1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; prohibiting certain public
1.3 	officials from serving as officers of principal
1.4 	campaign committees or candidate committees; amending
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 10A.11, subdivision
1.6 	1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.7 	chapter 211A.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 10A.11,
1.10 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.11 		Subdivision 1.Chair and treasurer.  A political
1.12 	committee, principal campaign committee, or party unit must have
1.13 	a chair and a treasurer.  The chair and treasurer may be the
1.14 	same individual. The secretary of state, a county auditor, and
1.15 	a municipal clerk must not serve as chair or treasurer of a
1.16 	principal campaign committee.

1.17 	Sec. 2. [211A.15] CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS NOT TO BE
1.18 	OFFICERS OF CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.
1.19 	The secretary of state, a county auditor, and a municipal
1.20 	clerk must not serve as chair or treasurer or hold any other
1.21 	office with a candidate's committee under this chapter or with a
1.22 	committee authorized by a candidate for president.