OF MEMBERS.] No more than five members 
  4.31  of the commission shall be residents of the metropolitan area as 
  4.32  defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, and no more than five 
  4.33  shall be residents of the area consisting of the remainder of 
  4.34  the state.  
  4.35     Subd. 3.  [MEMBERSHIP RESTRICTIONS.] Except for the members 
  4.36  appointed pursuant to subdivision 5, no individual shall be 
  5.1   appointed or shall serve as a member of the commission who:  
  5.2      (1) holds or has held within two years prior to appointment 
  5.3   an elected or appointed office in the executive, judicial, or 
  5.4   legislative branch or in an independent agency of the federal or 
  5.5   state government; 
  5.6      (2) is or has been within two years prior to appointment an 
  5.7   officer of a campaign committee of a candidate for state or 
  5.8   federal office or an officer of a political party other than a 
  5.9   precinct officer; 
  5.10     (3) is an employee of the legislature or congress; 
  5.11     (4) is a member of the immediate family of a legislator or 
  5.12  representative in congress.  "Member of the immediate family" 
  5.13  means father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, spouse, 
  5.14  ex-spouse, or member of the same household; or 
  5.15     (5) is or has been within two years prior to appointment a 
  5.16  lobbyist as that term is defined by section 10A.01, subdivision 
  5.17  11.  
  5.18     Subd. 4.  [EFFECT OF CANDIDACY.] Except for members 
  5.19  appointed pursuant to subdivision 5, no individual appointed as 
  5.20  a member of the commission shall remain a member on becoming a 
  5.21  candidate for any elective state or federal office.  
  5.22     Subd. 5.  [NAMES OF APPOINTEES.] No later than January 15 
  5.23  of each year ending in the number one, the secretary of state 
  5.24  shall request the legislators who are authorized by the 
  5.25  Minnesota Constitution to appoint members to serve on the 
  5.26  commission to certify the names of their appointees.  The 
  5.27  representatives representing political parties other than the 
  5.28  party represented by the speaker of the house and the senators 
  5.29  representing political parties other than the party represented 
  5.30  by the president of the senate shall convene during the ten days 
  5.31  following the request of the secretary of state, at a time and 
  5.32  place directed by the secretary, to appoint members of the 
  5.33  commission.  The secretary of state shall preside at these 
  5.34  conventions.  The names of all legislative appointees shall be 
  5.35  certified to the secretary of state no later than the following 
  5.36  February 1.  If a certification is not received within the 
  6.1   required time, the secretary of state shall notify the chief 
  6.2   justice of the supreme court that there is a vacancy on the 
  6.3   commission.  Within ten days after notification, the supreme 
  6.4   court shall fill the vacancy and certify the name of the 
  6.5   appointee to the secretary of state.  
  6.6      Subd. 6.  [APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS BY 
  6.7   MEMBERS.] No later than March 15, the commission members whose 
  6.8   appointments have been certified pursuant to subdivision 5 shall 
  6.9   appoint the five remaining members by unanimous agreement and 
  6.10  certify the names to the secretary of state.  When a certificate 
  6.11  is not received within the required time, the secretary of state 
  6.12  shall notify the chief justice that there is a vacancy.  Within 
  6.13  ten days after the notification, the supreme court shall appoint 
  6.14  the necessary number of members and certify their names to the 
  6.15  secretary of state.  
  6.16     Subd. 7.  [FILLING OF VACANCIES.] Vacancies other than 
  6.17  those resulting from a failure to appoint a member within the 
  6.18  time provided by law must be filled by the appointing authority 
  6.19  that made the original appointment within five days after the 
  6.20  vacancy occurs.  If the vacancy is not filled within five days, 
  6.21  the supreme court shall fill the vacancy.  
