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MN Stat § 10A.071 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.071 — Certain Gifts By Lobbyists And Principals Prohibited.

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 promise of future employment, that is given and received without the giver receiving consideration of equal or greater value in return. (c) "Official" means a public official, an employee of the legislature, or a local official of a metropolitan governmental unit. (d) "Plaque" means a decorative item with an inscription recognizing an individual for an accomplishment. Subd. 2. Prohibition. A lobbyist or principal may not give a gift or request another to give a gift to an official. An official may not accept a gift from a lobbyist or principal. Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is: (1) a contribution as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 11; (2) services to assist an official in the performance of official duties, including but not limited to providing advice, consultation, information, and communication in connection with legislation, and services to constituents; (3) services of insignificant monetary value; (4) a plaque with a resale value of $5 or less; (5) a trinket or memento costing $5 or less; (6) informational material with a resale value of $5 or less; or (7) food or a beverage given at a reception, meal, or meeting if: (i) the reception, meal, or meeting is held away from the recipient's place of work by an organization before whom the recipient appears to make a speech or answer questions as part of a program; or (ii) the recipient is a member or employee of the legislature and an invitation to attend the reception, meal, or meeting was provided to all members of the legislature at least five days prior to the date of the event. (b) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is given: (1) because of the recipient's membership in a group, a majority of whose members are not officials, and an equivalent gift is given to the other members of the group; or (2) by a lobbyist or principal who is a member of the family of the recipient, unless the gift is given on behalf of someone who is not a member of that family. History:  1994 c 377 s 5; 1999 c 220 s 50; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 4; 2008 c 295 s 3; 2010 c 327 s 7,8; 2013 c 138 art 1 s 18; art 2 s 3; 1Sp2017 c 4 art 3 s 5
MN Stat § 10A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.08 — Representation Disclosure.

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 participation in the action to the board within 14 days after the public official's initial appearance at a hearing. If the public official fails to disclose the participation by the date that the disclosure was due, the board may impose a late filing fee of $25 per day, not to exceed $1,000, starting on the day after the disclosure was due. The board must send notice by certified mail to a public official who fails to disclose the participation within ten business days after the disclosure was due that the public official may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to disclose the participation. A public official who fails to disclose the participation within seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the board is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000. (b) A public official required to disclose representation under this section shall provide the following information: name, address, and office held; name and address of each client represented at the hearing; the name of the individual, board, commission, or agency conducting the hearing and the date and location of the initial appearance at the hearing; and a general description of the subject or subjects on which the public official represented the client in the hearing. Subd. 2. Exception; judges. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a public official who is a district court judge, an appeals court judge, or a supreme court justice is not required to comply with the provisions of this section. Subd. 3. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions have the meanings given. (b) "Fee" means any compensation or other consideration for services performed or for future services. (c) "Initial appearance at a hearing" means the first appearance by a public official representing a client for a fee at a hearing on a single subject. Subsequent appearances at continuations of the same hearing are not initial appearances. History:  1974 c 470 s 8; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 463 s 34; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 220 s 11,50; 2002 c 363 s 9; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 5; 2010 c 327 s 9; 2013 c 138 art 2 s 4; 2015 c 73 s 3; 2018 c 119 s 13,14; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 3
MN Stat § 10A.105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.105 — Principal Campaign Committee.

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 campaign committee for each office sought. A candidate may not authorize, designate, or cause to be formed any other political committee bearing the candidate's name or title or otherwise operating under the direct or indirect control of the candidate. However, a candidate may be involved in the direct or indirect control of a party unit. Subd. 2. Replacement of officers. A candidate may at any time without cause remove and replace the chair, treasurer, deputy treasurer, or any other officer of the candidate's principal campaign committee. History:  1974 c 470 s 19; 1976 c 307 s 13; 1978 c 463 s 50; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 318 art 2 s 14; 1999 c 220 s 22,50; 2013 c 138 art 1 s 19
MN Stat § 10A.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.11 — Organization Of Committees And Party Units.

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 political committee, principal campaign committee, or party unit may not accept a contribution or make an expenditure or permit an expenditure to be made on its behalf while the office of treasurer is vacant. Subd. 3. Deputy treasurers. The treasurer of a political committee, principal campaign committee, or party unit may appoint as many deputy treasurers as necessary and is responsible for their accounts. Subd. 4. Depositories. The treasurer of a political committee, principal campaign committee, or party unit may designate one or two depositories in each county in which a campaign is conducted. Subd. 5. Commingling prohibited. A political committee, principal campaign committee, or party unit may not commingle its funds with personal funds of officers, members, or associates of the committee. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1978 c 463 s 109] Subd. 7. Penalty. A person who knowingly violates this section is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000. History:  1974 c 470 s 11; 1978 c 463 s 39; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 220 s 14; 2002 c 363 s 11
MN Stat § 10A.121 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.121 — Independent Expenditure And Ballot Question Political Committees And Funds.

