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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to campaign finance; specifying certain items as noncampaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>disbursements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>26.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 26.  <b>Noncampaign disbursement.</b> "Noncampaign disbursement" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>a purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>incurred, or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the following purposes: <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) payment for accounting and legal services; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) return of a contribution to the source; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>committee; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) return of a public subsidy; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>and facility rental for a fund-raising event; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>in the executive branch, including the costs of preparing and distributing a suggestion or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>idea solicitation to constituents, performed from the beginning of the term of office to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>adjournment sine die of the legislature in the election year for the office held, and half <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>the cost of services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>officer in the executive branch performed from adjournment sine die to 60 days after <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>adjournment sine die; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) payment for food and beverages consumed by a candidate or volunteers while <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>they are engaged in campaign activities; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) payment for food or a beverage consumed while attending a reception or meeting <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>directly related to legislative duties; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) payment of expenses incurred by elected or appointed leaders of a legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>caucus in carrying out their leadership responsibilities; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) payment by a principal campaign committee of the candidate's expenses for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>serving in public office, other than for personal uses; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) costs of child care for the candidate's children when campaigning; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) fees paid to attend a campaign school; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) costs of a postelection party during the election year when a candidate's name <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>will no longer appear on a ballot or the general election is concluded, whichever occurs <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>first; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) interest on loans paid by a principal campaign committee on outstanding loans; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) filing fees; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) post-general election thank-you notes or advertisements in the news media; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) the cost of campaign material purchased to replace defective campaign material, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>if the defective material is destroyed without being used; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) contributions to a party unit; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) payments for funeral gifts or memorials; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(20) the cost of a magnet less than six inches in diameter containing legislator <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>contact information and distributed to constituents; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(21) costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>convention in this state; ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>(22) costs or fees, including processing, handling, or administrative fees, paid to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>third party for receiving and processing contributions made online; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(22)~~ (23) other purchases or payments specified in board rules or advisory opinions <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>as being for any purpose other than to influence the nomination or election of a candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>or to promote or defeat a ballot question. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The board must determine whether an activity involves a noncampaign disbursement <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>within the meaning of this subdivision. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A noncampaign disbursement is considered to be made in the year in which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>candidate made the purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>goods or services. <br />
         		
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