  6.22     Sec. 5.  [2A.03] [COMMENCEMENT OF DUTIES; MEETING.] 
  6.23     Subdivision 1.  [FIRST MEETING; OATH; OFFICERS.] The 
  6.24  secretary of state shall select a time and place of the first 
  6.25  meeting of the commission, which shall not be later than April 1 
  6.26  of the year ending in one, and shall notify the commission 
  6.27  members of the time and place selected.  Before beginning to 
  6.28  exercise their official duties, the members of the commission 
  6.29  shall take an oath in the form required for other state 
  6.30  officers.  The secretary of state shall preside at the meeting 
  6.31  until the election of a permanent presiding officer.  The 
  6.32  commission shall elect a presiding officer and other officers as 
  6.33  it shall find necessary.  
  6.34     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURES.] The commission, after notice and 
  6.35  opportunity for public comment, may adopt and publish procedures 
  6.36  necessary to carry out its duties.  Chapter 14 does not apply to 
  7.1   these procedures.  
  7.2      Subd. 3.  [MEETINGS.] The commission shall meet upon the 
  7.3   call of either the presiding officer or a majority of the 
  7.4   members of the commission.  The proceedings of the commission 
  7.5   are open to the public.  The commission shall give public notice 
  7.6   of its proceedings and shall keep minutes and audio recordings 
  7.7   of those proceedings.  All materials submitted to or developed 
  7.8   by the commission, together with the minutes and audio record of 
  7.9   its proceedings, must be preserved and made available for public 
  7.10  inspection and copying.  The commission may administer oaths to 
  7.11  individuals appearing before it.  
  7.12     Subd. 4.  [QUORUM; ABSENCES.] A majority of the members of 
  7.13  the commission constitutes a quorum to conduct business.  At any 
  7.14  meeting of the commission at which a quorum is present, a 
  7.15  majority of those present may compel the attendance of absent 
  7.16  members.  The attendance of absent members may be compelled in 
  7.17  the manner that either the senate or house of representatives 
  7.18  provide for their members.  
  7.19     Sec. 6.  [2A.04] [REMOVAL OF COMMISSION MEMBER.] 
  7.20     Any member of the commission may be removed from the 
  7.21  commission by the supreme court upon petition filed by any 
  7.22  eligible voter.  The member may be removed after a hearing and 
  7.23  upon a finding by the supreme court, by a preponderance of the 
  7.24  evidence, that the member:  
  7.25     (1) has been convicted, while a member, of a gross 
  7.26  misdemeanor or felony; 
  7.27     (2) is unqualified to serve under the provisions of section 
  7.28  4, subdivision 3 or 4; 
  7.29     (3) is physically or mentally incapable of serving; or 
  7.30     (4) is unwilling to serve.  
  7.31     It is prima facie evidence that a member is unwilling to 
  7.32  serve if the member fails to attend three successive meetings of 
  7.33  the commission or fails to attend a total of six meetings of the 
  7.34  commission.  Upon removal, the position must be filled in the 
  7.35  manner provided for filling vacancies.  An individual who is 
  7.36  removed from the commission pursuant to this section may not be 
  8.1   reappointed to the commission. 
  8.2      Sec. 7.  [2A.05] [ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.] 
  8.3      The presiding officer of the commission shall supervise the 
  8.4   staff of the commission.  The secretary of state, commissioner 
  8.5   of administration, attorney general, and revisor of statutes 
  8.6   shall make available the personnel, facilities, technical 
  8.7   services, and other assistance requested by the commission.  The 
  8.8   commission may employ or contract for the services of other 
  8.9   staff personnel.  
  8.10     Sec. 8.  [2A.06] [APPORTIONMENT PLAN.] 
  8.11     Subdivision 1.  [CONTENTS.] An apportionment plan adopted 
  8.12  by the commission must include: 
  8.13     (1) a written description of each district drawn by the 
  8.14  commission; 
  8.15     (2) a map of each district showing the name and location of 
  8.16  each public road and each local governmental unit boundary in 
  8.17  the district in a scale that allows precise location of the 
  8.18  district boundaries; 
  8.19     (3) a map of the state showing all of the districts drawn 
  8.20  by the commission; 
  8.21     (4) a statement of the deviation in population of each 
  8.22  district from the average population of all districts of that 
  8.23  kind; 
  8.24     (5) a justification of any population deviation described 
  8.25  in clause (4) which exceeds one-half of one percent for a 
  8.26  congressional district or five percent for legislative 
  8.27  districts; 
  8.28     (6) an explanation of the standards used by the commission 
  8.29  to draw the districts; and 
  8.30     (7) any other information which the commission deems 
  8.31  relevant to the plan.  
