Minnesota Administrative Rules

4511.0600 REPORTING DISBURSEMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Determination of actual costs required.

To the extent that actual costs of lobbying activities can be obtained or calculated by reasonable means, those actual costs must be determined, recorded, and used for reporting purposes.

Subp. 2.

Approximation of costs.

If the actual cost of a lobbying activity cannot be obtained or calculated through reasonable means, those costs must be reasonably approximated.

Subp. 3.

Disbursements allocated between multiple entities.

A disbursement for lobbying purposes that benefits more than one entity for which a lobbyist is separately registered must be allocated between the entities benefited on a reasonable basis and reported based on that allocation.

Subp. 4.

Disbursements which are only partially in support of lobbying.

A disbursement that is partially in support of lobbying and partially for a nonlobbying purpose must be allocated on a reasonable basis between the two purposes and the portion which is for lobbying activities must be reported.

Subp. 5.

[Repealed, L 2023 c 62 art 5 s 44]

Subp. 6.

Effect of gift prohibition.

The reporting requirements in this part do not change the scope of the statutory prohibition under Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.071, nor do they create additional exceptions to that prohibition.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 10A.02; 10A.025

History:

21 SR 1779; 30 SR 903

Published Electronically:

November 30, 2023