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 fund-raising and general operations; (2) pay for communications that do not constitute contributions or approved expenditures; (3) make contributions to independent expenditure or ballot question political committees or funds; (4) make independent expenditures; (5) make expenditures to promote or defeat ballot questions; (6) return a contribution to its source; (7) for a political fund, record bookkeeping entries transferring the association's general treasury money allocated for political purposes back to the general treasury of the association; and (8) for a political fund, return general treasury money transferred to a separate depository to the general depository of the association. Subd. 2. Penalty. (a) An independent expenditure political committee or independent expenditure political fund is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the contribution or approved expenditure if it does the following: (1) makes a contribution to a candidate, local candidate, party unit, political committee, or political fund other than an independent expenditure political committee or an independent expenditure political fund; or (2) makes an approved expenditure. (b) No other penalty provided in law may be imposed for conduct that is subject to a civil penalty under this section. History:  2010 c 397 s 6; 2013 c 138 art 1 s 23; 2021 c 31 art 4 s 21
MN Stat § 10A.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.13 — Accounts That Must Be Kept.

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, made to the committee, fund, or party unit; (2) the name and address of each source of a contribution made to the committee, fund, or party unit in excess of $20, together with the date and amount of each; (3) each expenditure made by the committee, fund, or party unit, together with the date and amount; (4) each approved expenditure made on behalf of the committee, fund, or party unit, together with the date and amount; and (5) the name and address of each political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, local candidate, or party unit to which contributions in excess of $20 have been made, together with the date and amount. Any individual who knowingly violates this subdivision is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000. Subd. 2. Receipts. The treasurer must obtain a receipted bill, stating the particulars, for every expenditure over $100 made by, or approved expenditure over $100 made on behalf of, the committee, fund, or party unit, and for any expenditure or approved expenditure in a lesser amount if the aggregate amount of lesser expenditures and approved expenditures made to the same individual or association during the same year exceeds $100. History:  1974 c 470 s 13; 1978 c 463 s 43; 1999 c 220 s 16,50; 2002 c 363 s 13; 2021 c 31 art 4 s 22
MN Stat § 10A.155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.155 — Reimbursement Of Automobile Use.

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 calculated as the actual cost of fuel, maintenance, repairs, and insurance directly related to the use of the automobile. An automobile provided by an association must be valued at the fair market value for renting an equivalent automobile. (b) When a committee reimburses mileage expenses, the committee must obtain a mileage log documenting the reimbursable expenses. For each trip, the log must include: (1) the date of the trip; (2) the purpose of the trip; (3) the distance traveled during the trip; and (4) if the mileage is not being paid at the standard mileage rate set by the Internal Revenue Service for business miles, the actual cost of fuel, maintenance, repairs, and insurance directly related to the use of the automobile. History:  1Sp2017 c 4 art 3 s 9; 2018 c 119 s 19
MN Stat § 10A.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.16 — Earmarking Contributions Prohibited.

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 directed to a particular candidate other than the initial recipient. An individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit that knowingly accepts any earmarked contribution is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000. Knowingly accepting any earmarked contribution is a gross misdemeanor. History:  1974 c 470 s 16; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 463 s 48; 1993 c 318 art 2 s 11; 1999 c 220 s 19; 2002 c 363 s 16; 2013 c 138 art 3 s 4
MN Stat § 10A.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.17 — Expenditures.

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. Written authorization. An individual or association may not make an approved expenditure of more than $20 without receiving written authorization from the treasurer of the principal campaign committee of the candidate who approved the expenditure stating the amount that may be spent and the purpose of the expenditure. Subd. 3. Petty cash. The treasurer or deputy treasurer of a political committee, principal campaign committee, or party unit may sign vouchers for petty cash of up to $100 per week for statewide elections or $20 per week for legislative elections, to be used for miscellaneous expenditures. Subd. 3a. Personal loans. A principal campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit may not lend money it has raised to anyone for purposes not related to the conduct of a campaign. Subd. 4. Independent expenditures. An individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit that independently solicits or accepts contributions or makes independent expenditures on behalf of a candidate or local candidate must publicly disclose that the expenditure is an independent expenditure. All written and broadcast communications with those from whom contributions are independently solicited or accepted or to whom independent expenditures are made on behalf of a candidate or local candidate must contain a statement in substantially the form provided in section 211B.04, subdivision 2. The statement must be on the front page of all written communications and at the end of all broadcast communications made by that individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit on the candidate's or local candidate's behalf. Subd. 5. Penalty. A person who violates subdivision 2 is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000. A person who knowingly violates subdivision 3a or 4 or falsely claims that an expenditure was an independent expenditure is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000. History:  1974 c 470 s 17; 1978 c 463 s 49; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 318 art 2 s 12,13; 1999 c 220 s 20,50; 2002 c 363 s 17,18; 2015 c 73 s 9; 2018 c 119 s 20; 2021 c 31 art 4 s 24
MN Stat § 10A.175 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.175 — Coordinated And Noncoordinated Expenditures; Definitions.