  8.32     Subd. 2.  [DEADLINES.] An apportionment plan must be 
  8.33  adopted no later than September 1 of the year in which the 
  8.34  commission is established.  When an apportionment plan adopted 
  8.35  by the commission is remanded by the supreme court or by a 
  8.36  federal court, the commission shall adopt an amended plan 
  9.1   consistent with the finding of the court no later than 30 days 
  9.2   after the original plan is remanded.  
  9.3      Subd. 3.  [FILING.] The commission shall file the original 
  9.4   or any amended plan with the secretary of state within five days 
  9.5   of its adoption.  
  9.6      Subd. 4.  [MINORITY REPORT.] Any commission members in the 
  9.7   minority may prepare a minority report which must be published 
  9.8   with the plan adopted by the commission.  
  9.9      Sec. 9.  [2A.07] [COURT ORDER OR CHANGE IN CONGRESSIONAL 
  9.10  REPRESENTATION.] 
  9.11     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION; DUTIES.] When 
  9.12  a commission is not otherwise constituted and either the number 
  9.13  of the state's representatives in congress is changed by federal 
  9.14  law or a federal court order requires adoption or amendment of 
  9.15  an original apportionment plan, a commission must be established 
  9.16  and shall draw the congressional district boundaries or amend 
  9.17  the plan.  
  9.18     Subd. 2.  [TIMETABLE.] The supreme court shall set a 
  9.19  timetable for establishing a reapportionment commission and 
  9.20  drawing the boundaries or amending the plan.  The timetable must 
  9.21  be consistent with the time provided for adoption of an 
  9.22  apportionment plan pursuant to section 8, subdivision 2, as far 
  9.23  as practicable.  
  9.24     Sec. 10.  [2A.08] [COMPENSATION.] 
  9.25     Members of the commission who are not paid a salary by the 
  9.26  state must be compensated at the rate provided by section 
  9.27  15.059, subdivision 3, for members of advisory councils and 
  9.28  committees.  Members must be compensated for their actual and 
  9.29  necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties on the 
  9.30  commission in the same manner and amount as other state 
  9.31  employees.  
  9.32     Sec. 11.  [2A.09] [DISSOLUTION.] 
  9.33     The commission shall conclude its business and dissolve 
  9.34  when:  
  9.35     (1) thirty days have passed from the adoption of an 
  9.36  original unamended apportionment plan without the filing of any 
 10.1   petition for review by the supreme court and all legal actions 
 10.2   concerning the plan which are known at that time have been 
 10.3   decided; 
 10.4      (2) the commission has adopted an amended apportionment 
 10.5   plan after remand by a court and has completed its duties under 
 10.6   section 12; or 
 10.7      (3) the commission has failed to adopt a plan or amended 
 10.8   plan within the time required by law. 
 10.9      The conclusion of business must include preparation of the 
 10.10  official record of the commission and a financial statement 
 10.11  disclosing all expenditures made by the commission.  The 
 10.12  official record must contain all information developed by the 
 10.13  commission in carrying out its duties including records of 
 10.14  public hearings, data collected, minutes and audio recordings of 
 10.15  hearings and meetings, and other information of a similar 
 10.16  nature.  The official record must be submitted to the secretary 
 10.17  of state who shall provide for its preservation.  
