Minnesota Legislature
SF 423
1st Unofficial Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 12/26/2012 11:17pm
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
1.2relating to campaign finance; specifying certain items as noncampaign
1.3disbursements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, subdivision
1.426.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 26. Noncampaign disbursement. "Noncampaign disbursement" means
1.9a purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit
1.10incurred, or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of
1.11the following purposes:
1.12 (1) payment for accounting and legal services;
1.13 (2) return of a contribution to the source;
1.14 (3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that
1.15committee;
1.16 (4) return of a public subsidy;
1.17 (5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment,
1.18and facility rental for a fund-raising event;
1.19 (6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer
1.20in the executive branch, including the costs of preparing and distributing a suggestion or
1.21idea solicitation to constituents, performed from the beginning of the term of office to
1.22adjournment sine die of the legislature in the election year for the office held, and half
1.23the cost of services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional
2.1officer in the executive branch performed from adjournment sine die to 60 days after
2.2adjournment sine die;
2.3 (7) payment for food and beverages consumed by a candidate or volunteers while
2.4they are engaged in campaign activities;
2.5 (8) payment for food or a beverage consumed while attending a reception or meeting
2.6directly related to legislative duties;
2.7 (9) payment of expenses incurred by elected or appointed leaders of a legislative
2.8caucus in carrying out their leadership responsibilities;
2.9 (10) payment by a principal campaign committee of the candidate's expenses for
2.10serving in public office, other than for personal uses;
2.11 (11) costs of child care for the candidate's children when campaigning;
2.12 (12) fees paid to attend a campaign school;
2.13 (13) costs of a postelection party during the election year when a candidate's name
2.14will no longer appear on a ballot or the general election is concluded, whichever occurs
2.15first;
2.16 (14) interest on loans paid by a principal campaign committee on outstanding loans;
2.17 (15) filing fees;
2.18 (16) post-general election thank-you notes or advertisements in the news media;
2.19 (17) the cost of campaign material purchased to replace defective campaign material,
2.20if the defective material is destroyed without being used;
2.21 (18) contributions to a party unit;
2.22 (19) payments for funeral gifts or memorials;
2.23 (20) the cost of a magnet less than six inches in diameter containing legislator
2.24contact information and distributed to constituents;
2.25 (21) costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national
2.26convention in this state;and
2.27(22) costs or fees, including processing, handling, or administrative fees, paid to a
2.28third party for receiving and processing contributions made online; and
2.29(22) (23) other purchases or payments specified in board rules or advisory opinions
2.30as being for any purpose other than to influence the nomination or election of a candidate
2.31or to promote or defeat a ballot question.
2.32 The board must determine whether an activity involves a noncampaign disbursement
2.33within the meaning of this subdivision.
2.34 A noncampaign disbursement is considered to be made in the year in which the
2.35candidate made the purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for
2.36goods or services.
1.3disbursements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, subdivision
1.426.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 26. Noncampaign disbursement. "Noncampaign disbursement" means
1.9a purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit
1.10incurred, or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of
1.11the following purposes:
1.12 (1) payment for accounting and legal services;
1.13 (2) return of a contribution to the source;
1.14 (3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that
1.15committee;
1.16 (4) return of a public subsidy;
1.17 (5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment,
1.18and facility rental for a fund-raising event;
1.19 (6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer
1.20in the executive branch, including the costs of preparing and distributing a suggestion or
1.21idea solicitation to constituents, performed from the beginning of the term of office to
1.22adjournment sine die of the legislature in the election year for the office held, and half
1.23the cost of services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional
2.1officer in the executive branch performed from adjournment sine die to 60 days after
2.2adjournment sine die;
2.3 (7) payment for food and beverages consumed by a candidate or volunteers while
2.4they are engaged in campaign activities;
2.5 (8) payment for food or a beverage consumed while attending a reception or meeting
2.6directly related to legislative duties;
2.7 (9) payment of expenses incurred by elected or appointed leaders of a legislative
2.8caucus in carrying out their leadership responsibilities;
2.9 (10) payment by a principal campaign committee of the candidate's expenses for
2.10serving in public office, other than for personal uses;
2.11 (11) costs of child care for the candidate's children when campaigning;
2.12 (12) fees paid to attend a campaign school;
2.13 (13) costs of a postelection party during the election year when a candidate's name
2.14will no longer appear on a ballot or the general election is concluded, whichever occurs
2.15first;
2.16 (14) interest on loans paid by a principal campaign committee on outstanding loans;
2.17 (15) filing fees;
2.18 (16) post-general election thank-you notes or advertisements in the news media;
2.19 (17) the cost of campaign material purchased to replace defective campaign material,
2.20if the defective material is destroyed without being used;
2.21 (18) contributions to a party unit;
2.22 (19) payments for funeral gifts or memorials;
2.23 (20) the cost of a magnet less than six inches in diameter containing legislator
2.24contact information and distributed to constituents;
2.25 (21) costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national
2.26convention in this state;
2.27(22) costs or fees, including processing, handling, or administrative fees, paid to a
2.28third party for receiving and processing contributions made online; and
2.29
2.30as being for any purpose other than to influence the nomination or election of a candidate
2.31or to promote or defeat a ballot question.
2.32 The board must determine whether an activity involves a noncampaign disbursement
2.33within the meaning of this subdivision.
2.34 A noncampaign disbursement is considered to be made in the year in which the
2.35candidate made the purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for
2.36goods or services.