1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 653 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 5, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 204B.135, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subdivision 1. Cities with wards. Except as provided in this subdivision, a city that
1.6elects its council members by wards may not redistrict those wards before the legislature
1.7has been redistricted in a year ending in one or two. The wards must be redistricted within
1.860 days after the legislature has been redistricted or at least 19 weeks before the state
1.9primary election in the year ending in two, whichever is first.
1.10In a city electing council members by wards in a year ending in one, if the legislature
1.11has not been redistricted by June 1 of that year, the ward boundaries must be reestablished
1.12no later than 14 days before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy for city council
1.13members. The ward boundaries may be modified after the legislature has been redistricted
1.14for the purpose of establishing precinct boundaries as provided in section 204B.14,
1.15subdivision 3, but no modification in ward boundaries may result in a change of the
1.16population of any ward of more than five percent, plus or minus.

1.17    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 204B.135, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.18    Subd. 3. Voters rights. (a) An eligible voter may apply to the district court for
1.19either a writ of mandamus requiring the redistricting of wards or local government election
1.20districts or to revise any plan adopted by the governing body responsible for redistricting
1.21of wards or local government election districts.
1.22(b) If a city adopts a ward redistricting plan at least 19 weeks before the primary in a
1.23year ending in two, an application for revision of the plan that seeks to affect elections
1.24held in the year ending in two must be filed with the district court within three weeks
1.25but no later than 18 weeks before the state primary election in the year ending in two,
1.26notwithstanding any charter provision. If a city adopts a ward redistricting plan less than
2.119 weeks before either the municipal primary in a year ending in one or before the state
2.2primary in a year ending in two, an application for revision of the plan that seeks to affect
2.3elections held in the that year ending in two must be filed with the district court no later
2.4than one week after the plan has been adopted, notwithstanding any charter provision.
2.5(c) If a plan for redistricting of a local government election district is adopted at least
2.615 weeks before the state primary election in a year ending in two, an application for
2.7revision of the plan that seeks to affect elections held in the year ending in two must be
2.8filed with the district court within three weeks but no later than 14 weeks before the state
2.9primary election in the year ending in two. If a plan for redistricting of a local government
2.10election district is adopted less than 15 weeks before the state primary election in a year
2.11ending in two, an application for revision of the plan that seeks to affect elections held
2.12in the year ending in two must be filed with the district court no later than one week
2.13after the plan has been adopted.

2.14    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 204B.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.15    Subd. 3. Boundary changes; prohibitions; exception. Notwithstanding other
2.16law or charter provisions to the contrary, during the period from January 1 in any year
2.17ending in zero to the time when the legislature has been redistricted in a year ending in
2.18one or two, no changes may be made in the boundaries of any election precinct except
2.19as provided in this subdivision.
2.20(a) If a city annexes an unincorporated area located in the same county as the city
2.21and adjacent to the corporate boundary, the annexed area may be included in an election
2.22precinct immediately adjacent to it.
2.23(b) A municipality or county may establish new election precincts lying entirely
2.24within the boundaries of any existing precinct and shall assign names to the new precincts
2.25which include the name of the former precinct.
2.26(c) Precinct boundaries in a city electing council members by wards may be
2.27reestablished within 14 days of the adoption of ward boundaries in a year ending in one, as
2.28provided in section 204B.135, subdivision 1.
2.29(d) Precinct boundaries must be reestablished within 60 days of the time when the
2.30legislature has been redistricted, or at least 19 weeks before the state primary election
2.31in a year ending in two, whichever comes first. The adoption of reestablished precinct
2.32boundaries becomes effective on the date of the state primary election in the year ending
2.33in two.
2.34Precincts must be arranged so that no precinct lies in more than one legislative
2.35or congressional district.

3.1    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 204B.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.2    Subd. 4. Boundary change procedure. Any change in the boundary of an election
3.3precinct shall be adopted at least 90 60 days before the date of the next election and, for
3.4the state primary and general election, no later than June 1 in the year of the state general
3.5election. The precinct boundary change shall not take effect until notice of the change has
3.6been posted in the office of the municipal clerk or county auditor for at least 60 42 days.
3.7The county auditor must publish a notice illustrating or describing the congressional,
3.8legislative, and county commissioner district boundaries in the county in one or more
3.9qualified newspapers in the county at least 14 days prior to the first day to file affidavits of
3.10candidacy for the state general election in the year ending in two.
3.11Alternate dates for adopting changes in precinct boundaries, posting notices
3.12of boundary changes, and notifying voters affected by boundary changes pursuant
3.13to this subdivision, and procedures for coordinating precinct boundary changes with
3.14reestablishing local government election district boundaries may be established in the
3.15manner provided in the rules of the secretary of state."
3.16Page 1, delete line 20 and insert "Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following
3.17final enactment."
3.18Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.19Amend the title accordingly