 10.18     Sec. 12.  [2A.10] [PUBLICATION OF REPORT.] 
 10.19     Subdivision 1.  [COPIES; SUMMARY.] Promptly after the 
 10.20  adoption of an apportionment plan, the commission shall:  
 10.21     (1) prepare and transmit a copy of the plan to each county 
 10.22  auditor; 
 10.23     (2) prepare and transmit a summary of the plan to each 
 10.24  newspaper of general circulation and each radio and television 
 10.25  station in the state; and 
 10.26     (3) prepare sufficient copies of the plan and the summary 
 10.27  for inspection, copying, and purchase by the public.  
 10.28     Subd. 2.  [CONTENTS OF SUMMARY.] The summary shall contain: 
 10.29     (1) a map showing all the new districts in the state; 
 10.30     (2) separate maps showing the districts in the principal 
 10.31  area served by the newspaper, radio, or television station; 
 10.32     (3) a statement of the population of each district; 
 10.33     (4) a statement of the percentage variation of each 
 10.34  district from the average population of other districts of the 
 10.35  same kind; and 
 10.36     (5) an indication of where a copy of the final report of 
 11.1   the commission may be examined or purchased and its purchase 
 11.2   price.  
 11.3      Sec. 13.  [2A.11] [JUDICIAL REVIEW.] 
 11.4      Subdivision 1.  [PETITION; HEARINGS; OPINION.] An action to 
 11.5   review an original or amended apportionment plan adopted by the 
 11.6   reapportionment commission may be commenced by petition to the 
 11.7   supreme court within 30 days of the date the plan is filed with 
 11.8   the secretary of state.  The petition must set forth the facts 
 11.9   and the law on the basis of which petitioner believes the plan 
 11.10  does not comply with the provisions of the United States 
 11.11  Constitution, the Minnesota Constitution, or other provisions of 
 11.12  law.  A copy of the petition must be served upon the commission 
 11.13  and upon the attorney general.  The court shall hold hearings 
 11.14  upon the petition and shall render its opinion on an original 
 11.15  unamended plan of the commission within 60 days of the date that 
 11.16  the petition to review the plan is filed.  The court shall 
 11.17  render its opinion on an amended plan of the commission within 
 11.18  30 days of the date the petition to review the amended plan is 
 11.19  filed.  
 11.20     Subd. 2.  [AMENDMENT OF INVALID PLAN.] If the court finds 
 11.21  that an original unamended plan of the reapportionment 
 11.22  commission is invalid because it does not comply with 
 11.23  constitutional or legal requirements, the court shall specify 
 11.24  the reasons for its finding and immediately remand the plan to 
 11.25  the commission for amendment.  If the court retains jurisdiction 
 11.26  of an action to review an apportionment plan when the plan is 
 11.27  remanded to the commission, the court shall render its opinion 
 11.28  on any amended plan within 30 days after the date the amended 
 11.29  plan is filed with the secretary of state.  
 11.30     Subd. 3.  [FEDERAL COURT.] If a federal court finds that an 
 11.31  original unamended plan of the reapportionment commission is 
 11.32  invalid because it does not comply with constitutional or legal 
 11.33  requirements, and the court permits the commission to redraw the 
 11.34  boundaries with consideration to the court's findings and 
 11.35  conclusions, the plan shall be remanded to the commission for 
 11.36  amendment.  
 12.1      Subd. 4.  [COURT PLAN.] If the commission fails to adopt an 
 12.2   apportionment plan or an amended plan within the time provided 
 12.3   by law, or an amended plan adopted by the commission is found 
 12.4   invalid upon review by the supreme court or by any federal 
 12.5   court, the supreme court shall adopt its own reapportionment 
 12.6   plan in accordance with the requirements of article XV, section 
 12.7   2, of the Minnesota Constitution.  The court shall hold at least 
 12.8   one public hearing before adopting or amending a plan.  An 
 12.9   apportionment plan adopted or amended by the supreme court must 
 12.10  be in the form prescribed for a plan adopted by the commission.  
 12.11  The court shall adopt the plan or amended plan and file it with 
 12.12  the secretary of state not later than 60 days from the date on 
 12.13  which the amended plan was declared invalid, or the date on 
 12.14  which the plan or amended plan was required to be adopted by the 
 12.15  commission.  The secretary of state shall perform the duties 
 12.16  provided in section 12 with respect to an apportionment plan 
 12.17  adopted by the court.  
