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<br />Weiser). It the plan is not incorrectably invalid, the court Blust <br />ascertain the nature and scope ot each error and Ilodity the <br />legislative plan to the extent necessary to correct such detects. <br />UDham at 41-3, 102 S. ct. at 1521-22; ~, 735 F.2d at 918. <br />Our detailed analysis ot Chapter 246 reveals nwaerous errors <br />in Chapter 246 as enacted. The leqislature's curative amendments <br />propose approximately 160 chanqes in. 63 paqes ot text. SOlle ot the <br />proposed amendments clarify wordinq and are only refinements in <br />lanquaqe which are not necessary to discern the boundaries or <br />contents of districts. other proposed chanqes, however, point to <br />substantive errors requirinq chanqes to correct detects in the <br />statute. <br />In addressinq the needed substantive chanqes, some corrections <br />were obvious, and there was no need to employ the rul.s ot <br />statutory construction or to refer to leqislati ve history. In <br />other instances, the errors could be rectified by reference to the <br />context of the lanquaqe, the qeoqraphic context of the district, or <br />by referring to the maps or tables which form part of the <br />legislative history. ~ Minn. stat. SS 645.16, 645.17. In the <br />remaining instances where corrections and adjustments were required <br />and legislative intent was not clear, we drew the boundaries by <br />attempting to preserve surrounding constitutional boundaries and by <br />examining the submissions ot the parties and weighing these and <br />'other alternatives against our adopted criteria. In no instance <br />have we found the problems to be so incorrectable that the basic <br />plan had to be abandoned. <br /> <br />-15- <br />