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'Minne'sota Statutes 1999, 205.84 Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />M i !2!..e_~s o .!_a_ _.S__t_a. Lt! l~e_8._l_.~?~.__Tat2.!__e_o_ f Cb~ters <br /> <br />Table of contents for Chapter 205 <br /> <br />205.84 Redistricting; cities with wards. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. General provisions. In a city <br />electing council members by wards, wards shall be as equal in <br />population as practicable and each ward shall be composed of. <br />compact, contiguous territory. Each council member shall be a <br />resident of the ward for which elected, but a change in ward <br />boundaries does not disqualify a council member from serving for <br />the remainder of a term. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. Effective date. After the official <br />certification of the federal decennial or special census, the <br />governing body of the city shall either confirm the existing <br />ward boundaries as conforming to the standards of subdivision 1 <br />or redefine ward boundaries to conform to those standards as <br />provided in section 204B.135, subdivision 1. If the governing <br />body of the city fails to take either action within the time <br />required, no further compensation shall be paid to the mayor or <br />council member until the wards of the city are either <br />reconfirmed or redefined as required by this section. An <br />ordinance establishing new ward boundaries pursuant to section <br />204B.135, subdivision 1, becomes effective on the date of the <br />state primary election in the year ending in two. <br /> <br /> Subd. 3. Transition schedule. The governing body of <br />a city electing more than one council member in each ward may <br />adopt an orderly transition schedule to biennial November <br />elections in which only one council member in each ward is <br />elected in any municipal general election. <br /> <br /> HIST: 1974 c 337 s 17; 1981 c 29 art 7 s 38; 1983 c 62 s 11; <br />1986 c 444; 1991 c 349 s 38; 1995 c 8 s 6; 1999 c 237 s 3 <br /> <br />Copyright 1999 by the Office of Revisor of Statures, State of Minnesota. <br /> <br />http://wavw.revisor, leg.state.rnn.us/stats/205/84.html <br /> <br />// <br /> 9/6/00 <br /> <br /> <br />