Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

10A.03 LOBBYIST REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.First registration. A lobbyist must file a registration form with the board within five days after becoming a lobbyist or being engaged by a new individual, association, political subdivision, or public higher education system. § Subd…

10A.04 LOBBYIST REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Reports required. A lobbyist must file reports of the lobbyist's activities with the board as long as the lobbyist continues to lobby. The report may be filed electronically. A lobbyist may file a termination statement at any time after ce…

10A.05 LOBBYIST REPORT. Within 30 days after each lobbyist filing date set by section 10A.04, the executive director of the board must publish the names of the lobbyists registered who were not previously reported, the names of the individuals, associations, political subdivision…

10A.06 CONTINGENT FEES PROHIBITED. (a) No person may act as or employ a lobbyist for compensation that is dependent upon the result or outcome of any legislative or administrative action, or of the official action of a political subdivision. (b) This section does not apply to an …

10A.066 HANDBOOK FOR LOBBYING. (a) The board must publish on the board's website a handbook for lobbying written in plain language. At a minimum, the handbook must clearly explain: (1) lobbyist registration requirements, including: (i) an explanation of when a person is required …

10A.07 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. § Subdivision 1.Disclosure of potential conflicts. (a) A public official or a local official elected to or appointed by a metropolitan governmental unit who in the discharge of official duties would be required to take an action or make a decision th…

10A.071 CERTAIN GIFTS BY LOBBYISTS AND PRINCIPALS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Gift" means money, real or personal property, a service, a loan, a forbearance or forgiveness of indebtedness, or a promi…

10A.08 REPRESENTATION DISCLOSURE. § Subdivision 1.Disclosure required. (a) A public official who represents a client for a fee before an individual, board, commission, or agency that has rulemaking authority in a hearing conducted under chapter 14, must disclose the official's pa…

10A.09 STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST. § Subdivision 1.Time for filing. An individual must file a statement of economic interest: (1) within 60 days of accepting employment as a public official or a local official in a metropolitan governmental unit; (2) within 60 days of assumi…

10A.105 PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. § Subdivision 1.Single committee. A candidate must not accept contributions from a source, other than self, in aggregate in excess of $750 or accept a public subsidy unless the candidate designates and causes to be formed a single principal c…

10A.11 ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES AND PARTY UNITS. § Subdivision 1.Chair and treasurer. A political committee, principal campaign committee, or party unit must have a chair and a treasurer. The chair and treasurer may be the same individual. § Subd. 2.Treasurer vacancy. A politic…

10A.12 POLITICAL FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.When required for contributions and approved expenditures. An association other than a political committee or party unit may not contribute more than $750 in aggregate in any calendar year to candidates, local candidates, political committe…

10A.121 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND BALLOT QUESTION POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Permitted disbursements. An independent expenditure political committee or fund, or a ballot question political committee or fund, may: (1) pay costs associated with its fundraisin…

10A.13 ACCOUNTS THAT MUST BE KEPT. § Subdivision 1.Accounts; penalty. The treasurer of a political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must keep an account of: (1) the sum of all contributions, except any donation in kind valued at $20 or less, …

10A.14 REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.First registration. (a) The treasurer of a political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must register with the board by filing a registration statement. The registration statement must be filed by the earlie…

10A.15 CONTRIBUTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Anonymous contributions. A political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit may not retain an anonymous contribution in excess of $20, but must forward it to the board for deposit in the general account of the …

10A.155 REIMBURSEMENT OF AUTOMOBILE USE. (a) Automobile use provided to a committee by an individual who will be reimbursed may be valued at the standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service for business miles. Alternatively, the value of the automobile may be calcula…

10A.16 EARMARKING CONTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED. An individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit may not solicit or accept a contribution from any source with the express or implied condition that the contribution or any part of it be di…

10A.17 EXPENDITURES. § Subdivision 1.Authorization. A political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit may not expend money unless the expenditure is authorized by the treasurer or deputy treasurer of that committee, fund, or party unit. § Subd. 2.…

10A.173 NONCAMPAIGN DISBURSEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Services for a constituent. (a) The cost of services for a constituent performed from the beginning of the term of office to adjournment sine die of the legislature in the election year for the office held are noncampaign disburs…

10A.174 INAUGURAL EVENT AND TRANSITION EXPENSES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Inaugural event expenses" means expenses incurred for any event related to the individual's inauguration held between …

10A.175 COORDINATED AND NONCOORDINATED EXPENDITURES; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The definitions in subdivisions 2 to 6 apply to sections 10A.175 to 10A.177. § Subd. 2.Agent. "Agent" means a person serving during an election segment as a candidate's chairperson, deputy ch…

10A.176 COORDINATED EXPENDITURES. § Subdivision 1.Scope. An expenditure described in this section that expressly advocates for the election of the candidate or the defeat of the candidate's opponent is a coordinated expenditure and is not independent under section 10A.01, subdivi…

