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ORDER On July 12, 2001, Chief Justice Blatz of the Minnesota Supreme Court appointed this panel to release congressional and legislative redistricting plans only in the event the Minnesota Legislature did not do so in a timely manner. Z'achman v. K f neyer, 629 N.W.2d 98 (Minn. 2001) (Order of Chief Justice) (quoting Rite v. Weiser, 412 U.S. 783, 794-95 (1973) ("[R]eapporfiomnent is primarily a matter for legislative consideration and determination * * *.")). Based on the chief justice's order and the primacy of the legislature in redistricting matters, we subsequently scheduled the release of our final redistricting plan for March 19, 2002, the statutory date by which the legislature anticipated the completion of redistricting in this decennium. See Mimi. Stat. § 204B.14, subd. la (2 0 0 0) ; Za china n v. Ki,ff neyer, No. CO-01-160, at 5 (Minn. Spec. Redistricting Panel Oct. 29, 200 1) (Scheduling Order No. 2). It is now March 19, but the legislature has not enacted a redistricting statute. As a result, Minnesota's population remains unconstitutionally malapportioned among the state's legislative districts. Scheduling Order No. 2, ,supra, at 3; see also Minn. Const. art. IV, § 2 ("The representation in both houses shall be apportioned equally throughout the different sections of the state in proportion to the population thereof."). To bring Minnesota's legislative districts in compliance with the United States and Minnesota Constitutions, we now adopt the legislative redistricting plan set forth in Appendices A through F to this order. First and foremost, this plan satisfies the criteria adopted in our order of December 11, 2 0 01 . Za china n v. Ktffineyer, No. CO-01-160, at 3-5 (Mum. Spec. Redistricting Panel Dec. 11, 200 1) (Order Stating Redistricting Principles and Requirements for Plan Submissions). Each of the plan's 67 senate districts and 134 house districts is composed of convenient, contiguous _2_