 12.18     Sec. 14.  [2A.12] [DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.] 
 12.19     The attorney general shall represent the commission and 
 12.20  shall defend the apportionment plan adopted by the commission in 
 12.21  any action to review the plan in the supreme court.  The 
 12.22  attorney general shall represent the state and shall defend the 
 12.23  apportionment plan adopted pursuant to article XV of the 
 12.24  Minnesota Constitution and sections 3 to 14 in any action to 
 12.25  review the plan in a federal court.  In any action in federal 
 12.26  court, the attorney general shall request the court to expedite 
 12.27  the proceedings.  
 12.28     Sec. 15.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
 12.29     Subdivision 1.  [REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION.] $....... is 
 12.30  appropriated from the general fund to the reapportionment 
 12.31  commission for the purpose of implementing sections 3 to 14.  
 12.32  The sum is available March 1, 1997, and until expended.  
 12.33     Subd. 2.  [LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COMMISSION.] $....... 
 12.34  is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative 
 12.35  coordinating commission for the development by March 1, 1997, of 
 12.36  data processing support for reapportionment.  The legislative 
 13.1   coordinating commission may obtain bids and proposals from, and 
 13.2   may enter contracts and agreements with, private contractors and 
 13.3   state agencies or departments for all or portions of the data 
 13.4   processing support in a level that the legislative coordinating 
 13.5   commission finds appropriate.  For the purpose of this 
 13.6   paragraph, "data processing support" includes the purchase or 
 13.7   use of computer hardware, software, professional services, 
 13.8   including system design consultation, and data entry services.  
 13.9   This appropriation is available the day after final enactment 
 13.10  and until March 1, 1997.  Any amount that remains unobligated on 
 13.11  March 1, 1997, is appropriated to the reapportionment commission 
 13.12  for implementation of sections 3 to 14 and is available until 
 13.13  expended.  
 13.14     Sec. 16.  [REPEALER.] 
 13.15     Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 2.043; 2.053; 2.063; 
 13.16  2.073; 2.083; 2.093; 2.103; 2.113; 2.123; 2.133; 2.143; 2.153; 
 13.17  2.163; 2.173; 2.183; 2.193; 2.203; 2.213; 2.223; 2.233; 2.243; 
 13.18  2.253; 2.263; 2.273; 2.283; 2.293; 2.303; 2.313; 2.323; 2.333; 
 13.19  2.343; 2.353; 2.363; 2.373; 2.383; 2.393; 2.403; 2.413; 2.423; 
 13.20  2.433; 2.443; 2.453; 2.463; 2.473; 2.483; 2.493; 2.503; 2.513; 
 13.21  2.523; 2.533; 2.543; 2.553; 2.563; 2.573; 2.583; 2.593; 2.603; 
 13.22  2.613; 2.623; 2.633; 2.643; 2.653; 2.663; 2.673; 2.683; 2.693; 
 13.23  and 2.703, are repealed on the effective date of this section.  
 13.24  Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 2.731; 2.742; 2.752; 2.762; 
 13.25  2.772; 2.782; 2.792; 2.802; and 2.812, are repealed on the date 
 13.26  of the general election for representatives in congress 
 13.27  following the effective date of an apportionment plan pursuant 
 13.28  to article XV of the Minnesota Constitution.  
 13.29     Sec. 17.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.30     Sections 3 to 14 and 16 are effective on the date the 
 13.31  constitutional amendment in section 1 is ratified as provided by 
 13.32  the Minnesota Constitution.  
 13.33     Sec. 18.  [BALLOT QUESTION.] 
 13.34     Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the ballot 
 13.35  question in section 2 shall immediately precede any other ballot 
 13.36  questions placed on the ballot and submitted to the people at 
 14.1   the 1996 general election.  This section is effective the day 
 14.2   following final enactment.