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    Title: House Concurrent Resolution No. 1, adopted May 13, 1991
    Article Date: 5/13/1991
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    Author: Minnesota House of Representatives
    Type: Other
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    File: 1991-05-13_MN_HouseConResNo1.pdf 

    Text: House Concurrent Resolution No. 1
    adopted May 13, 1991
    A House concurrent resolution
    relating to congressional redistricting; establishing standards for redistricting plans.
    BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the State of Minnesota, the Senate concurring therein:
    A plan presented to the Senate or House of Representatives for redistricting seats in the United States House of
    Representatives must adhere to the following standards:
    (1) There must be eight districts, each entitled to elect a single member.
    (2) The districts must be as nearly equal in population as practicable.
    (3) The districts must be composed of convenient contiguous territory. To the extent consistent with the other
    standards in this resolution, districts should be compact. Contiguity by water is sufficient if the water is not a serious
    obstacle to travel within the district.
    (4) The districts must be numbered in a regular series, beginning with congressional district 1 in the southeast comer
    of the state and ending with district 8 in the northeast comer of the state.
    (5) The districts must not dilute the voting strength ofracial or language minority populations. Where a
    concentration of a racial or language minority population makes it possible, the districts must increase the
    probability that members of the minority will be elected.
    (6) A county, city, or town must not be divided into more than one district except as necessary to meet equalpopulation requirements or to form districts that are composed of convenient contiguous territory.
    (7) The districts should attempt to preserve communities of interest where that can be done in compliance with the
    preceding standards.
    (8) The geographic areas and population counts used in maps, tables, and legal descriptions of the districts must be
    those used by the Legislative Coordinating Commission's Subcommittee on Redistricting.
    The Subcommittee on Redistricting will notify the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
    Representatives when the necessary 1990 census data has been received from the United States Census Bureau,
    loaded into the Subcommittee's computerized redistricting system, and verified as ready for use in redistricting. A
    redistricting plan will not be considered for adoption by the Senate or House of Representatives until the notice has
    been given.

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