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 chairperson, treasurer, deputy treasurer, or any other person whose actions are coordinated. Subd. 3. Candidate. "Candidate" means a candidate as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 10, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or the candidate's agent. Subd. 4. Consulting services. "Consulting services" means the following services involving campaign strategy: polling, communications planning and design, advertising, and messaging. Consulting services does not mean printing or mailing campaign material, legal services that do not involve campaign strategy, accounting services, or costs for the use of a medium for communications purposes. Subd. 5. Coordinated. "Coordinated" means with the authorization or expressed or implied consent of, or in cooperation or in concert with, or at the request or suggestion of the candidate. A coordinated expenditure is an approved expenditure under section 10A.01, subdivision 4. Subd. 6. Spender. "Spender" means an individual, an association, a political committee, a political fund, an independent expenditure political committee, an independent expenditure political fund, or a party unit. History:   2018 c 119 s 22
MN Stat § 10A.177 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.177 — Noncoordinated Expenditures.

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's opponent; (2) a candidate provides to a spender names of potential donors, as long as the spender does not state or suggest to the candidate that funds received from use of the donor list will be used for independent expenditures to benefit the candidate; (3) an expenditure uses a photograph, video, or audio recording obtained from a publicly available source or public event; (4) an expenditure uses information obtained from a biography, position paper, press release, or similar material about the candidate from a publicly available source or public event; (5) the spender contributes to the candidate, makes an in-kind donation to the candidate, or endorses the candidate; (6) an expenditure includes a hyperlink to the candidate's website or social media page; (7) an expenditure appears in a news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication; (8) the spender discusses the candidate's position on a legislative or policy matter with the candidate. This clause includes the sending, completion, and return of a survey conducted by the spender to determine whether to endorse the candidate; or (9) the spender invites the candidate to appear before the spender's members, employees, or shareholders, including the candidate's participation in the event, unless the event promotes the election of the candidate or the defeat of the candidate's opponent, or the candidate requests or accepts campaign contributions at the event. History:  2018 c 119 s 24; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 10A.179 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.179 — Expenditures And Noncampaign Disbursements; General Provisions.

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 receipts and expenditures unless the total reimbursements and payments made by the committee during the year to that individual or association exceed $200. (b) When a committee reimburses an individual or association for an expenditure or noncampaign disbursement that requires itemization on a report of receipts and expenditures and chooses under section 10A.20, subdivision 13, to report the expenditure or noncampaign disbursement as a reimbursement to a third party, the committee must disclose the following information on the report: (1) the name and address of the individual or association to which reimbursement was made; (2) the name and address of the vendor supplying the good or service for which reimbursement was made; (3) the date of the expenditure or noncampaign disbursement for which reimbursement was made; (4) the date of the reimbursement; (5) a description of the specific good or service purchased; and (6) if the reimbursement was for a noncampaign disbursement, the specific noncampaign disbursement category in section 10A.01, subdivision 26, that is applicable to the good or service for which reimbursement was made. Subd. 2. Allocating ongoing expenses. When an ongoing expense has both a campaign purpose and a purpose listed as a noncampaign disbursement in section 10A.01, subdivision 26, the committee must allocate the cost of the expense between the two purposes according to the proportion of actual use for each purpose. History:   2018 c 119 s 25
MN Stat § 10A.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.18 — Time For Rendering Bills, Charges, Or Claims; Penalty.

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 party unit the bill, charge, or claim within 60 days after the material or service is provided. A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000. History:  1974 c 470 s 18; 1999 c 220 s 21,50; 2002 c 363 s 19
MN Stat § 10A.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany|Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure|Section 10A.241 — Transfer Of Debts.

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 from the committee being terminated are assumed and continuously reported by the committee to which the transfer is being made until paid or forgiven. A loan that is forgiven is covered by section 10A.20 and is a contribution to the principal campaign committee from which the debt was transferred under this section. History:  1986 c 475 s 1; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 220 s 28; 2013 c 138 art 1 s 35