1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1426 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 2.731, is amended to read:
1.42.731 NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.
1.5(a) The state of Minnesota is divided into eight congressional districts, each of which
1.6is entitled to elect one representative to the Congress of the United States of America.
1.7(b) Congressional redistricting plan C1101-0, on file with the Geographic
1.8Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on
1.9its Web site on May 9, 2011, is adopted and describes the congressional districts within
1.10this state.

1.11    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 2.91, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.12    Subdivision 1. Distribution. Upon enactment of a redistricting plan for the
1.13legislature or for Congress, the Legislative Coordinating Commission shall deposit the
1.14plan with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall provide copies of the relevant
1.15portions of the redistricting plan to each county auditor, who shall provide a copy of the
1.16relevant portions of the plan to each municipal clerk within the county. The secretary of
1.17state, with the cooperation of the commissioner of administration, shall make copies of the
1.18plan file, maps, and tables available to the public for the cost of publication. The revisor of
1.19statutes shall code a metes and bounds description of the districts, as established pursuant
1.20to legislative enactment or court order, in Minnesota Statutes no later than the date of the
1.21state primary in the year ending in two.

1.22    Sec. 3. DISTRICTING PRINCIPLES.
1.23    Subdivision 1. Applicability. The principles in this section apply to legislative
1.24and congressional districts.
2.1    Subd. 2. Nesting. A representative district may not be divided in the formation
2.2of a senate district.
2.3    Subd. 3. Equal population. (a) Legislative districts must be substantially equal
2.4in population. The population of a legislative district must not deviate from the ideal
2.5by more than one percent, plus or minus.
2.6(b) Congressional districts must be as nearly equal in population as practicable.
2.7    Subd. 4. Contiguity; compactness. The districts must be composed of convenient
2.8contiguous territory. To the extent consistent with the other principles in this section,
2.9districts should be compact. Contiguity by water is sufficient if the water is not a serious
2.10obstacle to travel within the district. Point contiguity is not sufficient.
2.11    Subd. 5. Numbering. (a) Legislative districts must be numbered in a regular series,
2.12beginning with house district 1A in the northwest corner of the state and proceeding across
2.13the state from west to east, north to south, but bypassing the 11-county metropolitan
2.14area until the southeast corner has been reached; then to the 11-county metropolitan area
2.15outside the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul; then in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
2.16(b) Congressional district numbers must begin with district one in the southeast
2.17corner of the state and end with district eight in the northeast corner of the state.
2.18    Subd. 6. Minority representation. (a) The dilution of racial or ethnic minority
2.19voting strength is contrary to the laws of the United States and the state of Minnesota.
2.20These principles must not be construed to supersede any provision of the Voting Rights
2.21Act of 1965, as amended.
2.22(b) A redistricting plan must not have the intent or effect of dispersing or
2.23concentrating minority population in a manner that prevents minority communities from
2.24electing their candidates of choice.
2.25    Subd. 7. Minor civil divisions. (a) A county, city, or town must not be unduly
2.26divided unless required to meet equal population requirements or to form districts
2.27composed of convenient, contiguous territory.
2.28(b) A county, city, or town is not unduly divided in the formation of a legislative or
2.29congressional district if:
2.30(1) the division occurs because a portion of a city or town is noncontiguous with
2.31another portion of the same city or town; or
2.32(2) despite the division, the known population of any affected county, city, or town
2.33remains wholly located within a single district.
3.1    Subd. 8. Preserving communities of interest. (a) Districts should attempt to
3.2preserve identifiable communities of interest where that can be done in compliance with
3.3the preceding principles.
3.4(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "communities of interest" means recognizable
3.5areas with similarities of interests, including but not limited to racial, ethnic, geographic,
3.6social, or cultural interests.
3.7    Subd. 9. Data to be used. The geographic areas and population counts used in
3.8maps, tables, and legal descriptions of the districts must be those used by the Geographic
3.9Information Services Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The population
3.10counts will be the 2010 block population counts provided to the state under Public Law
3.1194-171, subject to correction of any errors acknowledged by the United States Census
3.12Bureau.
3.13    Subd. 10. Consideration of plans. A redistricting plan must not be considered for
3.14adoption by the senate or house of representatives until a block equivalency file showing
3.15the district to which each census block has been assigned, in a form prescribed by the
3.16director of the Geographic Information Services Office, has been filed with the director.
3.17    Subd. 11. Priority of principles. Where it is not possible to fully comply with the
3.18principles contained in subdivisions 1 to 8, a redistricting plan must give priority to those
3.19principles in the order in which they are listed in this section, except to the extent that
3.20doing so would violate federal or state law.
3.21EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION. This section is effective the day following
3.22final enactment and applies to any plan for districts enacted or established for use at the
3.23state primary in 2012 and thereafter. This section expires June 1, 2012.

3.24    Sec. 4. REPEALER.
3.25Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 2.031, subdivision 2, is repealed.

3.26    Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
3.27Except where otherwise provided, this act is effective for the state primary election
3.28in 2012 and thereafter."
3.29Amend the title accordingly