10A.177 NONCOORDINATED EXPENDITURES. Any of the following actions, taken alone, do not establish that an expenditure made by the spender is coordinated with the candidate: (1) a candidate asks a spender not to make any expenditure to support the candidate or oppose the candidate'…

10A.179 EXPENDITURES AND NONCAMPAIGN DISBURSEMENTS; GENERAL PROVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Reimbursements. (a) When a committee reimburses an individual or association for an expenditure or a noncampaign disbursement, the reimbursement is not required to be itemized on a report of r…

10A.18 TIME FOR RENDERING BILLS, CHARGES, OR CLAIMS; PENALTY. A person who has a bill, charge, or claim against a political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit for an expenditure must render in writing to the treasurer of the committee, fund, or…

10A.20 CAMPAIGN REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.First filing; duration. (a) The treasurer of a political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must begin to file the reports required by this section for the first year it receives contributions or makes e…

10A.201 ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. The terms defined in this section apply to this section and to section 10A.202. § Subd. 2.Broadcast, cable, or satellite communication. "Broadcast, cable, or satellite communication" means a communic…

10A.202 ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Reports required. Any person who has made an electioneering communication, as defined in section 10A.201, aggregating in excess of $10,000 during any calendar year shall file a statement with the board…

10A.241 TRANSFER OF DEBTS. A candidate may terminate the candidate's principal campaign committee for one state office by transferring any debts of that committee to the candidate's principal campaign committee for another state office if all outstanding unpaid bills or loans fro…

10A.243 TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Termination report. A political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit may terminate its registration with the board after it has disposed of all its assets in excess of $100 by filing a final re…

10A.244 VOLUNTARY INACTIVE STATUS; POLITICAL FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Election of voluntary inactive status. An association that has a political fund registered under this chapter may elect to have the fund placed on voluntary inactive status if the following conditions are met: (1…

10A.245 ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINATION OF INACTIVE COMMITTEES AND FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Inactivity defined. (a) A principal campaign committee becomes inactive on the later of the following dates: (1) six years after the last election in which the individual for whom the committee e…

10A.246 UNPAID DEBT UPON TERMINATION. Termination of a registration with the board does not affect the liability, if any, of the association or its candidates, officers, or other individuals for obligations incurred in the name of the association or its political fund. History: 2…

10A.25 SPENDING LIMITS. § Subdivision 1.Limits are voluntary. The expenditure limits imposed by this section apply only to a candidate who has signed an agreement under section 10A.322 to be bound by them as a condition of receiving a public subsidy for the candidate's campaign. …

10A.255 ADJUSTMENT BY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. § Subdivision 1.Method of calculation. The dollar amounts in section 10A.25, subdivision 2, must be adjusted for general election years as provided in this section. Each general election year, the executive director of the board must de…

10A.257 CARRYFORWARD. § Subdivision 1.Unused funds. After all campaign expenditures and noncampaign disbursements for an election cycle have been made, an amount up to 25 percent of the election cycle expenditure limit for the office may be carried forward. Any remaining amount u…

10A.27 CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. § Subdivision 1.Contribution limits. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, political…

10A.271 SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR FUNDRAISING PURPOSES. § Subdivision 1.Notice to contributors. A political committee, political fund, political party unit, or principal campaign committee that raises funds through the sale of goods or services must disclose to potential cus…

10A.273 CONTRIBUTIONS AND SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. § Subdivision 1.Contributions during legislative session. (a) A candidate for the legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a political committee or party unit est…

10A.275 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL PARTY EXPENDITURES. § Subdivision 1.Exceptions. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the following expenditures by a party unit, or two or more party units acting together are not considered contributions to or expenditures on behalf …

10A.28 PENALTY FOR EXCEEDING LIMITS. § Subdivision 1.Exceeding expenditure limits. A candidate subject to the expenditure limits in section 10A.25 who permits the candidate's principal campaign committee to make expenditures or permits approved expenditures to be made on the cand…

10A.29 CIRCUMVENTION PROHIBITED. An individual or association that attempts to circumvent this chapter by redirecting a contribution through, or making a contribution on behalf of, another individual or association is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty i…

10A.30 STATE ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. An account is established in the special revenue fund of the state known as the "state elections campaign account." § Subd. 2.Separate account. Within the state elections campaign account there must be mainta…

10A.31 DESIGNATION OF INCOME TAX PAYMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Designation. An individual resident of this state who files an income tax return or a renter and homeowner property tax refund return with the commissioner of revenue may designate on their original return that $5 be paid…

10A.315 SPECIAL ELECTION SUBSIDY. (a) Each eligible candidate for a legislative office in a special election must be paid a public subsidy equal to the sum of: (1) the party account money at the last general election for the candidate's party for the office the candidate is seeki…