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<br />Chapter 246. <br /> <br />The amendments had passed out of the special <br /> <br />redistricting committees of both houses on August 26, 1991, after <br />the legislature had adjourned. However, the amendments had not <br />been passed by the full bodies of either house, nor had they been <br />presented to the governor for his signature. The panel declined to <br />adopt as a criterion the legislative committees' proposed <br />corrections to Chapter 246. <br />14. The August 29, 1991 Pretrial Order No. 3 also ordered <br />suspension, until further order of the panel, of the time periods <br />wi thin which local units of government are required to complete the <br />redefining of the boundaries of election precincts, wards, or other <br />local election districts pursuant to Minn. stat. 55 2048.135, <br />2048.14, 205.84, 205A.12, and 375.02 (Supp. 1991). The pretrial <br />order designated the format for submission of redistricting.plans <br />and directed oral argument on various motions, including whether <br /> <br />I <br />Chapter 246 violates the Minnesota or United states Constitutions <br />or the Federal Voting Rights Act. Finally, recOC)ftizing that the <br />time requirements for congressional redistricting are less <br />stringent, the panel deferred submission of congressional <br />redistricting plans. <br />15. FOllowing submissions from the parties, the panel issued <br />Pretrial Order NO.4, on October 1, 1991, which (a) denied <br />plaintiff-intervenors' motion to stay this proceeding; (b) declared <br />that the numerous facial infirmities in Chapter 246, including <br />noncontiguous districts, violate Article IV, sections 2 and 3 of <br />the Minnesota Constitution; and (c) declared that facial <br /> <br />-7- <br />