Minnesota SF 3718: Constitutional amendment to Article IV, sections 2 and 3, modifying the composition apportionment of legislative districts

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, sections 2 and​
1.3 3; changing the composition apportionment of legislative districts; making​
1.4 conforming statutory changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 2.021;​
1.5 2.031.​
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.7 ARTICLE 1​
1.8 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT​
1.9 Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.​
1.10 An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the amendment​
1.11 is adopted, article IV, section 2, will read:​
1.12 Sec. 2. The number of members who compose the senate and house of representatives​
1.13 shall be prescribed by law. The representation in both houses the house of representatives​
1.14 shall be apportioned equally throughout the different sections of the state in proportion to​
1.15 the population thereof. The representation of the senate shall be apportioned equally by​
1.16 county.​
1.17 article IV, section 3, will read:​
1.18 Sec. 3. At its first session after each enumeration of the inhabitants of this state made​
1.19 by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall have the power to prescribe the​
1.20 bounds of congressional and legislative districts. Senators shall be chosen by single districts​
1.21 of convenient contiguous territory created in each of the counties of the state. No​
1.22 representative district shall be divided in the formation of a senate district. The senate​
1.23 districts shall be numbered in a regular series.​
1​Article 1 Section 1.​
24-05103 as introduced​01/25/24 REVISOR RSI/DG​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 3718​NINETY-THIRD SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LUCERO and Bahr)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​11603​02/15/2024​
Referred to State and Local Government and Veterans​

2.1 Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.​
2.2 The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2024 general election.​
2.3 The question submitted must be:​
2.4 "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to create legislative districts as follows:​
2.5 a senate district for each territory comprising a county, and the number of house of​
2.6 representatives districts prescribed by law apportioned equally throughout the different​
2.7 sections of the state in proportion to the population thereof?​
2.8 Yes ...................
"​2.9 No ....................
2.10 ARTICLE 2​
2.11 STATUTORY CHANGES​
2.12 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 2.021, is amended to read:​
2.13 2.021 NUMBER OF MEMBERS.​
2.14 For each legislature, until a new apportionment shall have been made, the senate is​
2.15 composed of 67 87 members and the house of representatives is composed of 134 members.​
2.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 2.031, is amended to read:​
2.17 2.031 APPORTIONMENT.​
2.18 Subdivision 1.Legislative districts.The representatives in the senate and house of​
2.19 representatives are apportioned throughout the state in 67 87 senate districts and 134 house​
2.20 of representatives districts. Each senate district is entitled to elect one senator and each​
2.21 house of representatives district is entitled to elect one representative.​
2.22 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.​
2.23 Sections 1 and 2 are effective upon the adoption by the people of the constitutional​
2.24 amendment in article 1, section 2.​
2​Article 2 Sec. 3.​
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