<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A joint resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to redistricting; establishing districting principles for legislative and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>congressional plans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that a plan for redistricting <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>seats in the Legislature or the United States House of Representatives must adhere to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>following principles:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>(1) [NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.] (a) The Senate must be composed of 67 members. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>House of Representatives must be composed of 134 members. Each district is entitled to elect a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>single member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>(b) A plan for congressional districts must have eight districts, each entitled to elect a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>single member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(2) [NESTING.] A representative district may not be divided in the formation of a Senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(3) [CONTIGUITY; COMPACTNESS.] The districts must be composed of convenient <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>contiguous territory. To the extent consistent with the other principles in this resolution, districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>should be compact. Contiguity by water is sufficient if the water is not a serious obstacle to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>travel within the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(4) [NUMBERING.] (a) The legislative districts must be numbered in a regular series, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>beginning with House district 1A in the northwest corner of the state and proceeding across the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>state from west to east, north to south, but bypassing the 11-county metropolitan area until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>southeast corner has been reached; then to the 11-county metropolitan area outside the cities of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>Minneapolis and St. Paul; then in Minneapolis and St. Paul.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(b) The congressional district numbers must begin with district one in the southeast corner <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>of the state and end with district eight in the northeast corner of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(5) [DATA TO BE USED.] The geographic areas and population counts used in maps, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>tables, and legal descriptions of the districts must be those used by the Geographic Information <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Services Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The population counts will be the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>block population counts provided under Public Law Number 94-171, subject to correction of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>errors acknowledged by the United States Census Bureau.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(6) [DATA READY; PLANS POSTED.] The director of the Geographic Information <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>Services Office shall notify the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>Representatives when the necessary census data has been received from the United States Census <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>Bureau, loaded into the Legislature's computerized redistricting system, and verified as ready <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>for use in redistricting. A redistricting plan must not be considered for adoption by the Senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>or House of Representatives until:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(a) the notice has been given;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>(b) a block equivalency file showing the district to which each census block has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>assigned, in a form prescribed by the director of the Geographic Information Services Office, has <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>been filed with the director.<br />
         		
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