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innesota Statutes 1999, 204B.135 Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />M i_~.aj3_ e_.s._0.L'4..~_t_~! _t!t_~s__! ~9.9_,_._T_aloj_e_o f Ch____a_p_Leer_s <br />Table of'contents for Chapter 204B <br /> <br />204B.135 Redistricting of election districts. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. Cities with wards. A city that elects <br />its council members by wards may not redistrict those wards <br />before the legislature has been redistricted in a year ending in <br />one or two. The wards must be redistricted within 60 days after <br />the legislature has been redistricted or at least 19 weeks <br />before the state primary election in the. year ending in two, <br />whichever is first. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. Other election districts. For purposes of <br />this subdivision, "local government election district" means a <br />county district, park and recreation district, school district, <br />or soil and water conservation district. Local government <br />election districts, other than city wards covered by subdivision <br />1, may not be redistricted until precinct boundaries are <br />reestablished under section 204B.14, subdivision 3, paragraph <br />(c). Election districts covered by this subdivision must be <br />redistricted within 80 days of the time when the legislature has <br />been redistricted or at least 15 weeks before the state primary <br />election in the year ending in two, whichever comes first. <br /> <br /> Subd. 3. Voters rights. (a) An eligible voter may <br />apply to the district court for,either a writ of mandamus <br />requiring the redistricting of wards or local government <br />election districts or to revise any plan adopted by the <br />governing body responsible for redistricting of wards or local <br />government election districts. <br /> <br /> (b) If a city adopts a ward redistricting plan at least 19 <br />weeks before the primary in a year ending in two, an application <br />for revision of the plan that seeks to affect elections held in <br />the year ending in two must be filed with the district court <br />within three weeks but no later than 18 weeks before the state <br />primary election in the year ending in two, notwithstanding any <br />charter provision. If a city adopts a ward redistricting plan <br />less than 19 weeks before the state primary in a year ending in <br />two, an application for revision of the plan that seeks to <br />affect elections held in the year ending in two must be filed <br />with the district court no later than one week after the plan <br />has been adopted, notwithstanding any charter provision. <br /> <br /> (c) If a plan for redistricting of a local government <br />election district is adopted at least 15 weeks before the state <br />primary election in a year ending in two, an application for <br />revision of the plan that seeks to affect elections held in the <br />year ending in two must be filed with the district court within <br />three weeks but no later than 14 weeks before the state primary <br />election in the year ending in two. If a plan for redistricting <br />of a local government election district is adopted less than 15 <br />weeks before the state primary election in a year ending in two, <br />an application for revision of the plan that seeks to affect <br />elections held in the year ending in two must be filed with the <br /> <br />http ://www.re visor, leg. state.~rm, us/stats/2 04 B/13 5.html <br /> <br />9/6/00 <br /> <br /> <br />