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 corner of the state and ending with district 8 in the northeast corner of the state.

(5) The districts must not dilute the voting strength of racial 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 equal-population 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.